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IV. Hedge-bank between Plymouth and Cattedo^ii, 1879. Hedge- 

 bank near Fancy. On dry hedge-banks and in waste ground 

 between Colebrook and Shaugh. 

 V. Bank near Yeahnpton village, by Eastern Torrs Wood. Be- 

 tween Cornwood railway station and the vDlage, and near the 

 Vicarage House. 

 VI. Penquit. Between Harford and Ivybridge. Cornwood and 



Harford Road. 

 A most puzzlmg plant which I have only recently at all understood, 

 and now I know not how to distinguish P. mixta, Nolte., from it. I 

 have as yet no record for District i. ; but it is very likely that it occurs 

 within it. We have a plant growing in plenty on some hedge-banks near 

 Plymouth which I am inclined to consider a small form of P. reptans, 

 but which I think some botanists would name P. j^rocumhens. 



224. P. reptans, L. Creeping Cinquefoil, 



Native ; by gravelly roadsides, in pastures, and on banks. Very 



common. oNIay to October. Area general. 



Occurs on the Hoe. A densely villose variety, probably the var. 



sericea of Brebisson in Flore de la Normandie, grows between Etheric 



and Cotehele Quay. (District ii.) The leaflets on a leaf of P. reptaiis 



vary in number from 5, or even 3, to 7. 



225. P. anserina, L. Silverweed. 



Native ; by damp clayey roadsides, about pools, and in moist 

 sand and on damp rocks by springs on the coast. Very com- 

 mon. ]\Iay to September. Area general. 

 Found from the coast to the moorland commons. Sometimes the 

 leaves are very hoary on the upper as well as the under surface. 



226. P. argentea, L. Hoary Cinquefoil. 



Native ; in a dry turfy spot. Very rare. June, July, 

 c. II. One plant in a turfy spot at Trevol, July, 1865 ; five, April, 

 1868 ; in the autumn of this year all apparently destroyed by 

 drought. In ]May, 1869, none Avere to be seen ; but in August, 

 1871, ten plants were noticed, some apparently sprung out from 

 old stocks, others from seed. In March, 1872, six were seen. 

 The drought of the summer of 1874 destroyed all the old 

 plants ; but at Midsummer, 1875, about two dozen young ones 

 Avere growing at the old spot. Some were seen in 1878 ; but 

 all were gone in 1879, apparently rooted out by some ruthless 

 plant collector. The hope that the species may again appear 

 prevents me from enclosing this notice of it in brackets. This 

 is its only kno\Mi station in Cornwall. I now thmk it indi- 



