FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
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Ord. lxxxvi.-xaiades. 
Gen. Br. 4. F. 4. Sp. and v. Br. 25. F. 
Potamogeton, L. Pond-weed. 
Br. sp. and v. 20. F. 13. 
P. \ pectinatus , L. Fennel-leaved Pond-weed. H. 339, 
B. 325. — F. July, Sept. P. (According to Babington our 
Forfarshire plant is not the true P .pectinatus of Linn., but 
P .Jiliformis, Nolte, and, when growing in salt water, is the 
P. marinus of Fries and Koch.) 
Lakes of Rescobie and Balgavies. 
These lakes furnish all the species of Pond-weed that in- 
habit this county, and are otherwise interesting to the bo- 
tanist, from the great variety of beautiful plants that grow in 
their waters, and in the marshes and woods that margin them. 
They are situated on the line of the Arbroath and Forfar 
railway, between the Auldbar and Clocksbriggs stations, Bal- 
gavies on the south, and Rescobie on the north side of the 
line. On a clear sunny day the Potamogetoc , flourishing at a 
great depth amid the transparent waters, animated by nume- 
rous members of the insect and finny races, present a delight- 
ful spectacle, and the long stems of the white and yellow- 
water-lilies may be traced from their floating flowers to the 
root. A marsh on the north banks of Rescobie lake, a little 
to the eastward of the church, presents the three British 
Utricularice , with Menyanthes, Comarum, various Carices, 
Salices, Equisetse, and Musci, and is lavishly perfumed by 
My rica Gale. A wood between this marsh and the lake is, 
in May, a perfect paradise, richly adorned with wood-ane- 
monies, primroses, wood-sorrels, bilberries, and the starry 
Trientalis, with other sylvan flowers, that love to luxuriate in 
such verdant shades. This exuberance of floral beauty, the 
freshness and diversity of the foliage, the soul-thrilling tones 
of happy birds, and the glimpses of blue sky seen through 
the rustling boughs smiling in sunlight, or reflected from the 
scarcely rippled surface of the lake, give to the scene a cha- 
racter of rural sweetness and repose, quite apart from the 
jarring bustle of every-day life. One feels, in such a place, 
estranged for the time from the cares and vicissitudes of the 
world, and the charms of Nature penetrate, with their refin- 
