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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
flowers with which it is filled, many of them loading the air 
with their fragrance, furnish the lover of Flora with abund- 
ant occupation. Among the rarer of its productions may be 
mentioned Cctrex dioica , ripciria , and acuta , Cardamine 
amara, Lemna trisulca , Geranium sylvaticum , Myhrris 
odorata, Listera cor data, Scirpus sylvaticus , &c.” 
Tormentilla, L. Tormentil. 
Br . sp . and v . 2. F . 1. 
T. officinalis , Sm. Common Tormentil. H. 100, B. 91. 
— F. June, July. P. ( Potentilla Tormentilla , Sibth., 
Nesl., Bab., &c.) 
Abundant in woods and on heaths in the low grounds and 
on the hills and mountains. In cases of dysentry I have 
known a decoction of the root used with great efficacy, but 
being a very powerful astringent, caution must be used in its 
administration. 
Sibbaldia, L . Sibbaldia. 
Br . sp . 1. F . 1. 
S. procumbens , L. Procumbent Sibbaldia. H. 101, B. 
90. — F. July. P. 
Plentiful on most of the Clova and Glen Isla mountains, 
on their summits, and rarely descending more than half-way 
down. It is found in finest condition a short distance below 
the summits, and this remark applies to many other mountain 
plants, as Car ex rigida, Juncus trijidus , &c., which, though 
stunted and starved-like when exposed to the frequently re- 
curring storm, display a more thriving and luxuriant aspect 
under a moderate degree of shelter. 
Agrimonia, L. Agrimony, 
Br . sp . 1. F . 1. 
A. Eupatoria , L. Common Agrimony. H. 101, B. 69, 
—> F. June, August. P. 
Sparingly distributed along the coast from Invergowrie to 
Montrose, generally where it is rocky. In some of the places 
