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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE, 
Oxyria, Hill. Mountain-Sorrel, 
Br. sp. 1. F. 1. 
0. reni/ormis , Hook. Mountain- Sorrel. H. 287, B. 
256. — F. July, August. P. 
Plentiful about the sides of streams among the mountains, 
and descending far down the Highland valleys. 
Ord. lxxiv.— empetre^:. 
Gen. Br. 1. F. 1. Sp. Br. 1. F. 1. 
Empetrum, L. Crowberry. 
Br. sp. 1. F.l. 
E. nigrum , L. Black Crow-berry, or Crake-berry. H. 
291, B. 262. — F. April, May. Fruit ripe in July, August, 
or Sept. S. 
Common on the hills and mountains. 
Ord. LXXV.— EUPHORBIACE^. 
Gen. Br. 3. F. 2. Sp. and v. Br. 19. F. 4. 
Mercurialis, L. Mercury. 
Br. sp. and v. 3. F.l. 
M. perennis, 1 j. Dog’s Mercury. H. 291, B. 266. — F. 
April, May. P. 
In shady dens plentiful, as Mains, Glammis, Airlie, 
Foulis, &c. 
Den of Fullerton, and banks of the N. and S. Esk, Mr A. 
Croall. 
Dr Hill says, “ There is not a more fatal plant, native of 
our country, than this ; many have been known to die by 
eating it boiled with their food.” It is injurious to cattle, 
but is seldom touched by them except in early summer, when 
they are first let out to pasture. At this season, eager for a 
mouthful of anything green, they do not very nicely discri- 
