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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
dure and flowers, and crowned with overshadowing trees, 
through which the sun’s beams come wandering in search of 
hidden beauties. Fine walks are laid out on the southern 
bank, from which various views of the fall and adjacent 
scenery are obtained; but it is seen to most advantage from 
a projecting cliff a little way down the northern bank, where 
the eye at a glance embraces not only the whole majesty of 
the foaming cataract, with its surrounding rocks and woods, 
but also the Bridge of Craig, and the distant hills of Glen 
Isla, which form an appropriate background to the picture.”* 
The vicinity of the Linn is extremely rich in vegetation, 
and, to the eryptogamic botanist especially, affords much 
gratification. Mosses, lichens, and hepaticse, are abundant, 
and many species of each may be gathered in an hour’s ex- 
ploration. I have there found, among other rarities, the 
curious Jungermannia Blasici in fructification, which is very 
seldom found in that state, and the true Stereocaulon 
nanum, a lichen new to the British Flora. Indeed, the 
Den, besides its rarer phasnogamic plants, such as the 
two Orobi above mentioned, Convallaria vertieillata , 
Lychnis Viscaria , Melican utans , Chrysosplenium alter ni- 
folium , and others that will be noticed in their proper places, 
and a great exuberance of more common flowers, displays 
through its whole extent an ample and varied eryptogamic 
vegetation. 
The Beeky Linn is distant from Newtyle about nine 
miles, the road leading to it passing through Meigle and 
Alyth. 
Ord. XXVI.— ROSACEA. 
Gen. Br. 19. F. 15. Sp. and v. Br. 116. F. 55. 
Prunus. L. Plum and Cherry. 
Br. sp. and v. 7. F. 5. 
P. domestica, L. Wild Plum-tree. H. 92, B. 86. — F. 
Apr. May. T. 
In hedges, Mr G. Don. Probably in most cases planted. 
* Botanical Rambles in 1844. 
