Ossian Collection > Sketches descriptive of picturesque scenery, on the southern confines of Perthshire

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NATURAL HISTORY.
With regard to the Natural Hiftory of
this ride, it may be obferved, that the
Glen of Leney furnifhes a moll fertile
field for plants of the Gryptogaviia clafs.
In the wood of Carquihimic, immediately
on the fouth of the river, above Callan-
der, the Pyrola rotundifolia grows abun-
dantly. In Loch Venachar, Loch Auch-
ray, and Loch Ketturrin, the Lobelia
Dortmarma is found in plenty. On the
northern bank of Loch Venachar, by the
road lide, halfway between the farms of
Milntown and Lendrick, the Author of
this Sketch met, for the firfl: time, with
the Hypericum Androsoemum *, one of the
moft beautiful of our Britifh fhrubs.
Whilfl the uncommon elegance of the
leaves
* This teautiful shrub is to be found also in a
small island at the west end of Loch Ketturrin, near
Stronchlachar j and at the cascade, above Ledard in
Aberfoyle. It grows in the greatest abundance on the
road side, from Arroquhar, along the backs of Loclf-
long*