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ALTH^A, L. 



133. A. officinalis, L. Marsh Malloio. 



Denizen or Alien ; in a waste spot near a tidal river. Very rare. 

 Jul}^ to September. 

 D. III. West side of the cottage at Lophill, on the Tavy ! ; Mr. Morris ; 

 Banks, Fl. part 7. Maristow ; Hore in Phyt. i. 163. Evi- 

 dently an introduction, associated with Chelidonium and 

 Ar^noracia rusticana. Lophill is close to Maristow, and the 

 two records quoted belong to one and the same station. It 

 occurs quite sparingly at present, but would seem to have 

 grown here in plenty when Mr. Banks wi-ote, in 1830, since we 

 read in his Flora that it " forms a most chastely-elegant border 

 round the extensive marsh of the river Tavy ; its contrast with 

 the reedy verdure of that inlet cannot fail to arrest the atten- 

 tion of those who ^isit the hospitable cottage of Lophill." 



LAVATEKA, L. 



134. L. arborea, L. Tree Mallow. 



Native ? mostly only Denizen ; on cliffs by the coast, usually near 

 gardens. Very rare, as a native. May, June, 

 c. II. Three plants on a cUff above "W'hitsand Bay, 1862 ; tAvo between 



Rame Church and Lugger's Cave, 1871. 

 D. III. [Gunwharf ; Miss Atkinson, Banks, Fl. part 7.] \ 



IV. Plymouth ; Fl. Dev. 117. Near Prince Rock, Catdown ; Mr. 

 Johns, Banks, Fl. part 7. Bovisand, doubtfully wild ; Keys, 

 Fl. ii. 60. 

 V. Banks of the Yealni ; Julian, in Naturalist, iii, 17 ; Keys, Fl. 

 ii. 60. In plenty at the High Cliffs, Wenibury; Mr. W. B. 

 Waterfall \ 1877. 

 VI. On a cliff by the Ernie below the gardens of the houses at the 



Preventive Station ; evidently derived from cultivation. 

 Occurs m several other places as an escape from gardens, and as regards 

 tlie stations given above, there is a probability of its being indigenous 

 only in Districts ii. and v. 



First record : Jojies and Kingston, 1829. 



MALVA, L. 



135. M. moschata, L. Miisk Mallovj. 



Native ; on dry banks, and in dry or sandy pastures. Common. 

 Part Jmie to August. 



