152 NOTES ON HIGHLAND PLANTS. 



Durness, in oat-fields. I think it also grew in an oat-field at Alt- 

 naharra. Leaves fleshy, subrigid ; segments longer and less closely 

 set than in salina Bab. Height 6-18 in. ; larger and branching more 

 than the Shetland specimens that I have seen. 



Cniciis arvensis Hoffm. Two forms were collected ; one at 

 Lawers, which Mr. Ar. Bennett places "near var. mitis Koch"; 

 the other at Durness ; this has the leaves woolly underneath, and 

 he names it "var. vestitnx Koch ?" 



*Hieracium calenduliflorum Backh. A single specimen (the other 

 plants being past flower) was gathered on Stob Ban, which Mr. 

 Hanbury agrees with me, after careful examination, in placing here. 

 As at Dhu Loch, it was associated with H. lingulatum. I hope to 

 verify this record on a future visit. — R. senescens Backh. Ben 

 Lawers ; Meall Garbh. Ben Nevis (*97), at about 3000 ft. — *B. 

 chrysanthiim Backh. b. microcephalum Backh. Ben Lawers, above 

 3000 ft. Clearly identical with the Lochnagar plant. I only saw 

 two specimens. — *22. nitidum Backh. Stob Ban, 2500 ft. Quite 

 typical.—* H. cminm Fr. Ben Nevis, 3000 ft. — *H. vidgatum Fr. 

 Near Loch Awe Station ; about ^Inchnadamph. — *ff. Deicari Bosw. 



I "Rv a, shreamlftt rnnninff down 



Lawers (88), by several streamlets. 



Water at Achriach. I have seen 



authentic specimens from Glen Devon, E. Perth. Though not 

 mentioned in Nyman, this is a very marked plant ; possibly known 

 to Scandinavian botanists under another name. — H. Eapatoriion 

 Griseb. Lawers. Lower part of Glen Nevis. 



Leontodon aiitumnalis L., b. pratensis (Koch) is common in the 

 Breadalbanes. A tall form of it occurs near Inchnadamph. A 

 plant between the type and var. sordida Bab. was gathered in Glen 

 Nevis, 



Lawers, at fully 2500 ft. 



[folia Koch. Meall Garbh, 



Willd. A specimen from Durness, with very 

 pubescent scape, and channelled, slender leaves, is referred by Mr. 

 Beeby to var. duriuscula Bab. — b. planifolia Syme was met with on 

 Meall Garbh, on Stob Ban (-97), and on Coniveall (-108) ; in no 

 case below 2500 ft. This is the only form I have yet seen in alpine 

 situations. 



Lysimachia nemorum L. ascends to nearly 3000 ft. on Meall Garbh. 

 *Gentiana Amarella L., forma multicaitUs Lange. Abundant on 

 limestone about Inchnadamph and Durness. I have not seen the 



By the road- 



type in the Highlands. 



Myosotis palustris With., b. 



side close to the inn at Lawers. 

 - Mimuliu luteiis L. is well established near Inchnadamph. 

 Euphrasia officinalis L. Several forms were noticed; a large 

 and handsome one by Loch Tay, Lawers ; a very minute one, with 

 highly-coloured flowers, at 3500 ft. on the west side of Ben Lawers ; 

 a stout one, with crowded and somewhat fleshy leaves, on the 

 Durness coast. — b. gracilis (Fr.) grew lower down on Ben Lawers, 

 and abounded on the heaths round Altnaharra. 



Melampyrum pratense L., d. montanum Johnst. Near Altnaharra 

 and Loch A synt, in fruit only. Capsules erect-patent. 



