196 COMPOSITE. 



Digitalis. In the compound word Harldock, the difficulty of sounding 

 both the / and d would of course soon cause one of them to be dropped. 



SERRATULA, L. 



384. S. tinctoria, L. Common Saw-wort. 



Native ; in bushy places, v. oods, copses, and on commons. Com- 

 mon. July to September. 

 c. I. Near Hessenford. Wivelscombe. Wacker. Near Sheviock. 

 Viverdon Down. Near Clapper Bridge, 

 II. Between Cawsand and Penlee Point. Hay Lane, Antony. Cliff 

 by an inlet from St. Johns Lake. Anderton. Near Kmgs- 

 mill. Near Dupath. 

 D. III. Manadon Wood ; Keys, Fl. iii. 71. "Woodlands Wood. ChflF by 

 a creek from Weston Mills Lake near Barn Copse, 1879. War- 

 leigh Wood. Beer Ferrers. 

 IV. On hmestone near Elburton. Woods of Plym Valley. Saltram 

 Wood. JNIoor near Sliaugh. Near Fancy. [Bickleigh Down. ] 



V. Between the Yealm Ferry and Noss. Between Dunstone and 



Holbeton. Between Gala Cross and Lolesbury. Near Slade. 

 Crownhill Down. 

 VI. Saltercress, &c., Kingston. Pamflete, and near Efford, Holbeton. 

 Between Ermington and Cadleigh. Ivybridge. 



CENTAUREA, L. 



385. C. nigra, L. Black Knapiveed. 



Native ; in pastures, on banks, and in waste grassy places. Very 

 common. July to October. Area general. 

 An abundant species, sometimes seen m the turf of gardens in Ply- 

 mouth. Specimens with white flowers found near Newnham ; near Fancy 

 (District iv.); with all the florets more or less elongated m Districts i., 

 III., and V. 



h. decipiens. 

 Locally common, 

 c. I. BetAveen Hessenford and Seaton ; a rayed form, which I refer to 

 the variety with some doubt. Another, that seems slightly 

 more unsatisfactory for decipieiis, occurs at Wacker. 

 II. St. Johns ; in a bushy pasture. Hedge-bank near Moditon Mill. 

 D. IV. Mount Batten ; a striking plant, further removed from typical 

 ni<jra than any of our others. Rocky bank at Lipson, Avith 

 the ordinary form. Saltram. 

 V. Between Carsewell and Lambside ; one plant with white flowers, 

 1S74. Two between Dunstone and Holbeton. 



VI. Between Sequers Bridge and Kingston. Modbury. Ivybridge. 



