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more, very well marked ; almost, if not quite, destitute of stinging 

 hairs. 



Parietaria offichudis L,, var. falla.v Gren. & Godr. Wall at 

 Aveton Giffard. The type is common. 



Qufrcus Bohur L., var. intermedia (D. Don). Rocky bank of the 

 Avon, below Aveton Giffard ; apparently indigenous. 



Orchis pijraynidalis L. Eather common near the sea, Bigbury, 

 in schistose sand. 



Iris Pseudacorus L. The type grows in marshy ground near the 

 sea, below Bigbury ; only var. acoriformis was met with elsewhere. 



Piuscus aciiJeatiis L. Cliffs near the mouth of the Avon. 



Allium vivpcde L., var. compactum (Thuill.). Hedge-bank by 

 Folly Farm, Bigbury. 



Luzula Fnrsteri X vernalis {L. Borreri Bromf.). Lanes about 

 Bigbury and Kingston, associated with the parent species. 



Sprtrf/aninm ramosum Hudson, var. "^microcarpnyn Neuman, and 

 (S*. ne(/lectum. Beeby. Both grow pretty plentifully in the Avon, 

 between Hatch Bridge and Aveton Giffard. 



Alisma ranunculoides L. Swamp near the coast, Thurlstone. 

 Without personal authority in Top. Bot. 



Potamof/eton piisillus L. Ditch between Flete and Ermington. 



Euppin rosteUata Koch. In a small pool by "The Stakes," 

 Bigbury ; clearly very scarce in this neighbourhood. 



Zostera nana Roth. In the Avon, a little above "The Stakes," 

 abundant; Z. marina was not met with at all. 



Carex divisa Hudson. Sandy ground, opposite the Thurlstone 

 Rock, extending for about twenty yards. Evidently most rare in 

 S. Devon, and entered without personal verification in Top. Bot. 



Anthoxanthum Ptielii Lecoq. & Lamotte. In a clover-field near 

 the mouth of the Avon, Bigbury ; bidding fair to become per- 

 manently established. In the same field Agrostis Spica-venti Beauv. 

 occurred as a casual. 



Poa nemnralis L., var. coarctata Gaudin. Wall-tops between 

 Modbury and Flete ; very characteristic. 



Gli/ceria plicata Fries. Not uncommon. The variety (or hybrid) 

 G. pedicellata Towns, was seen once or twice, but the precise 

 localities were not noted. 



Festuca ovina L., var. *glauca (Lam.). Schistose rocks of the 

 Erme and Avon estuaries ; also on cliffs of Bigbury Bay, near 

 Kingston. — F. pratensis X Loliwn perenne (F. loliacea Hudson). 

 Plentiful in moist meadows near the sea, below Bigbury. Dr. Focke 

 endorsed the naming. 



Bromus secalinus L. Road-side between Bigbury and Folly 

 Farm. — B. commuiatus Schrader is native and not uncommon. 



A(iropyron aciitum auct. angl. Sandy coast opposite Burr 

 Island ; scarce. 



*Chara aspera Willd. and C. vulgaris L., var. longibracteata Kuetz. 

 In a pool near the sea, below Thurlstone. A Xitella, probably .Y. 

 opaca Agardh, was plentiful in a ditch on the Ermington side of 

 Flete, but was in too filthy a state to be determined, 



