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18.6.47, cont.  Glen Doll, left bank, cont.

it in my box:  later found that the ♀︎ was within & semi-torpid so brought all home.  Slugs very common & active, as warmer than of late:  Arion after very abundant & all black;  Arion subfuscous frequent;  Limax arboretum v. alpicola seen on rocks at the lunch place.  A dark butterfly - probably a Small Tortoiseshell - seen flying uphill when we were having tea on the slope of Craig Mellon.

Heard the first Wren of the tour singing at foot of the gorge of the White Water.  Found a curiously twisted caterpillar on the foliage of Calluna - ? dead & attached by fingers.  [[image]]  Yes! dead; not stung! AWS.


19th June 1947.

A very fine day, mostly sunny, warm, with some clouds, wind fresh SW-W.

Got lift in a car to Glen Doll Lodge & walked upright bank of the White Water, across the Fee Burn, & then struck up to the east face of Craig Rennet & worked northwards along the foot of cliffs.  Flora very poor at first, except for widespread species such as Sax. opp., Stellaris, hypnosis & azides, Oak & Beech fern in profusion, Thalithium alpinum, Polygonum viviparum, Sedum rosea;  but as we approached the burn down "The 


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19.6.47, cont.  Craig Rennet & Craig Maud, cont.

Dounalt", which separates Craig Rennet from Craig Maud, the flora became richer, with Ranunculus auricomus, Arabis hirsute? (a very small form), Veronica Alpina (in two gullies, sparingly!), Carex atiata (in several places, sparingly), Carex rupestris? one patch on rock ledge - filling the ledge, with flat-folded - not tubular - leaves & flower spikes very like immature spikes of Pulicaria, which grew nearby;  Silene acaulis;  Epilobium alsinifolium?;  Saussurea Alpina (in one gully!);  Hieracium spp. abundant, but not yet in flower;  Juniperus common in Dounalt;  Orchis mascula, Habenaria Viridis, Listera cordata (1 alone on the wet ledge of rock!), Juncus triglumis frequent near heads of rivulets or about springs;  Aspidium bronchitis, Asplenium viride & Botrychium lunaria (frequent on ledges).  Had lunch (1 P.M.) at about 2,000 ft. below cliff & afternoon tea 4 P.M. in The Dounalt, just below Fall, was higher up Mulgedium alpinum is still said to grow.

After tea ascended to base of cliffs on the face of Craig Maud where many white flowers were seen at 1/4 mile distance; these proved to be those of Dryas, which covered half an acre of cliffs & with it a hasty search revealed Veronica saxatilis, V. patina, Silene acaulis, Pyrola sp.? (not in flower), Vaccinium uliginosum (the first time seen on cliffs!), Eujeron alpinum (leaves only, but plentiful).