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trefoil, hitherto, in the British possessions, confined to 
Jersey, in Cornwall, in two stations, and abundant in each. 
He also speaks of Tr. Molinerii, Balb., as really distinct 
from incarnatum, and as truly wild in Cornwall. In reply to 
some queries on the subject, that gentleman has sent me the 
following remarks, which I am sure will be acceptable to 
every student of British plants. 
With regard to the question whether T. strictum, 
Bocconi and Molinerii, are aboriginal natives, I can see no 
more reason to doubt that they are so, than that T. striatum, 
scabrum, and arvense, are natives. They all grow together; 
So that in one of the stations I actually did cover growing 
specimens of all six with my hat. T. strictum and Bocconi 
could not have been introduced for agricultural purposes, 
being far inferior to many other species which grow freely in 
the neighbourhood: there is no garden for the cultivation of 
rare plants within many miles. The Lizard Head, near which 
they both grow, is at least two miles from any cove at which 
à vessel could effect a landing with safety; and that cove is 
visited only by colliers, which of course discharge no ballast. 
The cliffs in the vicinity of the station are very precipi- 
tous, and no ballast thrown overboard or washed from a 
Wreck could be carried thither: though, formerly, smugglers - 
up a continual communication with France and the 
Channel Isles, it would be absurd to suppose that they were 
In any way accessory to the introduction of two such worth- 
less weeds, as they would think them. I have seen foreign 
- plants growing on ballast-heaps near Plymouth, and should 
never think of mentioning them as fair claimants for admis- 
Sion into the British Flora; ‘but in the present case I have 
no hesitation in saying that any botanist who would accom- 
pany me round the Lizard Cliffs must arrive at the conclu- — 
‘Sion, that they are either aboriginal natives, or have been 
‘Sown very extensively on remote points of the : ! 
dishonest botanist for the sake of gaining a mit ee 
(— that is to say, T. Bocconi, by Borrer, and T. strictum, by your — 
