28 J. H. PRICE, I. TITTLEY & W. D. RICHARDSON 



Plate 2 Padina pavonica population in shallow pool near low water level, Corbyn's Head Rocks, 

 Torquay, 28 July 1972. Photograph: W. D. Richardson. 



(1953). A visit by one of us (W. D. R.) in September 1975 to virtually the same locality confirmed 

 the presence of a few tetrasporic plants as a single clump in a silty upper shore pool. 



The reasons why those from Brixham are the furthest western modern and authenticable 

 records for the south coast are elusive; certainly, few data from localities further west are ade- 

 quately supported on any basis now traceable. Holmes's (1906) area system resulted in a Plymouth 

 record of Padina; Tregelles (1932) statement is based on that. There is an apparent (Plymouth) 

 basis for the Holmes statement, in the regrettably undated specimen amongst a collection that 

 contains many Brebner specimens bearing dates in the early 1900s. The general topic of far western 

 records is reviewed below. 



Cornwall 



Eddystone Lighthouse: 



Herb. Norman, 'procured from Eddystone Lighthouse. Purchased at Plymouth' (SUN). 



Boscastle : 



Holmes (1906a), one of the 'rarer species'. 



General : 



Morison & Bobart (1699, 1715, 1738), '. . . etiam e littore Cornubiensi collectam habemus' (as 

 Fucus maritimus Gallopavonis pennas referens [Bauhin]). 



Secondarily based on Morison & Bobart (1699) were: Dillenius in Ray & Dillenius (1724); 

 Hill (1760) (as Fucus fronde sessili reniformi decussatim stria to); Hudson (1762) (as Fucus 

 pavonicus); Martyn (1763); Robson (1777); Camden & Gough (1789) (as Ulva pavonia}. 



