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Liguslrum vulgare, (Privet*) Linum angustifolium; Daucus maritimus; Criihmum 

 maritimum, (Samphire;) Beta maritima, (Sea Beet;) Melilotus officinalis, 

 (Melilot;) Trisetumflavescens; Cynosurus echinatus, (Dog's-tail Grass;) Alopecurus 

 (forget the species;) Polygonum aviculare; Senebiera Goronopus; this plant, 

 as well as its congener, G. cUdyma, is plentiful on waste ground in this 

 neighbourhood, emitting a rank smell, and very pungent to the taste; Potentilla 

 reptans; Reseda luteola; Atriphx rosea. 



On August 5th., I took a long stroll from Plymouth to Bovisand, and 

 thence by the beach to Wembury, Newton, and Noss. My way again lay 

 over Catdown, on the borders of Plymouth, and I observed in flower there 

 Pastinaca sativa, (Parsnep,) and Diplotaxls muralis. Having been ferried over 

 to Turnchapel, I passed over Staddon Heights, a ramble over which ground I 

 have described in an earlier paper — and only noted here Arctium Lappa and 

 Anagallis arvensis, as strangers to my list. I searched about at Bovisand for 

 something to record, and succeeded in meeting with Medicago sativa, Pulicaria 

 dysenterica, and Koniga maritima. Hence I proceeded by the winding-path 

 used by the coast guardsmen to Wembury, where in a corn-field I found 

 Linaria Elatine, and, much to my delight, Papaver hybridum, but unfortunately 

 it was past bloom, being indeed quite withered. There was a large stock of 

 it; and however much its presence may be distasteful to the farmer, I trust 

 to get a good supply of it next season, for I have long sought for it in vain. 

 On the sands I met with that variety of Polygonum aviculare, described by 

 Babington as "sl form with very short internodes and leaves, small flowers, and 

 much-branched stems," as well as two or three of the genus Atriplex. Ascending 

 again to the fields, I remark Uuphorbia helioscopia, E. exiqua, Polygonum, 

 convolvulus, and Sonchus arvensis. A wet" spot was embroidered with Samolus 

 Valerandi; and then came a heathy bit of ground with the furze bushes 

 covered with Guscida Europcea. Not to dilate, I conclude with the mere names 

 of the other plants noticed during this ramble: — Eupatorium cannabinum, 

 Ilelminthia ecTiioides, Calamintha officinalis, Alsine rubra, Torilis anthnscus, 

 uEthu^a cynapium. 



Here terminated my botanical strolls of 1851. I have been purposely 

 concise in this communication, as the opportunity of penning it has occurred 

 so long "after date." 



Isaiah W. N. Keys. 



Plymouth, February Wtli., 1852. 



