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46 NOTES ON SCOTCH PLANTS,
a sheep-farm. With the large-flowered moorland form in W. Boss
appeared fully typical canina, but the florets were in all cases
darker-coloured. I believe, in Parnell's ' Grasses,' there is a plant
labelled var. alpina from Clova similar to the var. scotica.\—A. canina
L., var. mutica. A slender shape, grown form appeared by the
Kilmorack Falls, 96. A. alba L., var. stolonifera (L.). Beauly, 96.
— *Var. coarctata Hoffm. Beauly, 96. — *Var. maritima Meyer.
Culbin Sands, 95. Nairn, 96. — *Var. gigantea Meyer. Near
Beauly, 96. Near to A. nigra With. — A. vulgaris With., var.
pumila (L.). Appeared to be free from disease on Lawers. A small
alpine form of ^. vulgaris With, grew on dry rocks in Glen A'an,
94.— *^. nigra With. Fields near Beauly, 96.
Sesleria carulea Hardueni. Keaches 2800 ft. on Lawers.
Deschamima ccEspitosa Beauv., var. alpina Gaud. The stunted
compact form with short leaves and larger florets, so common on
the upper table-land of the Cairngorms (the var. hrevifolia Parnell),
in one year's cultivation has changed to a robust plant 3 ft. high,
presenting little difference from the type, except in its shorter
leaves and slightly larger florets. The viviparous form was fi'eq[uent
on Lawers.— '''Var. iKiliida Koch. Near Kiulochewe, 105.
Poa glaitca Sm. Descends to Lawers Bridge (400 ft.), on which
are some stunted plants. Between this species and P. nemoralis a
great number of intermediates occur, which Prof. Hackel says it is
impossible to name. — *P. Balfouri Parn. The correct spelling.
Cliffs of Glen Ennich, very rare, 96.— *P. nemoralis L., var. divari-
cata Syme. Craig Cailleach, 88.— *P. ccesia Smith. This intermediate
of P. nemoralis and P. glauca Prof. Hackel names as above.
It grew on cliffs above Loch Chait, Ben Lawers. In Eng. Bot.
Dr. Boswell-Syme says he had seen no wild British specimens.
^Glgceria maritima Wahl. Nairn, 96.
Agropyron repens Beauv., var. Leersianum Gray. Base of Ben
Lawers, 88. Dingwall, 106. Kinlochewe, 105. Tije glaucous
form occurred at Beauly, 96. It is probably the var. aEsium (sub
Triticum) of Doll. Fl. Bad. ^'A. junceiim, Beauv. Nairn, 96.
Festuca ovina L., var. genuina Hackel. Cliffs of Ben Eay, 105.
— *i^. rubra L., var. lanuginosa Mert. et Koch. Culbin Sands,
Elgin, 95. Nairn, 96.— "^Subvar. barhata Hack. Ben Laoigh, 88,
98. Lawers, 88. A depauperate form occurred by the Abhuinn
Bruachaig, and a rigid glaucous form by Loch Maree, 105. — F.
pratensis Huds. Beauly, 96.
^Athyriian flexile Syme. This rare and interesting form I
gathered on the Cairngorms (96) last year, and have it in cultivation.
Although not quite identical with the Ben Aulder plant,
Dr. Buchanan White agrees with me in placing it under this name.
The Ben Aulder plaut, he tells me, is slightly stouter and more
oblong in outline, and narrower in proportion to its length. It is
true that my cultivated specimens sufl'ered this year from being
kept too dry. These fairly agree with Backhouse's specimens from
Glen Prosen.
+ I have since examined the specimen in the Parnell Herbarium, and find
my supposition to be correct.