Proc. Roy. Socy. of JSdin.] 
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Fig. 69. — Vegetation upon the eastern shore of a highland loch (see text). On 
the shore in the foreground Carex aquatilis ; next beyond is Carex rostrata, 
then Equisetum liinosum ; in still deeper water is a zone of Scirpus lacustris, 
and beyond that Castalia speciosa, which also encroaches towards the shore 
in places where other plants are sparse. 
Fig. 70. — A western hay of Locli nan Faoileag, showing Carex rostrata, Equisetum 
limosum, and Castalia speciosa encroaching upon the water in crescent forma- 
tion ; Erica cinerea in the foreground. 
Mr George West. 
[Plate 35 . — Referred to on page 1007. 
