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NOTES ON HIGHLAND PLANTS. 181
'^Epilobuan angmtifolium L. Mountain-glen near Kingshouse
(98), at 2000 feet.
Solidcujo Virrjaurea L., var. *camb7-ica (Huds.) On granite,
near Kingshouse (98), above 2500 feet.
Cnicus heterophijllus Willd. The laciniate-leaved form occurs on
the river-bank opposite Luib Station.
Hierachim holosericeum Backh. In two or three places near
Kingshouse, from 2000 to 2700 feet; mostly small and without
flowers. *H. eximium Backh. (type). Plentiful on granite near
Kingshouse ; more sparingly on mica-schist, Meall Buidhe (98).
scarcer than the
Var. tenellum Backh., near Kingshouse ; much
type.— *H. calendiiliflorum Backh. Mountains near Kingshouse ;
plentiful in one glen. Foliage luxuriant and typical. Flowers
rather smaller than in the Braemar form ; frequently two and
occasionally three or even four heads on one stem (98). H.
gracilentum Backli. On granite, about Kingshouse ; Meall Buidhe,
on mica-schist.— *H. nigrescens Willd. Cliffs of Meall Buidhe (98).
Forms probably referable to this species, but unlike that of the
Cairngorms, occur about Kingshouse. H. lingulatum Backh. Frequent
around Kingshouse ; the yellow-styled plant recorded last
year being much rarer than the typical one with livid styles.
Ben Laoigh ; Corrie Ardran (88). Ben-a-chroin ("^'87). H. senescens
Backh. Meall Buidhe (*98). Ben Laoigh ; Am Biunein ; Corrie
Ardran ; Innis Choarach (88). Ben-a-chroin (*87).
characteristic plant of the Western Breadalbanes.
Evidently a
H. anglicum
Fr. About Kingshouse ; Meall Buidhe (*98). Ben More ; Ben
Laoigh, &c. (88).
Glen Falloch (*97).—Var. iongihractcatum F. J.
Hanbury. Stream-side, near Kingshouse (*98).— *//. iriciim Fr.
About Kingshouse (98). H. argenteum Fr., Inveroran ; scarce.
H. vmrorum L. (segregate). Near Kingshouse (*98), in various
forms. Glen Falloch (-87). H. Deivaii Bosw. About Kingshouse
(98).
feet.
Crianlarich (88) ; scarce. Glen Falloch (87), at about 1300
H. prenanthoides Vill. Crianlarich ; scarce.— */i. umbellatum
L. La open meadows at Inveroran (89). Bare in the Highlands.
H. corymhosuvi Fr. Kailway-banks between Crianlarich and Luib
(88). H. uuratum Fr. Kingshouse and Inveroran (98) ; Tyndrum
and Crianlarich (88). H. sparsifolium Lindeberg. Inveroran (98).
Campanula rotundifolia L., var. lancifulia Mert. and Koch (Mr.
Bennett points out that their * Deutsch. Fl.' is referred to in Koch's
' Synopsis'). Cliffs of Ben-a-chroin, at 2500 feet.— C. rutundij'olia
was gathered on the very summit of Am Binnein, at an altitude of
8820 feet, over 300 feet higher than i)reviously recorded in Britain.
*Vaccinium ul ig inusuni Jj. Ben-a-chroin (87).
Euphrasia officinalis L. A tiny plant, ^ to Ih inch high, which
grows on Am Binnein between 3500 and 3700 feet, and at a similar
altitude on Ben Lawers, is referred by Mr. Townsend to a dwarf
form of his var. hurcalis of E. Rustlwviana Hcyne. Another, about
2 inches high, occurred at 2000 feet on Ben Laoigh, and this
be places under /','. gracilis Fr.
^Ve7-onica scrjiglli/olia L., h. humi/usa(Dick8.). Ben-a-chroin (87).
Betula intermedia Thomas, found by us in Glen Callatcr, in