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Fl. Dev. 110 (under name of Arabia Msjyida). Error, doubtless. I have 

 searched the locahty named, and found Teesdalia there. The Sir Francis 

 Drake is probably he who is thus ill-naturedly spoken of by Polwhele : 

 " The late Sir Francis Drake, of Nutwell, is said to have been a pro- 

 ficient in botany Daring his occasional residences in Devonshire 



he -was pleased to confine himself within the narrow cu'cuit of Ms own 

 gromids ; averse from social communication, and particularly maccessible 

 to men of talents and literature." Hist. Devonsh. 



BARB AREA, R. Brown. 



52. B. vulgaris, Brovm. Yellow Rochet. 



Kative ; in damp, waste spots, mostly about houses and by road- ^ 

 sides. Common. May, June, 

 c. I. Trematon. Sheviock. Hessenford. Tideford. Pillaton. 



II. Between ]Millbrook and Crafthole ; Jones, Tour, 16 ; meadows by 

 the Taniar, near Newbridge ; ibid. 40 (as Erysimum barbarea). 

 Antony. Saltash. Landulph. St. Dominick. 

 D. III. Between Plymouth and Milehouse. Government Ground, by the 

 Raglan Barracks, Devonport, 1874. Pennycross. Tamerton 

 Foliot. Beer Ferrers. Roborough. 

 IV. Near Lipson Terrace and Tothill, Plymouth. Crabtree. Leigham 

 and Fursdon, Egg Buckland. Pomphlet. Plympton St. Mary. 

 V. Wembury. Brixton. Lee 3Iill Bridge. 

 VI. Kmgston. Mothecombe. Ermington. 

 A handsome double-tiowered variety is sometimes seen in gardens. 



First record : Jones, 1820. 



53. B. intermedia, Bor. Intermediate Yelloio Rocket. 



Colonist ; established m a few spots. In cultivated fields ; by 

 roadsides and m waste spots. Rare. April, May. 



c. I. A plant or two on a bank at Leigh, near PiUaton, 1870 ; over 

 two dozen there, 1873. 



D. III. In a quarry by the Plymouth and Saltash Road, 1863 ; also on 

 the bank of the railway line on the opposite side of the road, 

 1866 ; still in the quarry in considerable quantity, 1879. Road- 

 side near Barn farm-house, between the Plymouth and Saltash 

 Road and Bull Point, 1867 ; in plenty, 1879. Sparingly about 

 King's Tamerton and St. Budeaux village, 1867 ; 1878 ; &c. 

 By Looseleigh Lane, near Upland, Tamerton Foliot, 1867 ; 

 1878 ; &c. ; also by the Plymouth and Ta\istock Road, near 

 Do\Mi House, 1874, &c. 

 IV. Plentiful in a field at Common "Wood, Egg Buckland, and one 

 plant in an adjoming field, 1865 ; m considerable quantity in 



