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tains at the head of Glen Esk. The Craigs of Maskeldie at 
its head are wild and picturesque, and, to the botanist, might 
prove interesting, if well examined, but being so far from the 
hamlet of Clova, little in this way could be done without 
gipseying it. At the foot of the lake stands the venerable 
ruins of Invermark Castle, and near it the humble cottage 
where, for many a year, lived “ The Bard of Loch Lee,” Mr 
Alexander Boss, the gifted schoolmaster of the parish, whose 
writings are well known to almost every lover of the Scottish 
muse. The lake, thus associated with the memory of the 
author of “ The Fortunate Shepherdess,” obtains an interest 
in the heart, apart from the admiration of its own beauty. 
With what a spirit of enchantment, as it were, has not the 
genius of Scott invested Loch Katrine, and that of Byron 
Lochnagar? And, though of a humbler cast, the genius of 
Boss will give to Loch Lee a deathless fame. 
Ord. XXVIII.— HALORAGEtE. 
Gen. Br. 3. F. 3. Sp. and v. Br. 9, F. 5. 
ITippuris, L. Mare’s Tail. 
Br. sp. 1. F. 1. 
H. vulgaris , L. Common Mare’s Tail, H. 114, B. 108. 
— F. June, August. P. 
Margins of the Lakes of Bescobie, Balgavies, and Forfar, 
plentiful ; and in ditches and marshes near them. 
Pools near Guthrie, Prof. Balfour. Bestenet, Mr A. 
Groall. Mill-dam, Farnell, Dr White. Kingoldrum, Rev. 
J. 0. Haldane. 
Myriophyllum, L. Water-Milfoil. 
Br. sp. 3. F. 1. 
M. spicatum , L. Spiked Water-Milfoil. H. 114, B„ 
108. — F. July, August. P. 
In pools frequent, as well as in streams. In the Esk at 
Milltown of Clova, in dense floating masses 2 or 3 feet long, 
>ut without flowers, July, 1846. 
