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159 15.7.53, cont. Yellow Corrie &c., cont. that the willow on rock beside the waterfall (of which specimen in flower, without leaves, taken in 1947) was Salix lapponum. And so home via left bank of the Lawers Burn. 16th July 1953. A very fine morning, turning dull with drizzle & mist at 1 PM. with very heavy rain at night. Went to Yellow Corrie again, alone, leaving the hotel at 10 AM., to collect more of the "new" sedge by the tributary of the Lawers Burn & look for more Sagina nivalis, but failed in the latter object. After lunch went up cliffs on NE. side of Meall Garbh & on to the summit where some interesting plants grow on the rocky tors, such as Draba rupestris, Sax. nivalis & stellaris, Cerastium alpinum, Cochlearia cf. micacea, Salix herbacea; & between the two summit ridges is a great area where snow obviously lies long. In the upper part of this hollow there is a great development of "polygon" soil & at lower end is a lot of snow-soaked, wet, flats almost devoid of vegetation in which much Cochlearia micaceae grows. Left summit of Meall Garbh at 5 P.M. & arrived back at hotel at 7.0 PM. Came down by the burn SE of summit, seeing much Carex cappillaris & Kobresia caricina by the way & passed the large scarp 160. 16.7.53, cont. Yellow Corrie & Meall Garbh, cont. on which grows a large bush of Juniper, — seen here in 1947 also! Erigeron alpinus (at upper end; much Golden Rod; & other common plants. By the rill down slope between cliffs at head of the Yellow Corrie, where Sagina nivalis found on 15th, found a very minute-leaved form of Coltsfoot, which thought at first to be something else. Beetle, on summit of Meall Garbh = 17th July 1953. After a very wet night, a fine morning with east wind, but about 10 AM a SW. wind blew up & a jam formed & heavy rain came on. Later cleared but very hot sun & very close period followed until thunder storm appeared from south, at 4.45 P.M. with heavy rain for a couple of hours. Left bus at Coshieville at 11 AM. & called on Mr. Poore, senior, for a few minutes & then walked to Comrie Bridge & along old road to Duneaves & on to meet bus back to Lawers at 4.40. Very nice scenery along the road & would afford very good sweeping most of the way but saw practically no insects owing to wet, except on flower heads of Heracleum, which were covered with Glyphichmenus profligator, a few Tryphon elongator, Lissonota bellator (2♀︎♀︎) & one or two other species, 2 only mtd. see below. The only new plant seen was Polygonum amphibium. At Duneaves: Tenthredo olivacea ♀︎ Bracon near hispiterga, but larger, ant. 28, tergite 3 small, &c. Two Icks taken near Hotel, Lawers, at 8 AM = Tryphon rutilator ♀︎ (pinned)& Tryphon?? sp.? ♀︎ (pinned).
