THE lllVEK DEE. 
553 
pine and other trees, with which we have nothing to do. 
In one of these woods Goodyera repens is said to grow 
abundantly. 
In all this course the Dee flows pretty rapidly along, des- 
titute of vegetation on its banks, differing from the heath 
of the plain, but still retaining the alpine plants on its peb- 
bly beaches, Sajoifraga aizoides^ Aichemilla alpma, Oxy- 
ria reni/brmis, together with Galium boreale, and Silene 
maritima. Whether the latter species has descended from 
the Braemar mountains, or has ascended from the sea, 
like the HcBmatopus Ostralegus, which is generally to be 
seen here, must be left to conjecture. Even within two 
miles of Charlestown, Saocifraga aizoides is found growing 
by the fountains, as among its native hills. 
The sterihty of the country continues, although here and 
there we find marks of cultivation. Alnus glutinosa skirts 
the river occasionally till we reach Kincardine O'Neal. 
Spartium scoparium and Ulex eiiropcEus become more 
abundant. Above the bridge of Pitarch there is a wood 
of Betula alba, on the north side of the river, and a few 
trees of the same on the opposite bank. Here and there 
the margins of the river continue to show the alpine species 
so often mentioned. 
On the long range of heath between Charlestown of 
Aboyne and Upper Banchory, the more remarkable plants 
which occur are the following : Galium verum, Pimpinella 
saocrfraga^ Linum catharticum, Mentha hirsuta, Radiola 
Millegrana, Spergula nodosa, Parnassia palustris, Juni- 
perus communis, Aira caryophyllea, A. prcECooc, Rumex 
Acetosella, Spircea Ulma^'ia, Veronica ChamcEdrys, Teu- 
crium Scorodonia, Hypericum pulchrum, H. humifusum, 
Myrica Gale, Menyanthes trifoliata, Arbutus Uva-ursi, 
Narthecium ossifragum, Gnaphalium dioicum, Pingtdcula 
