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hamulata, Lobelia Dortmanna, Menyanthes trifoliata, Littorella 
lacustris, Pedicularis palustris, Utricularia vulgaris, Juncus effusus, 
J. articulatus, J. fluitans, Sparganium natans, S. minimum, Pota- 
mogeton natans, P. app. polygonifolius, P. prselongus, P. lucens,. 
Heleocharis palustris, Scirpus lacustris, Eriophorum vaginatum, E. 
polystachion, Carex rostrata, C. aquatilis, Phragmites communis,. 
Glyceria fluitans, Equisetum limosum, Fontinalis antipyretica,. 
Hypnum falcatum. 
At the north-east end of Loch Ness, behind the great beach 
(p. 994), there is a small loch entirely surrounded with forest trees, 
chiefly Pinus, Larix, Alnus, Salix, Populus, and having a large 
development of marsh vegetation. The chief plants here are 
Equisetum limosum, Phragmites communis, Carex rostrata, Juncus 
articulatus, J. fluitans, Caltha palustris, Comarum palustre, 
Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Littorella lacustris, Lobelia Dort- 
manna, Isoetes lacustris, Callitriche hamulata, Apium inundatum,. 
Potamogeton natans, P. lucens. 
Adjoining the beach of Loch Ness at Aldourie there is a small 
lake entirely surrounded and covered with vegetation. Erom Loch 
Ness shore, where not a water plant can be observed, 30 paces 
bring one to this little loch, entirely overgrown with aquatic plants 
(fig. 7 2). The following are plentiful : — Ranunculus Flammula, 
Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Comarum palustre, Montia fontana, Apium 
inundatum, Menyanthes trifoliata, Lysimachia vulgaris, L. 
nemorum, Myriophyllum alterniflorum, Polygonum amphibium, 
Potamogeton natans, Sparganium natans, Heleocharis palustris, 
Carex rostrata, Juncus effusus, etc. Surely ! but for the unsuitable 
nature of the Loch Ness shore, some of these plants would occur 
on it also. Other similar lochs occur hereabout; one near the 
high road 1 mile north of Dores, less closed in by trees than the 
last, contains the above-mentioned plants with the exception of 
Sparganium natans, Lysimachia vulgaris, and Montia fontana, 
but with the addition of much more Carex rostrata and C. 
aquatilis, Myosotis palustris, Mentha sativa, and Juncus articu- 
latus — a curious form having flowers and nodes viviparous, the 
young plants from the nodes quite large. Littorella lacustris 
carpets the bottom, and grows also on the muddy shore; the 
latter had flat, prostrate leaves, copious stolons producing young 
