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collected,— including Lychnis alpina, Astragalus nlpinus, Linncea 

 borealis, Sonchus alpinus, Pyrola rotundifolia, Carex rariflora, C. 

 Vahlii, Salix arenaria, S. reticidala, Hieracium alpinum, Lycopo- 

 dhim annolininn, Azalea procumbetis, Isoetes lacustris, Cerastium 

 alpinum, Oxytropis campestris, Woodsia hyperhorea, Weissia lati- 

 folia, Didymodon glaucescens, &c. From Clova the party removed 

 on the 25th, proceeding by Glen Dole, the White Water, and Glen 

 Callader to Castleton in Braemar, where they remained till 1st 

 September, making excursions in the interval to Glen Callader, 

 Loch-na-gar, Ben-y-bourd, &c. Specimens were obtained of Carex 

 rupestris, discovered in Glen Callader in August 1836 by Mr Dickie; 

 also Carex Vahlii, C. pauciflora, Juncus caslamus, Alopecurus al- 

 pinus, Saxifraga I'ivularis, Stellaria cerastoides, Arabis pelraea, 

 Cornus Suecica, &c. Dr Balfour found a new station for the rare 

 Saxifraga rivularis on Ben-y-bourd. On 1st September the party se- 

 parated, Dr Greville and Dr Balfour recrossing the mountains to Air- 

 lie, on their way to Edinburgh, Mr Brand proceeding by the summit 

 of Benmuickdhui, the highest ground in Scotland, (in order to gather 

 Luzula arcuata) to Inverness. It is worthy of remark, that Rnmex 

 aquaiicus, which was one of the first plants met with, was observed 

 to prevail throughout the whole of the district traversed, and even 

 to be found in abundance by Mr Brand in Morayshire, about 

 Peterhead, &c. During the excursion the party suffered occasion- 

 ally from severe cold, attended with storms of wind, rain, and 

 snow j but, in the conclusion of his narrative, Dr Greville observes, 

 that it " was probably, taking all things into consideration, the most 

 productive one ever made in the Highlands of Scotland. The num- 

 ber of specimens procured cannot, I think, fall short of 15,000, and 

 it only remains for me to express a hope, that, as far as the Botani- 

 cal Society is interested in the result of our labours, its expectations 

 will not be disappointed." 



Dr Balfour exhibited a Carex transmitted to him by Dr Murray 

 of Aberdeen, which had been found by Mr Dickie in August 1836, 

 on rocks near the summit of Loch-na-gar. Dr Balfour stated that, 

 on careful examination, it appears to him to be Carex leporina, Linn, 

 Willd. and Flor. Dan., C. Ingopina, V/ahl., and C. Lachenalii, Schk. 

 a species never before found in Britain. The Carex leporina of 

 Huds., Leers, Lightf., Ehrh., and Wahl., is merely a synonym of 

 C ovalis, Gooden. 



Dr Pollexfen exhibited specimens of Delesseria ruscifolia, Rho- 

 domenia Palmetta, and Bonnemaisonia asparagoides, found by him 

 last summer in Orkney, and all new to the Scottish Flora. Also 



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