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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
,S. Ulmaria, L. Meadow-sweet, or Queen of the Mea- 
dows. H. 93, B. 87. — F. June, Augt. P. 
Abundant by the sides of streams, in ditches, marshes, and 
wet meadows, from the sea-shore to the alpine valleys. The 
flowers exhale a sweet but very powerful odour. 
Dryas, L. Mountain Avens. 
Br. sp. and v. 3. F. 1. 
D. octopetala , L. White- flowered Mountain Avens. H. 
94, B. 87. — F. June, July. P. 
Craig Maid, Glen Dole, and plentiful on the rocks of Can- 
lochen. 
Its large white blossoms form an elegant ornament of the 
rocks, but are very fragile, and like those of the little Bock- 
Speedwell, soon fall after being gathered. To preserve good 
specimens, the collector would require to be provided with a 
field-book, and lay them out in paper on the spot, or the 
likelihood is, that on returning to his inn or shieling, he will 
find all the petals of his Dryas scattered among the other 
contents of his vasculum. 
Geum, A. Avens. 
Br. sp. and v. 3. F. 3. 
G. urbanum , L. Common Avens, or Herb Bennet. H. 
94, B. 88. — F. June, August. P. 
Waysides, hedge-banks, and in woods, plentiful. 
With semi-double flowers in the Den of Glammis, Mr G. 
Lawson. 
G. rivale , L. Water Avens. H. 94, B. 88.— F. May, 
July. P. 
Banks of streams and wet places abundant in the lower 
part of the county, and ascending the mountains to between 
2000 and 3000 feet, where it becomes scarcer, and more 
stunted. It frequently occurs with semi-double flowers. 
An intermediate variety, or possibly a hybrid between this 
and G. urbanum, which may be G. intermedium, Ehrh. 
(Bab. 88), is of frequent occurrence on the banks of Feithy- 
water and elsewhere. In G. rivale the petals are purplish, 
