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It was afterwards discovered on Ben Aulder, which, 
though not in Perthshire, is yet in the area of the Tay 
basin, and hence within the district of our flora. But 
during the past summer Mr Brebner found it in Glen 
Lyon, and so we can claim it as a Perthshire plant. Many 
authors consider Poly podium flexile to be merely a variety 
of the common Polypodium alpestre, but in a paper that 
I read to this Society some years ago, I contended for 
its specific distinctness, and to that opinion I still adhere. 
4. Astragalus alpinus, L.—A pretty little vetch, with 
white and purple flowers. This is not uncommon, though 
very local, on a hill in East Perthshire. I do not mention 
the locality, fearing for the plant the fate which, as I have 
mentioned, has befallen some of our rarer species whose 
localities lie in the tourist-trodden parts of the county. The 
original finder of this vetch in Perthshire was my friend, Mr 
P, Neill Eraser, of Edinburgh, but as he did not get the 
plant in flower, there was some degree of uncertainty about 
its identity till Mr Brebner gathered it in blossom. Its 
only other localities in Britain are the original one in 
Eorfarshire (where it seems not to have been found in 
recent years) and the other in Aberdeenshire, where I 
believe it is still common. In its Perthshire locality it 
grows in company with another rare vetch, the Oxytropis 
Uralensis. 
Passing on to the discoveries of some other botanists, I 
will first notice the finding of a new locality for the rare Cyno- 
glossum montanum. So far as Scotland is concerned, this 
plant has been found (so far as I know) only in Perthshire, 
and as it is not known further north in England than about 
the middle of that country, it has been the custom to con¬ 
sider it as merely a naturalised plant in Scotland, This is 
due, I suppose, to the fact of the long interval between the 
localities where it is native and the Perthshire ones, and 
also because it is not a North European plant. But as 
there are instances of a much greater space between 
localities where a plant is certainly indigenous, I do 
not see any good reason for doubting the indigenous 
character of Cynoglossum montanum in Perthshire. I 
am not aware that the plant itself possesses any quali¬ 
ties for which it would be cultivated, whether for its 
uses or its beauty, for it has neither. In Perthshire it was 
first found by Don about 1820 at Eingask, where it is still 
common. It is also abundant in a thicket at Barnhill; and 
this summer Mr R. H. Meldrum discovered it on the other 
side of Perth, near Cherrybank, where it grows among 
brushwood in an old quarry, along with, among other 
plants, Pyrola minor. On the whole, I am inclined to con¬ 
sider it as truly indigenous in Perthshire. We have not 
hitherto had a botanist residing in the vicinity of Cherry- 
bank, and, moreover, that district does not look as if it 
would be very productive. It is therefore very interesting 
to find that the Cynoglossum, though the chief, is not the 
only discovery made by Mr Meldrum, who has found 
several other local plants between Cherrybank and the 
Earn, as, for example, the pretty Erythrcea centaurium, 
Car ex remota. Ranunculus arvensis, &c. 
Campanula glomerata is another interesting plant whose 
occurrence in Perthshire has been verified during the past 
summer. As a Perthshire plant, it was recorded so long 
ago as the beginning of the century by Don, who, in one of 
his “ Fasciculi,” says that it grows near the Linn of Camp- 
sie. At a later date, the late Rev. Mr Liston recorded it from 
the banks of the Tay in Redgorton parish ; and I have a 
vague recollection of some more recent record of it from the 
banks of the Tay above Perth. Be that as it may, the 
species had become, so far as Perthshire is concerned, 
merely a memory, till Mr Barclay informed me that he had 
seen it in some abundance on the east bank of the Tay not 
very far below the Linn of Campsie. Guided by him, we, 
at one of our excursions, visited the place and found the 
plant, tracing it down the river for several miles. I think 
also that Mr Barclay subsequently informed me that he 
had found it on the Woody Island. The question arises, is 
Campanula glomerata native in its Perthshire locality ? It 
is undoubtedly native further north (and further south) in 
Britain, but in the north it seems to be confined to the sea 
coast of the East of Scotland. On the banks of the Tay it 
has all the appearance of a wild plant, and as such I am 
inclined to consider it, though it must be kept in mind 
that many plants on the banks of the Tay are merely 
naturalised. 
I might extend this list of plants, that have been found 
during the past Bummer, very considerably, but will 
mention only one or two others. 
Carex Icevigata, for which we had only two records in 
Perthshire, I found when making an exploration with 
Messrs Barclay and Meldrum, on the banks of the Earn 
below Crieff. On the same day we found A rabis perfoliata 
on the walls of Innerpeffray Castle. Whether the latter is 
native or not in Perthshire, I will not at present discuss. 
In company with the same gentlemen, I found Mentha 
rotundifolia on the banks of the Almond near Lynedoch. 
This rare plant is probably only an escape, but its occur¬ 
rence is decidedly worth noticing. 
Before leaving the department of botany, I should say 
that a great deal of material for the elucidation of these 
very difficult groups, the Brambles and the Willows, has 
been collected during the past summer by Mr Sturrock, of 
Rattray; Mr C. M'Intosh, of Inver, and myself; and that 
