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this spectacle I shall never forget. It appeared on descending 
into the mine, as if we were entering an enchanted castle ; the 
abundance of these plants was so great, that the roofs, walls, and 
pillars, were entirely covered with them, and the beautiful light 
they cast around almost dazzled the eye. The light they give 
out is like faint moonshine, so that two persons near to each 
other could readily distinguish the outline of their bodies. The 
light appears to be most considerable when the temperature of 
the mines is comparatively high.” 
SO. Rare Scottish Plants.— In a walk through the island of 
Skye, the west of Ross-shire, and Sutherland, to Caithness, in 
August last, Dr Graham and Mr John Home ascertained the fol- 
lowing new stations for some rare Scotch plants. Apargia Ta - 
raxici , Arabis hispida glabrous variety, Luzula arcuata , Air a lae- 
vigata vivipara , Cerastium latifolium , on disjointed quartz rock, 
near the summit of Fonniven, a mountain about 3000 feet high, 
top of Loch Inchard in Sutherland ; the last also on Ben-Hope, 
on micaceous rock. Salix stuartiana , Carex capillar is, Serratu- 
la alpina , Arabis hispida hairy variety , on micaceous rocks of 
Ben-Hope. The Arabis hispida is abundant on Fonniven as 
well as Ben-na-Callich, in Skye ; growing, not on damp spots 
near the sides of rivulets, as has been stated, but always among 
dry loose stones, at or near the summits. The species is by far 
most frequently smooth, no hairy specimen but one, picked on 
Ben- Hope, having been seen. It is said to be frequently hairy in 
Mull. Carex limosa , Batcall Moss, between Loch Inchard and 
Old Shore. Carex pulla , shore south of eastern extremity of 
Crinan Canal, and Coruisk, top of Loch Scavaig, Skye. Ma - 
laxis paludosa, side of a stream leading from Ben-na-Callich to 
Loch Slappen in Skye, about one-fourth of the way up the 
mountain ; in considerable quantity in one small spot. Stachys 
ambigiia , abundant near Aird, and at Uig, in Skye. Betula 
nana , low moor between Ben-Hope and Tongue, and at the 
foot of Ben-Loyal. Aspidium dilatation, a remarkable va- 
riety, with long straggling alternate pinnae, Ben-Loyal, to- 
wards Tongue. Subularia aquatica, in Sword Loch, near the 
confines of Sutherland and Ross-shire, and in the river Kerry, at 
Kerrysdale, Gareloch ; in this last situation, it had been previous- 
ly seen by Dr Woodforde. Orohanche rubra, near the Spar 
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