190 DIPSACEJE. 



1879. Between Tothill and Laira. A common species on the 

 limestone beds between Plymouth and Elburton. About Crab- 

 tree. Near Plympton St. Mary Church. 

 V. Newton Ferrers ; Keys, ih. ; seen in that neighbourhood between 

 Bridgend and Collaton Cross, and near Preston farm-house. 

 Langdon and Wembury. Brixton. 

 VI. Ringmore. ]Mothecombe and Pamflete. Flete. 

 Apparently absent from the colder and semi-moorland tracts. Partial 

 to calcareous and clayey soils. 

 First record : Banks, 1830. 



SCABIOSA, L. 



371. S. succisa, L. DeviVs-hit Scabious. 



Native ; in turfy bogs, meadows, open places in woods and copses, 

 on moors, peaty commons, and banks. Very common. August 

 to October. 

 c. I. Some plants with very light flowers between Polscove and 

 Sconner, 1873. Viverdon Down; some with flesh-coloured 

 flowers, as also in a pasture near, together with a plant with 

 white flowers, 1875. Two vaili white flowers, among others, 

 near Pillaton, 1875. 

 II. St. Johns ; seen here with white flowers. Maker. Near Kings- 

 mill. 

 D. III. Bank by the Plymouth and Saltash Road, near the Devonport 

 Workhouse. About half-a-dozen plants with white flowers, 

 amongst others, in a pasture in the Tavy Valley ; one or two 

 with light pink, among others, near Denham Bridge, 1875. 

 IV. Between Billacombe and Elburton. A plant or two with, the 

 stem-leaves regularly toothed ; the upper ones very deeply so, 

 near Plymbridge, 1869. Seen with pinkish flowers at Fursdon, 

 Egg Buckland. 



V. Revelstoke, above the coast. Crownhill Down. Westlake Green. 

 VI. Kmgston. Hanger Down. 



An abundant and very generally diffused species, except in the exten- 

 sively arable tracts and well-cbained and rich pasture lands, whence it has 

 been driven by the operations of the agriculturist. It is one of the 

 commonest plants in rough peaty meadows. 



372. S. arvensis, CouH. Field Scabious. 



Native ; on sunny banks, in dry pastures and corn-fields. Very 



common. June to September. Area general. 



Extends over all the enclosed country. Seen with white flowers near 



Dowsland Barn (District iv.). Ordinary ploughings fail to destroy this 



deeply-rooting plant, and consequently it is often very conspicuous in 



