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Var. jS. HOMOMALLA, Thed. St. short, laxly pulvinate, 

 olivaceous green above, fuscous below. L. ovate or 

 oblong lanceolate, obtuse, more or less falcato-secund. 

 Braith. 



Glen Oallater, Braemar ; Castel-y-Gwynt, 3000 feetj 

 Carnarvon. 



Var. 7. ACUMINATA, Schp. More robust, olive-green 

 or blackish. L. longer, more acuminate, papillaa 

 longer. Br. 



Glen Callater, Ben McDhui, Cader Idris, Strachan, 

 Kincardineshire; Shetland; Ben Nevis, 4000 feet, 

 Abergynalwyn, &c. 



Var. B. FLACCiDA, Schp. Soft black tufts, st. branched 

 flexuose. L. squarroso-patent, lanceolate, pointed, 

 rather obtuse. Br. 



Glen Callater ; Canlochan. 



Var. e. sylvicola, Schp. Short, lax, slender. L. 

 small, acute, longly lanceolate-acuminate. Br. 



Ben McDhui, Glen Callater ; Loch Kandor. 



Var. f. GEAciLis, Schp. Eufous brown or rosy purple. 

 L. suberect, broadly oblon go-lanceolate. 



Stye-head Pass ; Cader Idris ; Loch-na-gar, Ben 

 Nevis. 



Var. Tj. ALPESTEis, Thed. Black-brown, slender, 

 much branched. L. small, obtuse, laxly areolate, less 

 papillose. Br. 



Glen Callater, Morone, Braemar ; Ben Challum, 

 Uam Mohr. (A. alpestris, ed. 1, p. 21.) 



Var. 6. SPAESIK)LIA, Lind. Small, lax, rufescent, 

 slender, flexuose. L. small, spreading, lanceolate, 

 gradually acuminate. , Br. 



Summit of Ben More, Perthshire. 



3. A. alpina, Smith, Braith. M. Fl., p. 10, t. lb; ed. 1, 



