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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
H. maculata , L. Spotted Cat’s-ear. H. 171, B. 176. 
— F. July, August. P. ( Acliyropliorus , Scop., Gasrt., DC.) 
Dry woods, east of Forfar, Mr G. Don. 
H. radicata, L. Long-rooted Cat’s-ear. H. 171, B. 176. 
— F. July. P. [Achyrophorus, Gaert., DC.) 
Common by waysides and the margins of fields. 
A curious monstrosity was found at Balgay in 1833 by 
the late Air James Butchart . In this specimen there were 
twelve stalks or scapes, the central one being about half an 
inch in diameter, surmounted by a flower-head several times 
the usual size. Two of the smaller stalks issued from the 
central one, the others from the caudex, and all over- 
topped the larger flower, some of them measuring 19 inches 
in height. 
Air Butchart was a zealous votarv of Nature, and derived 
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much pleasure from her communings. He did not enter 
deeply into the investigation of any branch of natural history, 
but was nevertheless one of those who, 
“ Find tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, 
Sermons in stones, and good in every thing.” 
The feathered race captivated his attention most, and he 
was perhaps the first in this quarter who succeeded in breed- 
ing the Siskin in confinement. — (See Alag. Nat. Hist. viii. 
372.) 
Sonchus, L. Sow-thistle. 
Br. sp. and v. 5. F. 4. 
S. alpinus , L. Blue Alpine Sow-thistle. H. 172, B. 
181. — F. July, August. P. (S. coeruleus, Sm. Mulgedium , 
Cass. M. alpinum , Less., Bab.) 
In various stations in Glen Dole and Canlochen, where it 
is eagerly sought for by botanical explorers on account of its 
being one of the rarest and stateliest of our native alpine 
plants. In Glen Dole, Clova, it occurs on rocks near a 
waterfall about half-way up Craig Maid, and on shelving 
rocks near its summit; also in two places near the principal 
waterfall on the stream that descends between Craig Maid 
and Craig Rennet, — the one at the foot of the fall on the 
left-hand side, and the other about half-way up the fall on 
