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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
bit of moory ground, from the sea-shore to the highest sum- 
mits of the Clova mountains. It is named “ Carlin-heather ,” 
and its blossoms are usually of a fine rich purple, though 
sometimes pale pink and white, as on the Sidlaw Hills, Loch 
B randy, Glen Dole, &c. 
Calluna. Salisb. Ling. 
Br.sp. 1 . F. 1 . 
C. vulgaris , Salisb. Common Heath, or Ling. H. 209, 
B. 192. — F. June, Augt. S. ( Erica vulgaris , L.) 
Fully as widely diffused as E. cinerea. With white flow- 
ers on Sidlaw Hills. On the Clova mountains a procumbent 
form is not uncommon. 
This beautiful little shrub, the veritable Heather of Scot- 
land, 
“ On Caledonian hills sublime 
Spreads its dark mantle, where the bees delight 
To seek their purest honey, flourishes 
Sometimes with bell-like amethysts, and then 
Paler, and shaded like a maiden’s cheek 
With gradual blushes; others while as white 
As rime that hangs upon the frozen spray. 
Of this old Scotia’s hardy mountaineers 
Their rustic couches form, and there enjoy 
Sleep, which beneath his velvet canopy, 
Luxurious Idleness implores in vain.” 
Azalea, L. Azalea. 
Br. sp. 1 . F. 1 . 
A. procumbens, L. Trailing Azalea. H. 210, B. 194, — 
F. May, June. S. ( Chamceledon , Link. Loiseleuria, 
Desvaux.) 
On tlie summits of the Clova mountains plentiful, as those 
of Carlowie, Bassies, Bed Craig, White Bent, Ben Bed, Loch 
Brandy Hills, King’s-seat in the Corrie of Clova, &c. 
On the mountains bounding Glen Phee and Glen Dole, 
Professor Balfour , who remarks that a large variety of the 
plant, resembling that brought from America, is met with on 
the Clova range. 
