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the right-hand side, where it was observed in considerable 
quantity, almost past flowering, on July 27, 1846. There 
are two stations for it near the top of Craig Rennet, on the 
right-hand side of a stream ; and it grows in several places 
by the sides of streams at the head of Canlochen Glen. 
S. arvensis , L. Corn Sow-thistle. H. 173, B. 181. — 
F. August. Sept. P. 
In corn fields frequent, its large yellow flowers agreeably 
odorous. 
S. oleraceus , L. Common Sow-thistle. H. 173, B. 181. 
— F. June, Augst. A. 
Abundant by waysides, in fields, and waste ground. Very 
variable in size and the cutting of its leaves. In one of the 
wooded dens at Will’s Braes, some years ago, a plant of this 
species was observed with a stem between nine and ten feet 
high, supported and shaded by a stately hawthorn. 
/3. asper , Hook. H. 173, B. 181. (S. asper, Vill., Hoffm., 
Borr., Bab.) 
Common about Montrose, Mr A. Croall. Not unfrequent 
in other parts of the county. 
Crepis, L. Hawk’s-beard. 
Br. sp. 5. F. 4. 
C. virens, L. Smooth Hawk’s-beard. H. 173, B. 180. 
— F. June, Sept. A. (C. tectorum , E. Bot. — not Linn.) 
Common in pastures and waste ground. 
C. pulchra , L. Small-flowered Hawk’s-beard. H. 174, 
B. 180. — F. June, Sept. A. ( Prenanthes hieracifolia, 
Willd.) 
“ Among the debris of the rocks of the Hills of Turin and 
Pitscandly, but very rare,” Mr G. Don . In September 
1845, I visited the Hill of Turin with the express purpose of 
ascertaining whether C. pulclira was still to be found there, 
but after a careful investigation, was convinced that a turnip- 
field reaching to the base of the rocks now occupied the bank 
of debris where the plant had formerly grown. 
