78 RHAMXACE^E — SAPINDACEiE. 



VI. Between Kingston and Ringmore. Between Battisborough and 



Carsewell. 

 About Plymouth the wood of this shrub is that most commonly em- 

 ployed for butchers' skewers. It is quite general in our hedge-rows, and 

 its most beautifully-coloured fruit would be seen more frequently if the 

 bushes were not so much sought out, and cut down for the purpose of 

 skewer-making. 

 First record : Banks, 1830. 



RHAMNACE^. 



EHAMNUS, L. 



160. R. Frang-ula, L. Berry-hearing Alder. 



Native ; in swampy vales, copses, woods, and occasionally in 

 hedges. Locally common. June to September ; at intervals. 

 c. I. Seaton Valley, and in its neighbourhood. Near Polbathick. 

 Notter Valley, near Clapper Bridge and below Cadsonbury 

 Hill. Vale below Viverdon Down. 

 II. Harewood near Calstock ! Keys, Fl. ii. 114. In plenty in a wood 

 between Hatt and Kingsmill. Hedge at Penters Cross. Be- 

 tween Callington and Tavistock. 

 D. III. Warleigh Wood, Postham, &c. ; Tamerton Foliot. Budshead. 

 About Beer Alston. 

 IV. Frequent in the woods and copses of the Plym Valley. Derriford 

 and Coleridge, Egg Buckland. Sliaugh, ascending to 600 feet. 

 V. Near Lee iNIill Bridge. Wood near Fardel. Between Fursdon 



and Slade. 

 VI. Dell at Ivybridge, most abundant ; W. A. Bromjield, MSS., N. 

 Bot. Guide, ii. 551. Between Ivybridge and Ermington. By 

 the Erme estuary just below Efford, and near Cling Mill. 

 This shrub flowers at two or three different periods during the summer, 

 so that it is no uncommon thing to see fruit in different stages of growth, 

 open flowers, and unexpanded buds on the same branch. 

 First record : Watson, 1837. 

 B. cathartlcus, L. Brixton ; Folwhele, Hist, Devoiuh. Error. 



SAPINDACE^. 



ACER, L. 



161. A. Pseudo-platanus, L. Sycamore. 



Alien, completely naturalized ; in hedges, plantations, and woods 

 near houses. Common. April, May. 



