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Buchaille Etive Mor. 



H. auratum Fries. An alpine form, differing only by its un- 

 usually narrow leaves, is plentiful up to 2000 ft. on a tarn near 

 Kingshouse (the AUt Giubhas). This is almost certainly what Dr. 

 Lindeberg referred to H. strictum Fries some years ago ; the speci- 

 men submitted to him was immature. No strictum could be found 

 there on our recent visit, though we kept a sharp look-out for it. 



reticulatum Lindeberg. In quantity near Inveroran, 98,* 

 some of the plants being very fine. By the Orchy, Dalmally ; and 

 by the Fillan, about half-way between Crianlarich and Tyndrum. 

 This seems to us fairly entitled to specific rank, as "species" go in 



and slender form, with 

 s in peaty bays of Loch 

 waiiiuu, 98,* about 970 ft. above the sea ; as usual, no flowers were 

 produced. It closely resembles a plant from Loch Eye, E. Ross, 

 found by E. S. M. in 1891. U. intermedia Hayne abounds in the 

 wetter parts of Rannoch Muir, near Kingshouse, also occurring in 

 most of the small lakes; this confirms the record for Argyle. 

 U. minor L. was flowering freely, close to Achallater Castle, near 

 the head of Loch Tulla. 



Mentha arvensis L. A pretty form, with remarkably short calyx- 

 teeth and yellowish herbage, grows on the bank of the Orchy at 

 Dalmally ; it is considered by Mr. Bennett to connect the type with 

 var. Allionii (Bor.). 



Stachys pahistris x sylvatica (S. ambujua Sm.). Near Dalmally. 

 Salix Myrsiuites L. The form or variety 8. procumbens Forbes 

 was found on Ben-a-Chlee, exceedingly well-marked. S. franilis L. 

 we noticed about Dalmally, 98*, but hardly looking like a native ; 

 and s. nigricans Smith grows on the cliffs of Ben Chaisteil, 98*. 

 S. Myrsiuites y v hylinu>U,i (S . Xnnmnii Anders.). BenLaoigh, 88. 

 ■f uncus lamprocarpus Ehrh. Specimens from Cam Glen, near 

 Kingshouse, Ben Dothaidh, Ben Chaisteil, and Ben Laoigh, which 

 closely resembled J. alpinus in appearance when fresh (the latter 

 grows at 2500 ft. in the Argyle comer of Ben Laoigh, 98*), but lost 

 this look when dried, were sent to Prof. Buchenau, of Bremen, who 

 has named them "forma 



near var. pauciflorus Sonder, to which Mr. Benni 

 refer them. Probably the " J. niyriteUw" of English author.- 

 made up partly of this form and partly of J. alpinus. 



J. bKjiumis L. Ben Dothaidh, at 8000 ft. or thereabouts. 



at Dalmally, in great plenty, as well i 



1 ' r Mr.^ Beeby. This is clearly no mere state, but a true variety. 



) the type at all, and in many cases the fruit appeared 

 wj ue quite ripe. 



Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe. Bog on Bannoch Muir, not far 

 from Loch Ganich, 98*. Near this loch Betula nana L. occurs in 

 great plenty; it does not seem, as a rule, to flower at all freely in 

 Scotland. 



ling that they a 



