Proc. Roy. Socy. of Edin.] 
[Vol. XXV. 
Fig. 71.- Loch na Ba Ruaidhe. View of a western bay, showing Carex rostrata, 
Phragmites communis, Equisetum limosum, and Castalia speciosa encroach- 
ing on the water in crescent formation. Islands with dwarf birch and alder. 
Fig. 72. — Little loch near Loch Ness beach at Aldourie, entirely surrounded and 
covered with vegetation. On the water, among others, are chiefly Potamo- 
getoti natans, Polygoninm amphibium, and Menyanthes trifoliata. 
Mr George West. 
[Plate 36 . — Referred to on page 1008. 
