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canina of Linnaous, not the plant improperly so-called in my first paper, the 

 correct name of which is V. sylvatica, Fries; as well as a form intermediate 

 between the two; so that, as Babington has it in the third edition of his 

 excellent ''^Manual of British Botany/' V. lactea, Sm., E. B. 445, is in all 

 probability a variety only of V. canina, L. These violets grow intermixed, 

 on heathy ground, among Furze and other plants which comparatively affect 

 dry situations. I mention this circumstance in consequence of finding, in 

 the work just referred to, that "turf bogs" are named as the habitat of 

 V. lancifolia; and supposing that it might hence be inferred that the plant 

 should be sought only in such a situation. Associated with the Violets, I 

 found Plantago lanceolata, Carex speirostachya, G. panicea, and C hiiiervis, 

 as well as Veronica officinalis, and other plants whose names have before 

 been introduced into these papers. In hedges of the road, between Jump 

 and Roborough Down, Hieracium pilosella was abundant, in common with 

 many other flowers before noted. On Roborough Down Pedicularis sylvatica 

 was unfolding its large rose-coloured flowers, which in some dry spots are all 

 that can be seen, the plants being so stunted that the stem and leaves are 

 scarcely observable. Straggling over all parts of the common, was Galium 

 saxatile; and, in the hedges, the majestic Foxglove, [Digitalis purpurea,) was 

 rearing its purple bells. 



After passing the lodge, there is a walk of upwards of two miles before 

 Maristow is reached; and the road is, for a great portion of the way, lined 

 on both sides with various trees of noble stature. In the grounds of Maristow 

 I found Bunium fiexuosuvi, Sanicula Eurnpcea abundant; Aquilegia vulgaris very 

 plentiful, and, to all appearance, truly wild; for not only within the bound- 

 aries of the estate, but in the adjacent lanes, it grew freely, Lysimachia 

 nemorum: what a bright little earth-star this is! Melampyrum pratense; 

 Primula veris — nearly out of flower: this is a doubtful native of Devonshire; 

 but there was a great quantity of it here. Allium ursinum in extensive 

 patches, completely whitening the woods, and sending forth an offensive strong 

 smell of garlick; Melica unifiora and Milium effu^um — two graceful grasses; 

 Asperula odorata, compensating by its grateful odour for the disagreeable 

 garlick; and then came in abundance that beautiful labiate plant, the IleliUis 

 melissophyllum, with its large handsome flowers; Gcum urhanum; the bright 

 blue Anchusa sempervirens; and in an orchard the finest example I ever 

 saw of the Silyhum 3Iarianum, (the Virgin Mary's Thistle.) 



At Lophill, a small village adjacent, I observed in flower on the road- sides, 

 or in the hedges. Cotyledon umhilicus, Anthriscus vulgaris, Viburnum Opulus, 

 Zfithospermum officinale, Urtica dioica, Ghelidonium inajiLS, Samhucus nigra, 

 Solanum dulcamara, Barharea vulgaris; also Sedum telephium, (inflorescence 

 undeveloped;) in the interstices of the walls and among loose stones on the 

 banks of the river within tide range, Cochlearia Anglica; and by a mill-pond, 

 or in marshy ground adjoining. Ranunculus sceleratus, QSnantlie crocata, 

 Veronica heccahunga, and Lychnis Flos-Cucidi: here also is a fine colony of 



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