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182 NOTES ON mGHLAND PLANTS.
1886, and assented to by Prof. Babington, is now confirmed by Mr.
Ai-. Bennett, who had doubted the naming, after comparison with
authentic examples at Kew. Eegel regards this as B. pubescens x
7iana.— --B. piibesceiis Ehrh. {r/lutinosa Fr. I, var. parvifolia (Wimm.)
By the Falloch burn (87), at about 1500 feet. (^The name B.
odorata Bechst., is appHed by some German botanists to B . jjiibesccns
X verrucosa ; Ehrhart's appears to be the oldest name, and is
adopted by Kegel, in his ' Bemerkungen.') Another form grew
with this, and seemed to be near var. carpatica. Prof. Babington
writes of this :— " It is very like hercijnka as figured by Keichenbach
' Icones' XII., 624, a form of carpatica."
''SalLv nigricans Sm. and ^S. lapponum L. Ben-a-chroin (87).
S. Arbiiscula x lappotium. Innis Choarach, Glen Lochay, in two
forms. Attested by Dr. "\Miite, who has found this and other
hybrids in the vicinity, a specially rich one for willows.
Pinus sylvestris L. Certainly native, around Inveroran.
^'Juniperus nana Willd. In good fi'uit, at 2000 feet, near Kingshouse
(98).
Malaxis pahidosa Sw. Ascending to Corrie Ai'dran fi-om Crian-
larich, at about 1400 feet.
Habenaria albida K. Br. Near Inveroran; without personal
authority for 98 in ' Top. Bot.' H. chloroleuca Ridley. Inveroran.
Tujieldia palustris Huds. Xear Kingshouse ; no personal authority
for 98.
Junciis alpinus Vill. MeaU-na-Saone, above 2500 feet.—J. cas-
taneus. Innis Choarach (88), scarce ; Ben-a-chroin (*87). J. biglumis
L. Innis Choarach, sparingly.
Sparf/anium ajfine Schnizl. (teste Beeby). Kingshouse and
Inveroran (*98). Also seen, but not coUected, in Loch Dochart.
Potamoijeton natans L. A small state, in one of the lakelets
near Kingshouse.
Kobresia caricina WiUd., was found sparingly in Innis Choarach,
as well as (in profusion) on Ben Laoigh.
Carex curta Good. Inveroran (98). Queried in ' Top. Bot.'
C. atrata L. Meall Buidhe (98). C. aguatilis Wahl., var. elatior
Bab. Marshy ground, near the head of Loch Dochart. C. magel-
lanica Lam. (C irriijiia Hoppe). Ascending to Corrie Ardran, at
about 1400 feet. C. limosa L. A form (or variety) occm-s in a very
wet sphagnous bog, a little to the north of Lochan Etive, Kingshouse.
Its inflorescence is laxer than usual ; the glumes being
much paler (yehowish-rufous), with an awned mid-rib. Mr. Bennett
writes :— " Here there is an approach to some of the characters of
C. stygia Fr., but the lower bracts are not of that, and the male
spikelet is too slender ; and this is almost like what Dr. \Yhite has
gathered and called ' C. limosa, intermediate between that and
irrigiia.' I think you may call it limosa, f." The only point of
resemblance to irrigua is in the awned glumes. It was much
aflected with "smut."—C. jiava x fulva. Near Loch Tulla,
Inveroran (98).
C.dava x pulla occurs with the parents at about
2800 feet on Ben More, in some quantity ; and was also found
growing with them on Ben Laoigh, whence Mr. Druce originally