FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
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Carum, L. Caraway. 
Br. sp. 3. F. 1. 
C. Carui, L. Common Caraway. H. 138, B. 128. — F. 
June. B. 
Wayside between Strathmartin and Balluderon, in one 
spot, where probably the seeds had been dropped. Don. 
mentions it as the most common umbelliferous plant in the 
vicinity of Arbroath ; I have never been able to detect it 
there, except cultivated about cottages ; and Mr Croall says, 
“ 1 have examined almost every spot around Arbroath, many 
of them repeatedly, but never observed a single plant.” Some 
plants are very ephemeral in their appearance, and it may 
have been that in Don’s time the plant was common in that 
district. It is much cultivated for the sake of the seeds, 
which are used in the county to give a flavour to cheese and 
oaten cakes. 
Bunium, Koch. Earth-nut. 
Br. sp. 1. F. 1. 
B . Jiexuosum, With. Common Earth-nut. H. 139, B. 
128. — F. May, June. P. 
Very plentiful in meadows and on grassy banks. The 
tuberous roots have a flavour much akin to that of the hazel- 
nut, and are well known to school-boys and country urchins, 
being extensively dug up and eaten under the name of 44 Luci - 
ear nuts 
Pimpinella, L. Burnet Saxifrage. 
Br. sp. 2. F. 1. 
P. Saxifraga , L. Common Burnet- Saxifrage. H. 139, 
B. 129. — F. July, Sept. P. 
Frequent from the coast to the highland valleys. 
Very variable in size, the stems and leaves more or less 
pubescent. The var. or state with pinnatifldly-cut radical 
leaves, occurs at Will’s Braes, and Den of Bonnington, near 
Montrose, &c. 
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