FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 10? 
near Belmont Castle in 1811, by Mr Young. Invercarrity, 
by Kinnordy, C. Lyell , Esq. 
C. nigra, L. Black Knapweed. II. 185, B. 169. — F. 
July, Sept. P. 
Common on the sea-shore, in inland pastures, and extend- 
ing up the Highland valleys. With white heads of flowers, 
Mr G. Don. 
C. Cyanus, L. Corn Blue-bottle. FI. 185, B. 169. — F. 
July, Augt. A. 
Plentiful in corn-fields. The flowers are here termed 
c ‘ Blaworts” and when one looks very cold on a winter day, 
he is said to be “ as blue as a blawort.” Miss L. E. Landon 
says,— 
“ The blue Cyanus we’ll not forget, 
’Tis the gem of the harvest coronet.” 
and, 
“ While the golden ears their stores are yielding, 
And azure cornflowers fall among the corn” — 
Memory awakens in the feeling heart thoughts of one, who, 
though she departed before the harvest-time, wrought for 
herself a coronet of flowers that will never fade, so long as 
“ sweet poesy ” hath a place in the world. 
C. Scabiosa, L. Greater Knapweed. H. 185, B. 170. — 
F. July, Sept. P. 
Very common about Dundee, both to east and west, and 
about Brough ty Ferry. To the eastward of Montrose, about 
2J miles, Mr A. Croall. 
Three varieties, as respects the colour of the flowers, were 
found on Will’s Braes, prior to their destruction by the rail- 
way, namely, one with the heads of flowers white, a second 
with them rose-coloured, and a third with the radial florets 
rose-coloured, and the discoid purple. 
Bidens, L. Bur-marigold. 
Br. sp. and v. 4. F. 1. 
B. cernua, L. Nodding Bur-marigold. IF. 187, B. 159. 
— F. June, Sept. P. 
