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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
Plentiful on rocks among the Clova and Glen Isla moun- 
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tains, adorning them with its wide spreading or trailing 
masses of ciliated foliage, its large crimson flowers being in 
perfection in early summer, though frequently met with 
.sparingly in July and August. 
' S. aizoides , L. Yellow Mountain Saxifrage. H. 128, B. 
117- — F. July, Sept. P. 
The most common of the mountain saxifrages, and de- 
spending lower than any of the others. Almost every stream 
and rill on the mountains and in the intervening valleys, is 
margined with the golden flowerage of this plant ; and in 
marshy places, and on the wet ledges of rocks, it is not un- 
common. In drains by the side of the Newtyle and Glam- 
mis railway, August 1842, the most southern station in the 
county where it has been observed. 
Frequent by the side of the North Esk near Gannachy 
Bridge, Mr A. Kerr. 
S. granulata , L. White Meadow Saxifrage. H. 128, 
B. 119. — F. May, June. P. 
Not uncommon on grassy banks, and on old walls in many 
places, as Will’s Braes, Hare Craigs, near Montrose, Hun- 
ters’ Hill near Glammis, Den of Airlie, &c. It varies in 
height from two to twelve inches. 
A var. with scarlet-tipt petals, and another with the petals 
very acute, were found at Hare Craigs, near Broughty, by 
Mr Douglas Gardiner , but no date nor specimens have been 
preserved. 
S. rivularis, L. Alpine Brook Saxifrage. H. 129, B. 
119. — F. July, Sept. P. 
Clova mountains, July 1824, Hooker , Greville , Burchell, 
and Drummond. It has also been found on these mountains 
by Mr G. Don , no particular stations indicated. It grows 
in considerable abundance on the wet shelving rocks on the 
south side of Lochnagar, in the neighbouring county of 
Aberdeen. 
S. tridactylites , L. Hue-leaved Saxifrage. H. 129, B. 
119. — F. May, June. A. 
Not common. Hare Craigs. Den of Mains, probably in- 
troduced. 
