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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
Alectoria, Ach. Alectoria. 
A. jubata, Ach. Wiry Alectoria, or Rock-Hair. H. 
227. 
Woods plentiful, depending from the branches of the trees 
in loose tufts, often a foot long, varying in colour, from grey- 
ish white through various shades of olive and brown, to 
nearly black. The true apothecia I have had the pleasure 
of finding for the first time in Britain, in Deerhill Wood, 
and have distributed many specimens. They are usually met 
with from March to May, but are not abundant. The Deer- 
hill Wood is spread over the Hill of Tealing, one of the 
southern slopes of the Sidlaws, and is composed mainly of 
firs. Its undulated interior is a pleasant rambling-place on 
a summer day, when the Vaccinium Myrtillus is in full 
bloom, and the voice of the cuckoo is heard at intervals amid 
the innumerable warblings of forest birds ; and to the lover 
of Flora it is ever interesting. In summer it presents a luxu- 
riance of woodland flowers ; in autumn beautiful ferns and 
mosses ; and in winter and spring the exuberance of lichens 
on the trees, especially in the northern part, will give a charm 
to the place though he is compelled to gather them knee- 
deep in snow. 
/3. chalybeiformis, Hook. Common on rocks on the Clova 
mountains. 
Cornicularia, Ach. Cornicularia. 
Br. Sp. and v. 7. F. 5 . 
C. tristis , Ach. Dark radiated Cornicularia. H. 228. 
Rocks and stones, Clova, common. 
C. aculeata , Ach. Aculeated Cornicularia. This and 
hispida are found in heathy places from the coast to the 
mountain summits, ft. frequent. 
C. bicolor, Ach. Black and Grey Cornicularia. H. 228. 
Clova mountains, but not common. More frequent in 
Braemar. 
C. lanata , Ach. Black woolly Cornicularia. H. 229. 
Rocks on most of the Clova mountains, ft. not rare. 
