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the town of Kingsbrklge is a most noticeable feature in its botany. 

 It must have been discovered here many years ago, for there is a 

 specimen, labelled " Kingsbridge, Devon, Aug. 1845. C. Harper," 

 among a collection of plants, in the possession of Mr. N. Easton, a 

 gentleman of Plymouth ; but its occurrence has been well-nigh lost 

 sight of by the botanists of the neighbourhood. Not only did my 

 brother and I find it in plenty on the hedge-banks all around the 

 town, but occurring in many spots some miles beyond it. In a 

 south-easternly dh'ection we found it in plenty on to a little beyond 

 Charleton, also near East Tow^n, occurring again in considerable 

 quantity in a hedge by the lane as you go up the hill from Frog- 

 moor by the telegraph whes; also near the hamlet of Ford, 

 ascending on a sheltered bank between that and Chivelstone, three 

 to four miles from Kingsbridge, to 400 feet. South of Kingsbridge, 

 on the lower road to Salcombe, we noticed it on to the little vale 

 on the southern side of CoUapit. On the south-west it occurred in 

 plenty at West Alvington, and we discovered an outlying patch 

 within a quarter of a mile of Marlborough village, at 820 feet, 

 nearly four miles from Kingsbridge; and another close to the 

 hamlet of Bantham, in the parish of Thurlestone, on the eastern 

 bank of the Avon estuary. The flowers of S. Scorodonia are rather 

 brighter-coloured than those of either nodosa or Balbisii, the purjDle 

 taking more of a reddish tint ; and it is decidedly the prettiest of 

 the three species. We noticed wasps to be as partial to its flow^ers 

 as they are to those of the other two. It must not be supposed 

 that the mica-slate formation has anythmg to do with the occur- 

 rence of this plant, as it is not on this rock, but on the Devonian 

 slate, that it grows in so great quantity. 



Bartsia Odontites, Huds., a. verna and b. serotma. Both in the 

 district. 



B. viscosa, Linn. Starall Bottom ; Prawle. 



Mentha rotundifolia, Linn. Quite a common plant; more 

 abundant than about Plymouth, and I am disposed to think 

 indigenous in some spots. 



M. sativa, Linn. A form of this approaching b. paludosa was 

 seen between West Alvington and Marlborough. Out of the 

 district, between Modbury and Aveton Griff ord, excellent paludosa 

 occurs. . 



M. Pulegium, Linn. In considerable quantity between Kings- 

 bridge and Salcombe, near CoUapit, growing in fields, and 

 sparingly about the sides of the road ; in an open turfy spot above 

 Sewer Gove. Probably indigenous ; if not so, certainly quite 

 estabhshed. It occurs m very similar spots in the parish of 

 Holbeton, lying between this and Plymouth, by Bigbury Bay. 

 Very few Devonian stations are recorded for the Penn^Toyal. 



Salvia Verhenaca, Lmn. Seen only near Salcombe. 



Melittis Melissojjhyllum, Linn. Near Kingsbridge, by the lower 

 road to Salcombe. 



Stachys amhiyua, Sm. Near Salcombe, and in one or two other 

 spots. 



Myosotis repens, Don. This would seem to be the common 



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