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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
“ Unfolding to tlie breeze of May, 
The cowslip greets the vernal ray ; 
The topaz and the ruby gem 
Her blossom’s simple diadem; 
And as the dew-drops gently fall, 
They tip with pearls her coronal.” 
Centunculus, L. Chaffweed. 
Br. sp. 1 . F. 1. 
C. minimus , L. Small Chaffweed, or Bastard Pimpernel. 
H. 268, B. 243. — F. June, July. A. 
By a wayside in Guthrie Woods, its direction eastwards, 
Mr A. Croall. 
Trientalis, Rupp. Ohickweed Wintergreen. 
Br. sp. 1. F. 1. 
T. Europoea, L. European Chickweed Wintergreen. H. 
269, B. 244. — F. May, July. P. 
Abundantly distributed throughout the county. Baldo- 
van Woods. Balkemnock Woods. Lumley Woods, in pro- 
fusion, and frequently richly tinted with pink. Hunter’s Hill 
W r ood and Cramb’s W T ood, near Glammis. Woods, banks of 
Rescobie Lake. Woods at the foot of Glen Isla. Blacklaw 
Hill, near Foulis. Sidlaw Hills. Merlin Den, a beautiful 
wooded dell north from Brechin. Clova mountains, smaller 
in size than in the woods, and flowering later. 
Guthrie Hill, about Craigo, and in Kinnoul Wood, near 
Montrose, Mr A. Croall. Gannachy Woods, woods west 
from Kinnaird, and Rossie Moor, Air A. Bousie. Carreston 
Woods, Air John Laing. Woods of Ardovie, and Monroman 
Moor, Mr J. Cruickshank. 
In fruit, on heaths, by the side of the footpath leading 
from Kirkton of Clova into Glen Prosen, July 1846. 
There is commonly but one flower on the plant, occasion- 
ally two or more. The leaves under the microscope appear 
very slightly serrated ; their net-work of veins is beautiful, 
but more so the delicate lace-like membrane that invests the 
seeds. 
