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D. III. Between Stxltash Ferry and PljTaoutli! Fl. Dev. 54; also between 

 this road and Bull Point. In hedges by Nutley (probably Mutley) 

 in the road to Ta%istock; ihid. Between Mutley and Burleigh. 

 In profusion about Pennycross. About St. Budeaux. South- 

 away Lane, Tamerton Foliot ; and between Tamerton and 

 Knackersknowle. Lophill ; and sparingly between Roborough 

 and ]Maristow. In one place between Roborough Down and 

 Buckland ]Monachorum. The plant appears to be absent from 

 the nortliern portion of this District. 

 IV. Plymptou ; Ravensh. Fl. 30 : in great abundance in this neigh- 

 bourhood. About Plynistock and Staddiscombe. Furze Hill 

 Lane, close to Plymouth. In plenty at Lipson and Laira. A 

 very common plant in Egg Buckland parish, where there are 

 orchards so full of it that literally cart-loads might be collected 

 in July and August. Near Bickleiglr Vicarage House. Shaugh. 

 V. Hedges in the road between Plymouth and Totnes till as far as 

 the eighth milestone ; Sir Francu Drake and 3Ir. Hudson, 

 FL Dev. 54. Wembury. Fordbrook. Between Puslinch and 

 Newton Ferrers. Kear Dunstone. Near Beechwood and 

 Cornwood. 

 VI. By the Plymouth and Totnes Road, between eight and eleven 

 miles from Plymouth. Kingston, m plenty. Holbeton, in 

 certain spots. Ermmgton. Near Ivybridge, by the road to 

 Brent. 

 This species shows a preference for damp spots on a stiflf or clayey soil. 



It occurs on Imiestone, but abounds most on slate, appearing to avoid 



arenaceous soils. Between Crownhill and Fancy, in District iv., it ascends 



to very nearly 450 feet. It seems gradually increasmg. 

 Fu'st record : Jones and Kingston^ 1829. 



Smm angustifolium, L. Tothill Lane ; Keys^ Fl. 171. Error. Prob- 

 ably Sison Amomum mistaken for it. 



(ENANTHE, L. 



327. CE. pimpinelloides, L. Callous-fruited Water Dro2m'ort. 

 Native (now extinct ?). Limestone bank. Very rare. 



D. IV. " Hoe, Plymouth {circa 1849). It grew here on a comparatively 

 dry bank. I have missed it for several years, the few plants 

 there were having been carried off by some rapacious collector. 

 I find, on reference to my botanical notes, that Mr. Charles 

 Harper first directed my attention to this plant m 1847, at 

 which time there were several roots ; but in 1852 I could find 

 only one. Mr. Watson, in his Additional Notes (Cyb. Brit. 

 iii. 442), adds the Peninsula to the area of this species on faith 



