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him at Wilmington, near Dartford, in 1807, which has a flower 

 spike fifteen inches long, as well as other examples of later dates. 



All the specimens in the Herbarium were neatly sewn on 

 paper 13 x 8 inches with a druggist's label affixed to each sheet, 

 but fortunately the original label that accompanied the specimens 

 sent him was pasted on the back of each sheet. His owm labels 

 giving accurately name, locality and date are written on scraps 

 of paper without even an initial to show wdio was the collector, 

 and I had almost given up the hope of ever discovering the author 

 until I showed Mr. Britten one which was written on the back of 

 part of an envelope, upon the face of which was "... ete esq." 

 Mr. Britten suggested " Peete " — the names, places, dates fitted 

 accurately, and it only remained to obtain a copy of Peete's auto- 

 graph : this was supplied by a reference to the Koll and Charter 

 Book of the Linnean Society, which body he joined in 1794. 



Although he published little, Peete was evidently a good 

 botanist, as is shown by his careful description for E. Bot. 2748 

 of Silene patens {S. italica Pers.) which he added to the British 

 Flora. The specimen figured by Sowerby was sent to him from 

 Dover by Peete, w^ho found it there in 1825, and evidently grew 

 it, as he remarked that its characters remained unchanged by cul- 

 tivation : the figure and description did not appear until 1832. 

 The obituary notice of him in Proc. Linn. Soc. i, 377, says : " Mr. 

 Peete was well acquainted with British plants, to the study of 

 which he more particularly attached himself, especially of the 

 rarer species of the neighbourhood in which he lived, and his 

 opinion on all questions regarding them w^as deservedly treated in 

 great respect." He seems to have been the first to find Veronica 

 Buxbaumii: see New Bot. Guide, 578 (1837). 



NOTES ON SOME DEVON PLANTS. 

 By the Eev. E. S. Marshall, M.A., E.L.S. 



Last autumn I had two short days' botanising near Braunton, 

 v.c. 4 N. Devon, and also did some collecting about Gofton and 

 DawHsh Warren, v.c. 3 S. Devon. It may be worth while to 

 mention the more interesting results ; such as I beheve to be new 

 vicecomital records are starred. Three gatherings made by Mr. 

 Hiern are included. 



Fmnaria BorcBi Jord., iovm^ruhens Pugsley (var. verna Pugsley, 

 prius, non Clavaud). 3. Sandy field, west of Gofton. I found 

 this at Dawlish in 1886. 



■'Epilobmrn obscurum x parviflorum. 3. Near Gofton, with the 

 parents ; a good intermediate. 



Oenothera . 4. The Evening Primrose established on 



Braunton Burrows (Saunton end) seems to be identical with the 

 Berrow^ N. Somerset, plant determined by Dr. Eocke as his 

 0. ammophila. I saw a few^ specimens, apparently identical, in a 

 sandy clover-field, west of (3) Gofton. 



