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can hardly be less than a distance of eleven or twelve miles from 

 the sea. I should be glad to learn how far inland this little Lotus 

 and TrifoHum suffocatum, Linn., have been found by other botanists. 

 Mr. Briggs (in Journ. Bot. for Nov. 1874, p. 328) says that about 

 Plymouth he has never seen either L. angustissimus, Linn., or 

 L. hispidus, Desf., "at more than three-quarters of a mile from 

 salt water." The latter species I have met with at only one 

 South-east Devon station, — on high ground near the left bank 

 of the Otter, at about a mile from the river's mouth, on just 

 such a spot as he speaks of for it, " old unbroken land patched with 

 furze." 



Oniithopus perpusillus, Linn. This species and Sedum anglicum, 

 Huds., and two or three of the trefoils (especially T. glomeratuin 

 and T. striatum, or T. arvetise), are the almost unfailing companions 

 of Teesdalia nudicaidis, Brown. A little careful search, especially 

 if there is a furze bush near for shelter, will generally add a 

 plant or two of Conjdalis claviculata, DC, — a very local species in 

 my experience in the south-west of England. 



Latlujrus NissoUa, Linn. In Trusham parish, on bushy rocky 

 ground above the Teign ; but apparently in no great quantity. 



Potentilla ptrocumhens, Sibth. In Trusham, Chudleigh, and 

 Ashton parishes ; on roadside banks, not uncommon. This plant 

 lacks personal authority for South Devon in ' Topogr. Bot.,' and 

 Mr. Briggs tells me that he has not met with it in the neighbour- 

 hood of Plymouth. In some stations I have found P. reptans, 

 Linn., close by, and occasionally a form somewhat intermediate 

 between these two ; but where I have seen P. Tormentilla, Schenk., 

 I have always looked for procmnhens in vain. 



Potentilla argentea, Linn. There is, I believe, no record of this 

 having been found in Devonshire previous to my discovery of it at 

 Trusham just a year ago. Singularly enough it is quite frequent 

 in this parish, where I now know at least six distinct stations for 

 it at some distance from each other ; and yet beyond the parish 

 I have so far searched for it in vain. It likes situations similar 

 to those in which I find Dianthus Armeria, Linn., ^. e. rocky bushy 

 banks and the corners of stony fields. 



Pyrus torminalis, Ehrh. At the Chudleigh Bocks, and by road- 

 side and in wood in Hennock and Chudleigh parishes. Probably 

 not uncommon elsewhere in the district, as I may easily have 

 overlooked it in mistake for Acer campestre, Linn., (which is 

 very common in this part of the county), especially as I have 

 not found it in flower, perhaps from its being usually cut back 

 too soon. 



Epilohium lanceolatum, S. & M. Mr. Briggs pointed out to me 

 some young plants of this species in May last on the Chudleigh 

 side of the little " Bramble Brook," which separates that parish 

 from Trusham. At about a mile from that station we afterwards 

 came upon it in Hennock parish, and a day or two after we saw 

 it in considerable quantity in and about Bovey Tracey. I have 

 since found very handsome specimens of it in Christowe parish, 

 in the same " Cleave" which produces Hypericum, linariifolium. in 



