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may very probably have been the place where Stuart found the plant, 
but a careful search in this and other marshy spots in the neighbour¬ 
hood of Tullybanochar was not rewarded by success. It is therefore 
probable that Carex limosa no longer occurs in this station. That 
the somewhat local Carex vesicaria is not uncommon near Tully¬ 
banochar is interesting from the fact that in the Eighth Fasciculus of 
Plants, published by George Don in 1806, he remarks that his speci¬ 
mens of Carex vesicaria were gathered in “a marsh near Tully- 
banchar, 3 miles from Comrie ”—doubtless the same place, though 
he over-estimates (as Stuart under-estimated) the distance from 
Comrie. 
On the banks of the river, Aquilegia vulgaris is abundant, but 
only as a naturalised plant—semi-double and of various colours. 
Lepidiiun Smithii also occurs, and near Dalchonzie Melampyrum 
sylvaticum , but not yet in flower. On a wall near Comrie we saw 
Corydalis claviculata. Returning to Comrie we went up Glen Led 
noch as far as the narrow rocky ravine in which is the Devil’s 
Cauldron, and then ascended the hill crowned by the Melville 
Monument, but did not find anything which deserves record. The 
result of this visit to Comrie tends to strengthen the impression 
made by various explorations that the valley of the Earn is not, on 
the whole, possessed of a rich flora, or, at least, it is much inferior to 
the valley of the Tay. 
On June 17th Mr. Barclay and I visited Stormont Loch and 
other lochs near Blairgowrie. All the district has been well explored, 
but still it is useful to occasionally go over old ground, especially in 
an abnormal season like the present. At Stormont Loch the water 
was considerably below its usual level, and the consequent effect 
upon Nymphcea lutea (= Nuphar lutenni) was rather curious. In¬ 
stead of the leaves floating on the surface as they ordinarily do, 
many of them had assumed a more or less upright and aerial posi¬ 
tion. The flowers, too, were elevated considerably above the water. 
The explanation is probably that the level of the loch’s surface had 
been greatly reduced since the peduncles and pedicels had grown. 
The most interesting plant at this loch is Lysimachia thyrsiflora , 
which has long been known to occur there. Within recent years it 
seems to have spread very much, and is now exceedingly abundant 
over a considerable portion of the marshy shores. Another local 
plant which used to grow here (and may still grow) is Bidens cernua y 
but we could not see it in its old station. We were much interested 
by an incident in the life-history of a pretty blue and bronze-coloured 
dragon-fly (Agrion pnella L.), which we had an opportunity of ob¬ 
serving. As we were watching these insects flitting over the surface 
we noticed a female suddenly plunge into the water and begin to lay 
eggs on the submerged plants of Litorella lacustris. We waited for 
a considerable time to see what she would do when she emerged, but 
had finally to leave her still busy. 
Passing through the woods we paid a visit to the Hare Myre, 
where we found Lysimachia thyrsiflora in considerable abundance. 
It has not, I think, been recorded for this spot before, and I suspect 
