1G4 UMBELLIFER.E. 



Hamoaze, auci perhaps nowhere else in Devon; Yonrje; Polwh. 



Hist. Devonsh. i. 85 ; 1797. Saltash Ferry, Plymouth ; Eay ; 



Sir Francis Drake and Mr. Hudson found this plant as you 



ascend the rock from Crimble Passage, near Mount Edgcumbe 



(MSS. Tour) ; eastern point of the entrance to Hamoaze, Mr. 



Yonge ; Fl. Dev. 47. East extremity of Cremil-point ; Banks, 



Fl. part iv. Near the Devil's Point, at Stonehouse, Plymouth ; 



N. Bot. Guide i. 19 ; m addition to the three stations of Fl. 



Devoniensis. Still in a limestone pasture at Devil's Pomt, but 



rather sparingly. 

 I have brought the above records together partly to prove how a single 

 station, by bemg variously noted down in different works, and by being 

 copied by one author after another, may at last come to be considered as 

 three or four. In the instance now before us Mr. Banks has added to the 

 confusion by givmg it an old name 'Cremil-point.' One of the earUer 

 records misled Jones as to its situation, and from what he tells us in his 

 ' Tour^ he would seem to have sought for the plant somewhere near 

 Anderton (see p. 15). This species is one of the most interesting in the 

 Plymouth list ; all the more so from its still occurring at the spot Avhere 

 the great Ray found it very nearly •220 years ago. It is, however, in 

 danger of being gradually destroyed by thoughtless strangers and ruthless 

 plant collectors, who visit the spot to carry away specimens of so rare a 

 species. It behoves every botanist of the neighbom-hood to do all that in 

 him lies to guard it from destruction. In Flora Devoniensis " walls of 

 Pl3'mouth garrison" appears as another station, on the authority of 

 "Rev. Mr. Tozer," probably through some error; for the statement has 

 had no confirmation. The authors of the work by their misquoting of 

 stations under this species have confused Mr. Keys, as appears by his 

 remarks in his Flora of Devon and Cornivall. (ii. 166, note.) 

 First record : Bay, 1670 : found by him on Monday, July 7th, 1662. 



APIUM, L. 



317. A. graveolens, L. Wild Celery. 



Native ; in muddy spots by tidal rivers and drains with salt or 

 brackish water. Common. Part of June to August. 

 c. I. By the N otter, near Trevollard. By Sconner Lake. Polbathick. 

 Tideford. 

 II. Calstock; Keys, Fl. ii. 167. Vale between Rame Church and 

 CaAvsand. 3Iillbrook. Wilcove. St. Johns. Kingsmill. 

 D. III. Several plants l)y Stonehouse ]\Iill Pond, below Deadlake Lane, 

 1874. Keyhara, below Ford, 1879. Budshead. Tamerton 

 Foliot. Maristow. 

 IV. Salt marshes at Plymouth ! ; N. Bot. Guide, i. 18. Laira ! ; 

 Keys, S. D. Lit. Chron. 300. Near Colebrook ; id. Fl. ii. 167. 



