332 ON SOME NORTH DEVON PLANTS. 



Senecio srjualidus, L. — Bideford ; still abundant on old walls. I 

 saw it on both sides of the Torridge. 



Aster TripoHum, L. — The discoid variety is the prevailing form on 

 both sides of the Taw Estuary. 



En/thraa jtulchella, Fries. — Instow Burrows, and between Instow 

 and Bideford ; but most abundant on Braunton Burrows. 



Mcntlin hirsuta, L., variety. — In sandy hollows on Braunton 

 Burrows (with Teucrium scurdiion), a small, densely hairy and 

 remarkably decumbent form very unlike the type. 



Xcjx'ta Cataria, L. — On left bank of Taw Estuary, between 

 Instow Burrows and Fremington ; a few plants at intervals for no 

 great distance. 



Mi/osotis cccspitusa, Schultz. — Abundant in the meadow^s bordering 

 the Yeo at Zeal Monachorum ; also on Braunton Burrows. The 

 only water Forget-me-not that I have seen in N. Devon. 



Statice Liiuonium, L. — Instow Burrows ; two or three plants 

 only. 



S. hinervosa, G. E. Sm., b. intermedia, Syme. — Northam Burrows; 

 very abundant. The only variety of the species that I have yet 

 seen in N. Devon. 



Fulyifoniinii Rati. Bab. — Braunton Burrows and Northam Bur- 

 rows, but apparentl}^ in very small quantity. Lacks personal 

 authority for N. Devon in ' Topographical Botany.' 



F. maritiiiuim, L. — Braunton Burrows. This species, wdiich I 

 had the good fortune to discover here in September, 1877, was 

 abundant this year m two of the sandy hollows with Scirpns 

 HoJoschanus, Teucrium Scordium, and other rarities. The plants, 

 though in flower and fruit, w^ere small, growing frequently five or 

 six together, with the remarkably tough (but hardly woody) stems 

 nearly meeting in the middle of the clump, often partly buried, and 

 having the exposed part much forked and with very short internodes. 

 This forked and crowded state of the stem makes quite small 

 individuals of the species easily distinguishable from the far less 

 fi*equent specimens of Raii growing near, even when the leaves of 

 the latter have decidedly recurved margins, and are nearly as 

 glaucous and fleshy as in maritimum. The species certainly appears 

 only annual in this station. 



Euphorbia portlandica, L. — Braunton Burrows. This spurge, 

 so common on the coast of S. Devon, appears rare on that of 

 N. Devon ; while E. Raralias, L., rare there, is common here. 



Tijpha latifolia, L. (new record). — Near Barnstaple and else- 

 where. 



Ruppia rostellata, Koch, (new record of the segregate). — In the 

 brackish pool on Instow Burrows above referred to. In Mr. Kaven- 

 shaw's list Braunton Burrows is named as a station for the aggregate 

 R. maritima, L. 



Juncus acutus, L. — On Instow Burrows, but m far less abundance 

 than in the i^reviously recorded stations of Northam Burrows and 

 Braunton Burrows. 



Scirims sj/lvatirus, L. (new record). — Zeal Monachorum, by the 

 Yeo ; abundant. 



