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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
houses, and apparently wild, but may have been introduced 
by the agency of man. 
M. viridis , L. Spear-Mint. H. 249, B. 228.— -F. Sept. 
P. 
Banks of streams rare, as the Dighty near Claverhouse, 
the Feithy near Claypots Castle, and Bullion Burn near In- 
vergowrie. 
M. rotundifolia, L. Bound-leaved Mint. H. 249, B. 
228. Augt. Sept. P. 
Banks of Dighty near Claverhouse, but probably now de- 
stroyed. 
M. hirsuta , L. Hairy Mint. H. 250, B. 229. (M. 
aquatica, and sativa, L.) 
Plentiful on the banks of streams, and in ditches, and wet 
places. Varying much in the inflorescence, from densely ca- 
pitate to laxly whorled. 
M. arvensis, L. Corn Mint. H. 251, B.229. — F. Augt. 
Sept. P. 
Cornfields frequent. 
Thymus, L. Thyme. 
Br. sp. 1. F. 1. 
T. Serpyllum , L. Wild Thyme. H. 251, B. 230. — F. 
June, August. P. 
The “ bonny wild thyme ” is abundantly distributed 
throughout the county, shedding its fragrance over the sands 
and rocks of the sea-shore, the inland waysides, woods, and 
hills, and ascending to the highest mountain summits. Vari- 
able in respect to the amount of pubescence on its leaves, and 
their odour, which is however always agreeable. With white 
flowers on the Sands of Barrie, south bank of Forfar Loch, 
and Bassies, Clova. It gives preference to heaths. 
“ There’s not a heath, however rude, 
But hath some little flowei’, 
To brighteu up its solitude, 
And scent the evening hour. 
There’s not a heart, however cast 
By grief and sorrow down, 
But hath some memory of the past, 
To love and call its own.” 
