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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
May, when generally these mountains have not doffed their 
wintry garb of snow, may have operated in preventing its re- 
discovery, as it is usually in July and August that the lovers 
of Flora delight themselves with the pleasures, and encounter 
the fatigues of rambling amid these mountain solitudes. 
R. auricomus , L. Wood Crowfoot. H. 5, B. 7. — F. 
April, May. P. 
Frequent in Woods. Side of the Isla, at Reeky Linn. 
Ruthven and Airlie Castle, also about Kettins, Rev. J. S. 
Barty. Kinnordy Woods, Mr J. Donald. 
R. sceleratus, L. Celery -leaved Crowfoot. H. 5, B. 7. — 
F. June, July. P. 
Occasionally in wet places. Banks of the Lakes of Forfar 
and Lundie, and side of a rill at Restenet. It was formerly 
found in the old quarry at Magdalen-yard green, Dundee, 
and in the old Meadows, but improvement has driven it from 
these stations. 
Near the Lunatic Asylum, Montrose, and abundant on the 
west side of the Montrose Basin, &c., Mr A. Croall. 
R. acris, L. Upright Meadow Crowfoot. H. 5, B. 7. — 
F. June, July. P. 
The common buttercups of our meadows, and designated 
in this county “ yelloiv go wans" probably because they are 
as abundant as their associates the daisies, Beilis perennis , 
which are popularly known by the name of “ gowans .” It 
occasionally occurs with full flowers. 
R. repens , L. Creeping Crowfoot. H. 5, B. 7- — F. 
June, August. P. 
Too common about the margins of fields. 
R. bulbosus , L. Bulbous Crowfoot. H. 6, B. 7. — F. 
May, June, P. 
Not uncommon, as on the Magdalen-yard green, Dundee, 
Lawhill, Balgay, Mains, Hare Craigs, near Arbroath, &c., 
Usan, Air A. Croall. With full flowers on the south bank 
of the Lake of F orfar, Mr G. Don. 
R. hirsutus , Curt. Pale Hairy Crowfoot. H. 6, B. 7* — 
F. June to Oct. A. — ( R . P/iilonotis , Ehrh.) 
