544 ON THE PHENOGAMIC VEGETATION OF 
Air a caryophyllcea^ Vaccinium Vitis-idcBa, Nartheciurn 
ossifragum, and Drosera rotundifoUa, 
The streamlets of this region afford Gnaphalium supi- 
num in abundance and perfection ; Epilobium alpinum, 
Alchemilla alpina, and a few other plantscommon in streams, 
such as Stellaria uliginosa ; and here commences Saocifra- 
ga aizoides, which we find extending far below. 
In the lateral valleys below this elevation, which are more 
or less inclined to a right angle with the valley of the Dee, 
the rivulets produce the following plants : Alchemilla alpi- 
na, Alchemilla vulgaris, Juncus co7iglomeratus, Ranuncu- 
lus Flammula, Caltha palustris, Epilobium parvijlorum. 
In their vicinity we find those plants of the lower situations 
which ascend highest, such as Gnaphalium dioicum, Rubus 
saxatilis, Scabiosa succisa, Lotus corniculatus, Anthyllis 
vulneraria, Hypericum pulchrum, Polygala vulgaris, So- 
lidago virgaurea, and occasionally Tussilago Farfara and 
Digitalis purpurea. 
The general aspect, however, as in most of the other un- 
cultivated parts of Scotland, is heathy, Calluna vulgaris 
being the predominant plant, and next to it Erica cinerea, 
while E. tetralix occurs here and there in moist places. As 
in other parts similarly situated, we find among this heath, 
Empetrum nigrum, whose berries here attain a m^^ch lar- 
ger size than in lower situations, Vaccinium Myrtillus and 
V. Vitis-idcea, the latter in its proper place. Rubus Cha- 
mcemorus is of not unfrequent occurrence, which is also to 
be said of Arbutus Uva-ursi, Myrica Gale, and Genista 
anglica. Parnassia palustris, Pingziicula vulgaris. Or- 
chis maculata, Pedicularis sylvatica, Drosera rotundifolia, 
Nartheciurn ossifragum, Triglochin palustre, Scirpus 
ccBpitosus, Nardus stricta, Juncus hifonius, J. squaj'rosus, 
Eriophorum vaginatum. Car ex stellata, ovalis, paucifiora, 
and others, together with a multitude of plants which oc- 
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