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POTERIUM, L. 



218. P. Sang-uisorba, L. Common Salad Burnet. 



Native ; on banks, in pastures and waste spots. Rather common 

 and Avidely-distributed, but abundant only in certain places. 

 May to July, or later. 



C. I. Sparingly between Seaton and Hessenford. Tideford, also spar- 



ingly. 

 II. Torpoint ! ; Keijs, Fl. ii. 133. Between Penters Cross and Car- 

 . green ; also sparingly between the former place and St. Mellion 

 village. 



D. III. Limestone rocks near Devil's Point, Stonehouse. Plymouth and 



Saltash Road, abundant in certain spots. Soutliaway Lane, 

 Blaxton, and elsewhere about Tamerton Foliot. Wall by the 

 Tavy at Beer Ferrers, and between that and Holes Hole. Be- 

 tween Roborough Down and Buckland Abbey. 



lY. Plentiful on the rocks near Pljinouth ; Jacob, Fl. part 2. Cat- 

 down, under the Hoe ! and Citadel, and on Staddon Heights ; 

 Kei/s, S. D. Lit. Chron. 300, and Fl. ii. 133. Furze Hill, between 

 Plymouth and Lipson. In many places on the limestone. Field 

 at Coleridge, and on slaty refuse at Rumple, Egg Buckland. 

 About the tramway near Bickleigh. Hedge-bank near Ro- 

 borough village. Lane between Newnham and Crownhill Down. 

 y. On the sea-bank near Worsewell, Revelstoke. Between Ford- 

 brook and Staddiscombe. On slaty refuse by Coffleet Lake. 

 Chittleburn. 



VI. Mothecombe ; also on the Kingston side of the Erme estuary. 

 First record : Jacob, 1835. 



P. muricatum, Spach. Established in some quantity on the border of 

 a field at Newnham, in which it was doubtless originally sown for fodder. 



ALCHEMILLA, Tournef. 



219. A. arvensis, Scop. Field Lady's Mantle. 



Native ; on banks, earth-capped walls, about the sides of roads 



on commons, or in the open parts of woods, and as a weed 



in arable land. Very common. April to November. Area 



general. 



One of the commonest weeds ; to be seen close to the town, and both 



in the enclosed and open country. Often attacked by mildew. 



220. A. vulgaris, L. Common Lady's Mantle. 



Native ; in peaty pastures and other damp spots. Very rare. 

 May to September. 



