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•walls : on the warm limestone and in the semi-moorland parishes. With 

 ■whitish flowers near Morwellham (District in.); with white at Crabtree 

 (iv.). The flowers attract Goniapteryx rhamni, Venessa wticce, and 

 many other butterflies. 



CICHORITJM, L. 



422. C. Intybus, L. Wild Succory. 



Native ; m clayey waste spots by roadsides, on the borders of 

 fields, and m pastures. Rather common. July to October. 

 c. I. Near Crafthole. Between Sheviock and Trerule. Field between 

 Latchbrook and Trematon village, St. Stephens. 

 II. Ditch opposite Merrifield Cottages ; abundant in the woods {so 

 stated) about Millbrook and St. Johns ; Banks, FL part 6. 

 Near Calstock ! ; Keys, Fl. iii. 76. Torpoint. Between 

 Kingsand and Millbrook. Halton. 

 D. III. Government ground by Stonehouse Hill, 1873. Near Whitleigh. 

 Near Tamerton Fohot, and between that and Roborough. 

 Beer Ferrers. 

 IV. Railway (tramway) at Crabtree ! ; Banks, ib. Plymstock. Near 



Stoneybridge and Common Wood, Egg Buckland. 

 V. Near Noss Mayo ; Keys, Fl. iii. 76. Near Knighton. Elburton. 

 Betw^een Newton Ferrers and Puslinch. Between Yealm Bridge 

 and Ermington. 

 VI. Rmgmore. Kmgston. Mothecombe. Holbeton. Field below 



Hanger Down, 1879. 

 First record : Banks, 1830. 



LAPSANA, L. 



423. L. communis, L. Commo7i Nipplewort. 



Native ; on earthy hedge-banks, by roadsides, and as a weed in 

 cultivated ground. Very common. June to October. Area 

 general. 

 Over the enclosed and cultivated portions of the area ; sometimes as a 

 garden weed quite in Plymouth. 



HYPOCH.ERIS, L. 



424. H. radicata, L. Long-rooted Cafs-ear. 



Native ; on banks, in meadow^s, pastm-es, on open downs and 

 moors. Very common. May to November. Area general. 

 One of the commonest of the Composites, to be seen m the turf of 

 gardens in Plymouth and on the Hoe, as well as on Dartmoor. It 

 appears to be perennial. A plant showing fasciation of flower-stem 

 between Penters Cross and St. Melhon, May, 1875. I have once or 

 twice seen a peculiar malformation in this species through an excessive 



