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having remarked in those gathered by me in Devonshire, where Mr. 

 Banks told me he could not find them." p. 48. 



A pecuHarity in the inflorescence of this plant forms the subject of a 

 paper read before the British Association, m 1878, by Dr. A. Dickson. 

 The peculiarity m the arrangement of the raceme was first noticed by 

 him m the neighbourhood of Plymouth Avhen in company with me the 

 year previous. The paper will be found in Jour. Bot. vii. N.S. 317, 18. 



First record : Jones., 1820. 



72. S. Coronopus, Foir. Common Wart-Cress. 



Native ; by roadsides and field-paths, and in waste spots. Com- 

 mon. Part of April to September, 

 c. I. Downderry. Landrake. St. Stephens. 



II. Kingsand. Torpoint. Saltash. Cotehele. 

 D, III. Foot of the wall of Naval Hospital opposite Clarence Place, 

 Stonehouse. Devil's Point. Devonport Park. Roborough. 

 Beer Ferrers. 

 IV. In some quantity about the earthenware in the centre of Ply- 

 mouth Market, 1877. Hoe, Plymouth. By the shore between 

 Mount Batten and Jeimy Cliif. Oreston. Plymstock. Egg 

 Buckland. 

 V. Brixton. Newton Ferrers. Lee ]\Iill Bridge. 

 VI. Ringmore, m sand on the coast. Carsewell. Ivybridge. 

 Perhaps this would have been as well placed if m the ' very common ' 

 class. 



It shows a remarkable partiality for growuig in spots where the surface ' 

 has been rendered somewhat bare of other vegetation through the fre- i 

 quent passing of men or cattle over" it, and is generally to be seen close ' 

 to our towns and villages. 



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73. R. lutea, L. Wild Mignonnette. 



Denizen ; on banks and about limestone quarries. Very rare. 

 Part of May to September. 



c. I. In two spots by the Torpoint and Liskeard turnpike road near 

 Trerule, 1864 ; in two spots in same locality, but only a single 

 plant at each, 1871 ; two by the roadside, 1876. 



D. III. One plant with Trifoliiim incarnatum near St, Budeaux, 1875 ; 



certainly introduced. 



IV. Catdown (Cattedown) quarries. ! Miss Atkinson, Banhs, Fl. pt, 



vi. Introduced with ballast ; Keys, Fl. ii. 45. Seen there in 



1874, and in many preceding years, on limestone rubble, but 



