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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
is apt to think that the poets have done injustice to such a 
fair sweet flower, by making it the emblem of vanity ; for 
may not the unconquerable desire of Narcissus for contem- 
plating his own graceful features, reflected from the fountain, 
have arisen rather from that love of the beautiful inherent in 
the human mind, intensely excited, than from any vain or 
self-conceited notions? The beauty of the flower tempts one 
to view the fable in this light. 
Galanthus, L. Snowdrop. 
Br.sp. 1 . F. 1 . 
G. nivalis , L. Snowdrop. H. 376, B, 300. — F. Feb. 
Mar. P. 
This, 
“ The first pale blossom of the unripen’d year/’ 
was found naturalized near Mains Castle, but, from altera- 
tions, now lost. Mr A. Croall finds it in woods near Kina- 
ber, and at the Upper Mills, &c., but does not think it really 
indigenous in these stations. 
Sub-Class. II GLUMACEiE. 
Ord. xcyiii— GRAMINE^E. 
Gen. Br. {Hook. 41 . Bab. 49 .) F. 29 . Sp. and v. (Hook. 151 . Bab. 155 .) 
F. 94 . 
Anthoxanthum, L. Vernal-grass. 
Br.ap.]. F. 1 . 
A. odorata , L. Sweet-scented Vernal-grass. H. 378, 
B. 356.— F. May, July. P. 
Plentiful from the coast to nearly 3000 feet on the Clova 
and Canlochen mountains. 
Nardus, L. Mat-grass. 
Br. sp. 1 . F. 1 . 
N. stricta, L. Mat-grass. H. 379, B. 378. — F. June. 
P. 
Moors and heaths plentiful. 
