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LYTHRUM, L. 



284. L. Salicaria, L. Purple Loosestrife. 



Native ; by ditches, on river-banks, and in other damp spots. 

 Rather rare and local. July to September. 

 c. I. Plentiful at Notter Bridge; Mr. Hunt; Banks, Ft. part iv. 

 Valley of the Seaton, between the coast and Hessenford. By 

 Wivelscombe ' Lake. ' 

 II. Weir Head ; Mr. Smith ; banks of the Tamar above Calstock ! ; 

 Mr. T. Bone; Banks, ih. 

 D. III. Banks of the Tavy ! id. et. ih. Four plants at Stoke Damerel, 

 by or near ponds made for storing willows on the north of the 

 churchyard, 1872 ; one plant, 1876 ; now I fear extinct. War- 

 leigh. Tamerton Foliot. In a moist spot between Beer Alston 

 and the ferry to Calstock. 

 V. Two small patches by the turnpike road bet^'een Lee Mill Bridge 

 and Cadleigh. By the Yealm between Lee Mill and Yealm 

 Bridges, and near Puslinch. 

 VI. In the vale between Okinbury farm-house and Bigbury Bay. 



Orcherton. Sequers Bridge. Modbury. 

 This seems never to have been met ^\\i\\ in the Plym District. 

 First record : Banks, 1830. 



PEPLIS, L. 



285. P. Portula, L. Water Purslane. 



Native ; in pools and wet or muddy spots on commons and open 

 roadsides. Locally common. June to September. 

 0. I. Turfy spot by the Saltash and Callington Road, near Carkeel. 

 Notter Valley. Between Pillaton village and St. Mellion. By 

 the stream below Cadsonbury. 

 D. III. Vale below Postham, Tamerton Foliot. Plaster Down. Samp- 

 ford Spiney. 

 IV. Watery spot below the viaduct, Common Wood. Cann Wood. 

 Meavy Valley. Roborough and Wigvor Downs. Between 

 Shaugh and Cadover Bridge. 

 V. Banks of the Yealm ; Keys, Fl. ii. 147. Westlake Green. Roadside 

 between Baccamoor and Slade, and near Dalamore, Cornwood. 

 VI. Ivybridge ; Ravensh. Fl. 25. Hanger Down. In the Erme 



Valley and Blackpool, Dartmoor. 

 This is generally stated to be ' annual ; ' but I find that in the spring f 

 young shoots are produced from short pieces of the stems of the previous j 

 year, firmly rooted m the mud of the pools where it grows ; so that it is ^ 

 really of perennial duration. 



