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bread and also among the oatmeal baked into cakes by the 
cheeses. The Scabiosa columbaria is plentiful; and the beautiful 
Convolvulus soldanella, whose large rose-coloured flowers makes a 
fine appearance among the arid sand, will not. fail to attract the 
botanist’s notice: this is the only place I have observed these two 
plants in Scotland. That elegant plant, the Gentiana amarella, is 
common; and Erigeron acre, Phalaris arenaria, Pyrethrum mariti- 
mum, Chenopodium maritimum, are not unfrequent. The beach is 
covered everywhere with the Atriplex laciniata; and around 
Arbroath, as well as Dundee, grows plenty of the Hordeum 
murinum. 
In proceeding a little further to the westward, the tourist arrives 
at the Sands of Barrie, which offer an ample field for botanical 
pursuits. There he will find most of the coast-plants already taken 
notice of. The Phalaris arenaria, and Erigeron acre, are there in 
the greatest abundance. Some years ago I observed there the 
Equisetum variegatum, new to Britain; and about the same time, 
I discovered a rare moss, which I take to be the Meesia longeseta 
of Hedwig, hitherto unnoticed in Britain: this moss is easil 
distinguished, from the great length of its pedicles. I have likewise 
observed on the down, the Grimmia nigrita and Grimmia inclinata, 
both rare mosses. Carex incurva, and Ophioglossum vulgatum, 
occur here; and this is the only place where I have observed them 
in Angusshire. A very singular variety of the Gentiana campestre, 
without any flower-stem, is found here. Sagina maritima may also 
be added to the list of Barry rarities; it is a rare species, which I 
first observed in the Isle of Skye, and on the summit of Bennevis, | 
in 1794. 
As the botanist approaches to Broughty Castle, he will observe 
the Sedum villosum and Sedum anglicum, the former by no means 
common in Angusshire; and the Trifolium ornithopodioides, a rare 
plant in Scotland; and between Broughty Castle and Dundee, on 
the rocks, he will notice the Spirea filipendula, and Potentilla verna, 
being the only place I have observed them in Angusshire ; together 
with the Carduus Marianus, and a variety with green leaves: 
Grimmia maritima, and Asplenium ruta muraria, occur on the same 
rocks, By the sea side, in marshes, he will find, though sparingly, 
Oenanthe crocata, or hemlock dropwort: this is a strong vegetable 
poison ; several instances are on record of its fatal effects ; its roots 
consist of small round tubers, in bundles, like skirrets, and children 
and the unwary sometimes take them for the roots of the Bunium 
