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Verhascum virgaMm Stokes. Clearly native, I think. In one or 

 two remote parts of Bigbury parish, and abundantly near Back- 

 land, towards Bantham ; here it grows mixed up with V. Thapsus, 

 but I could find no hybrid between them. 



Scrojjhnlaria aquatica L. Only as the var. cinerea Dumortier. 

 — A handsome form of 8. nodosa L., with large and few flowers, 

 was gathered near the Erme above Kingston. — S. Scorodonia L. 

 grows between Churchstow and Malborough, as well as about 

 Kingsbridge, as Mr. Briggs mentions ; I could not find it further 

 west. 



Mumilus Inteus L. Naturalized at Duke's Mill, Bigbury. 

 Veronica arvensis L., var. '^'eximia Towns. Sandy ground at the 

 top of Bolt Head. 



Orohanche Hederce Duby. Salcombe; on ivy at Bigbury Rectory ; 

 cliffs near Bigbury, where one specimen appeared to be parasitical 

 on Ononis. — 0. minor Smith. Treated as a colonist or casual in 

 Fl. Phjnwuth : I think, however, that it is native near Bigbury and 

 Buckland, It also grew plentifully, last summer, in a clover-field 

 near Thurlstone. — 0. amethystea Thuill. Sparingly on Daucus 

 Carota, opposite Burr Island (I did not see D. (lummifer, except 

 perhaps at Hope, between Thurlstone and Bolt Tail) ; on Daucus 

 and Eryngium, at Thurlstone Sands ; rather plentifully opposite the 

 Thurlstone Kock, among grass, apparently on either Lotus cornicu- 

 lat}(s or Tri/oiium pratense. 



Mentha rotundifolia Hudson. There can, I think, be no reason- 

 able doubt that this is a true native about Kingsbridge, Bigbury, 

 and Kingston ; several of its stations are far from houses or gardens. 

 — M. gentilis L., var. Wirtgeniana (F. Schultz). By the Avon, about 

 half a mile below Hatch Bridge ; looking quite wild. Named by 

 Mr. Arthur Bennett. 



Guleopsis Tetrahit L., var. bifida (Boenn.). Plentiful in corn- 

 fields near Malborough, and I believe frequent elsewhere. 



Atriplex laciniata L. Sands by the Avon mouth, opposite 

 Bantham ; also in plenty on the Mothecombe side of the Erme 

 estuary, opposite Mr. Briggs's station for it. 



Polygonum avicuJare L., var. littorale (Link). Very luxuriant 

 on sands near the Thurlstone Rock ; some specimens measured 

 fully four feet across. — P. Rati Bab. Sands opposite Bantham. 

 I searched carefully for P. maritinnim, but without success. 



Buniex rupestris Lie Gall. Sewer Mill Cove, associated with B. 

 conglonieratus. I hardly think that any one who has seen these 

 plants growing would combine them under one species, and feel 

 sure that they are rightly kept apart by Briggs and Babington. — 

 B.. Hydrolapathmn Hudson. Swamp near the sea, below Thurl- 

 stone. Only one station, and that Cornish, is given for it in Fl. 

 Flymoutli. 



Knphorhia portlandica L. Remarkably common on cliffs all 

 along this coast. 



Uhmis swculosa Stokes, var. glabra Miller. Looks like a native, 

 in a wooded combe between Kingston and Ringmore. 



Urtica dioica L., var. angustifolia A. Blytt. Hedge near Ring- 



