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NOTES ON HIGHLAND PLANTS. 183
recorded it. The fruit is remarkably inflated ; in general habit
there is a closer approach to jiava than to pulla.— C. chrysitcs Link.
{C. Oederi auct., non. Ehrh.). Near Loch Tulla, Inveroran (-98)
also by the shore of Loch Dochart.
Agrostis alba L.,var. '-''coarctata (Hofifm.) (teste Hackel). Shore
of Loch Dochart. F. J. H. has also gathered this beside Loch
Watten, Caithness. The following description is given by Hoffmann
in his ' Deutschlands Flora,' i. 37:— ''A. coarctata, panic,
contracta, calyc. subrequalibus, corollis brevioribus obtusis hispidulis,
foh augustis. Ehrh. gram. 133 . . . (Panic. 2-3-unciahs
contracta s. erecta e violaceo purpurascens, calyc. valv. subsequales,
exterior dorso hispidula. Fol. angusta fere setacea. Culmus filiformis
basi obhquus. Radix stolonifera. . .)."
A. vulgaris With., \b,t pumila (L.).
house, at about 1000 feet.
Stony roadsides near Kings-
Deschampsia caspitosa Eeauv., var. pallida Koch. Near Kingshouse,
at about 2000 feet; evidently a mere "sport" from the
type, with which it grew.
Holciis mollis Li. ascends to quite 1800 feet at Kingshouse,
about one hundred yards higher than hitherto observed in Britain.
Arena pratensis L., var. longifolia (Parn.) (teste Hackelj. Ben
Laoigh, above 2000 feet.
Fhragmites communis Trin., var. nigricans Greu. and Godr.
Inveroran.
Near
Poa annua L,,
rills, Ben Laoigh.
var. supina (Schrad.) (teste Hackel). Alpine
P. glauca Sm. Am Biuuein and Corrie Ardrau
; Ben-a-chroin (*87). All passed as correct by Prof. Hackel.
(88)
P. Bal/ourii Bab., var. monta7ia Bab. Ben Laoigh, above 2000
feet, in good quantity. Queried as above by Prof. Hackel, and
confirmed by Prof. Babington.
Festuca rubra L., subvar. grandijiora Hackel, forma alpina (ipso
teste). Meall Buidhe (98) ; Am
Binnein (88). A state which
appears to be var. subacsjntosa Sonder, was gathered by E. S. M. on
the Little Culrannoch, Forfarshire, in 1888, and keeps its distinct
habit under cultivation.
Cnjptogramme cri.spa K. Br. Clach Leathad, near Kingshouse
also high up in the great Perthshire corrie of Ben Laoigh. Quite
a scarce Highland species.
Atlujrium alpestre Milde. Mountains near Kingshouse (no
personal authority for 98). Ben Laoigh. Ben-a-chroin.
*E(]uisetum pratense Ehrh. Clilfs of Meall Buidhe, at 2500
feet (98).
*Lycopodium annotinum L. On granite, near Kingshouse, at
2500 feet.
Pilularia globulifera L. Margin of Loch Tulla (98), in pro-
fusion.
Nitella opaca Agardh is abundant in Loch Dochart.
Obs. A Plantago, which occurs in wet places on the limestone,
Ben Laoigh, above 2000 feet, requires further investigation, and
may, probably, be distinct from P. maritima L. It has narrowly
linear leaves, \ — 1:] inches long in our specimens ; heads small and