THE BOTANICAL FEATURES OF THE SIDES OF LOCH NESS. 
these -were native, or brought here by birds. Both of 
them certainly do occur in this quarter. 
Siibiis Chamamoriis. Cloudberry. — Not uncommon 
on the higher hills. To sportsmen a delicious fruit. 
Mubm idoius. Haspberry. — Every one knows this, 
and the following species, to be very prominent in the 
list of Highland delicacies. 
Rubus frutieosiis. Common Bramble. 
Siiiiis suborcctus. Eed-fi'iuted Bramble. 
Tormentitta officinalis, and reptmts. Both common. 
Fotmtilla anserina. Silver Weed. 
Geum urhanum and rivalc. Avens. 
Fragaria vesca. Wood StrawbeiTy. 
Fragaria sterilis. BaiTcn Strawberry. 
Alclicinilla ridgaris. Lady's ilantle. 
SteUaria Hohstea. Greater Stitchwort. 
Asporula odorata. Woodnrff. — In some places ex- 
tremely common. 
Prunella vulgaris. Self-heal. 
Frimula indgaris. The only species of Prunrose we 
seem to have here. 
Zysimaekia nemo7'um. Yellow Pimpernel. 
Mercurialis percnnis. Dog's Mercury. — Bank and 
common. 
Paris quadrifolia. Herb Paris. — This delicate, and 
rather rare species, occurs in several patches, especially 
in the islands of the River Ness. It is, for the most 
part, mixed with, and growing under, the Dog's Mer- 
cury. 
Stachys syhatica. Hedge Woundwort. 
Bimiumjlexuosum. Earth Nut. 
Scilla nutans, or Syacinthiis non-scriptus. Harebell. 
Circaa lutetiana. \ Enchanter's Night-shade. — Both 
Cireaa alpina. ] beautiful ; not very uncommon. 
Melampynmi sylvaticiim. Cow Wheat. 
Fumaria officinalis. Fumitory. 
Fumaria claviculata. Climbing Fumitory. — One of 
the most delicate, though not the rarest of our creepers. 
Vicia sylvatica. AVood Vetch. — Not very rare, growing 
in fine pendant clusters, at the foot of trees or on rocks. 
Viola canina, bitea, and tricolor, Violets — All common. 
Famtncidus acris, btdbosiis, auriconnts, and Fhmmula, 
Trollius europaus, — Globe-flower, or Lucken-gowan. 
In a few wet copses, extremely abimdant. 
Anemone nemorosa. Wood Anemone. — Very common. 
Eumex acetosa andAcetosella, Sorrel. — ^Very common. 
Oxyria reniformis, formerly Sumex digyniis. — This 
is the plant so conducive to the health of mariners after 
a long voyage. It is sub-alpine, found among rocks, 
and not imcommon with ns. 
Sanioula europcea. Wood Sanicle. 
AgrimoniaFupatoria, Agiimony. — ^\'^ale of Urquhart. 
Geranium Robertianum, Herb Robert. 
Geranium molle. Dove's-foot Crane's-bill. 
Geranium sylvaticiim. Wood Crane's-bill. — ^When- 
ever this plant does occur it is generally in great quan- 
tities, as at the Fall of Foyers. 
Oeranimn sanguineum. Bloody Crane's-bill. — Rather 
rare. 
Geranium lucidum. Shining Crane's-bill. — Onshaded 
crevices in the rocks, but not common. 
Parnassia palustris. Grass of Parnassus. — Common. 
Saxifraga granulata. White Saxifrage. — Of a large 
size, and not unfrequent on the mossy banks and wet 
rocks of the Highlands. 
Saxifragaaizoides, Yellow Saxifrage. — Very common. 
Saxifraga hypnoidcs. Hypuoid Saxifi'age. — On the 
banks at the Falls of Foyers. 
Anthyllis Vulneraria, Lady's Finger. 
Allium ursimmi. Broad-leaved GarKc. — Abundant 
below the larger FaU of Foyers. 
Alchcmilla alpina. Alpine Lady's Mantle. — Also 
abundant below the larger Fall of Foyers. 
Rhodiola rosea. Rose Root. — Nourished abundantly 
by the spray of the fall. 
Serratula tinctoria. Saw-wort. — Abundant at the 
Falls. 
Serratula alpina. 
Fellis perennis. Common Daisy. — Everywhere. 
Digitalis purpurea. Foxglove. — Both red and 
white occur in this quarter. Of herbaceous plants this 
is one of the largest and stateliest, and its flowering 
seems to me to indicate that summer has attained its 
greatest height and strength. 
Juncui sylraticus and pilosus, Woodi'ush. 
Graminece, — Many of the common genera and species. 
Linnaia borealis, — I cannot close this section with a 
plant more proper, or more peculiar to it, than the Lin- 
nsea. It occm-s beneath the shade, and creeping along 
the roots, of the planted Fir- woods about Inverness, in 
the same situation in Morayshire, and in the Brahan 
Woods, Ross-shire. 
II. — Plants found in Heaths and open Pastures. 
Calluna mtlgaris. Common Ling or Heather. 
Frica cinerea. Fine Leaved Heath. 
Erica Tetralix. Cross Leaved or Large-globe Heath. 
— These three are well known to give the chief character 
to our Highland hOls and moors, and whatever that 
character may be at other seasons, in the beginning of 
autumn it is certainly a glowing and lively one. All 
the country seems then to wave with sheets of pui-ple. 
Fmpetrum nigrum-. Black Crowberry. — A very con- 
stant attendant of Heather, and one of the earliest that 
comes out in spring. 
Myrica Gale, Scotch Myrtle. — Used for many sin- 
gular purposes, as decoctions, and for chiving away 
fleas, &c., which are said not to be capable of enduring 
its pungent smell. 
Vaccinium Myrtillus, Bleaherry. 
Vaccinium Vitis Idcea, Red WhortlebeiTy. 
Vacciniwn Oxyeocciis is not the ti-ue Cranberry of the 
Highlands, but Vaccinium Vitis Idaja. 
Vaccinium iiliginosum. Great Bilbeny. 
Arbutus Uva-ursi, Bearherrics. — The Bleaberries 
and these last three species are the boast and the greatest 
ornaments of our Alpine heaths. Nothing can be more 
beautiful than the delicacy of their tints of colour, the 
exquisite gi'ace either of their prostrate or drooping 
flowering bells in the opening of the year, or the rich- 
ness of some of their round mellow fruits when autumn 
draws nigh. 
Pyrola minor. Less Winter Green. 
Pyrola media. Intermediate Winter Green. — When 
these do occur, I have in general noticed a good many 
specimens in the same neighboirrhood, though it is sel- 
dom that they are all in flower together. I have no doubt 
that neither this nor the P, rotundifolia are so un- 
common as is imagined. As a general locality in this 
district, I may give the heaths about the House of 
Foyers, and the swamps about Kingsmills, Inverness, 
for P, rotundifolia, 
Pyrola seeunda. Serrated Winter Green. — Pretty 
often met with on the face of steep rocks, and what is 
singular, I have never foimd it in the position usually 
ascribed to it, viz., rmder the shade of Birch trees. 
Ulex europceus. Whins or Furze. — In the months of 
April and May the lower hills of this county, and of the 
Highlands in general, are literally yellow with the sweet 
scented blossoms of this and the following species ; 
few, I dare say, who have once beheld them with this 
coat on, can readily forget them. This is the time when 
our romantic and sequestered scenes are least visited, 
but I have no doubt that it is when the Birch is just 
breaking the bud, and the Whins are in their bloom, 
that these scenes ai-e in their best and pm-est beauty. 
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