Volume 9 - Electric Scotland

168 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY
Draba hirta, Z., var. rupestris (Br.), appears to have become less
frequent on Ben Lawers. I have it named as above because
I do not see that it can be more than a variety of the Linnean
hirta, although kept as a distinct species in the " Index
Kewensis."
Erophila inflata, Hook, f.,
was found this year by my friend the Rev.
W. O. Wait on the summit of Ben Lawers at 3990 feet.
Cochlearia micacea, Marshall. On Ben Heasgarnich with C.
alpina ; the latter also on Creag-an-Lochain and Ben Laoigh.
Viola lutea, Huds. I was rather surprised to find more particular
attention was not given in the " Perthshire Flora " to the
beautiful pansy which adorns the high rocks of Ben Lawers.
Herr Freyn identifies " this splendid blue violet " with the
var. grandiftora, Koch (" Syn.," 3rd = ed., p. 76) V. hitea, Huds.,
a, unguiculata, var. violacea, Rouy. and Fouc.,
" Flore de France,"
vol. ii. p. 52. I have never seen specimens with quite such large
flowers as the Lawers plant, some from Mickle Fell, Durham,
being the nearest to them in size.
Cerastium vulgatum, L. (C. triviale, Link.), ascends to 3000 feet on
Glas Thulachan, where I saw a long-petalled form, the var.
alpinum, Koch it also occurs on Ben
;
Heasgarnich and Ben
Laoigh.
C. alpinum, Z., var. lanatum (Lam.). Sparingly (this year) on the
slopes of Glas Thulachan up to 3110 feet. On Ben Heasgarnich.
Plentiful on Ben Lawers.
var. piloso-pubescens, Benth. On the eastern side of Ben
Lawers up to 3800 feet, and in the corrie of Ben Heasgarnich.
C. trigynum, Vill. Watson gives this in the " Cybele " for Ben
Lawers at 2700 feet, but I have never seen it there.
Stellaria graminea, Z., ascends to 1500
feet in Glen Shee.
Sagina subulata, Presl. On the ascent of Ben Lawers, on nearly
bare ground, at about 1500 feet.
Sagina Linnaei, Presl. Abundant and luxuriant on Glas Thulachan
up to 3000 feet. I have no notes of this occurring below 2000
feet [and have seen it as high as 3300 feet in South Aberdeen].
It is abundant by
rills on the Clova tableland. -S. nivalis and
Arenaria sulcata were seen in their old stations on Ben
Lawers.
Montia fontana, Z., as the var. minor, All., ascends to 2500 feet on
Glas Thulachan.
(To be continued.}