312 AMENTIFERiE. 



In connection "with the record contained in the Plymouth and Devon- 

 port Flora, Mr. Banks remarks : " The author feels more than common 

 interest in describing this plant, it having been first pointed out to huu 

 by his late esteemed and much-lamented friend, Mr. N. T. Carrington, m 

 his last excursion on the Tamar : its imexpected appearance at jNIorwell- 

 ham Quay excited the surprise of the poet, who, up to that period, had 

 considered it peculiar to the vicmity of Dartmoor ; an opinion which he 

 has recorded in his beautiful poem of that name." 



POPULUS, Tournef. 



645. P. tremula, L. Aspen. 



Native or Denizen ; in hedges and other bushy places. Rare, 

 though widely distributed. March, 

 c. I. A small tree m the Seaton Valley, with alders and other indigenous 

 trees, 1876. Hedge between St. WinoUs and Tredrossel. In 

 a hedge near Trematon. Two trees in the Notter Valley, near 

 Clapper Bridge ; probably planted, 1870. 

 II. A small tree m a hedge a little west of Millbrook, 1873. By a 

 lane near St. Johns village. Hedge at Weard, near Saltash. 

 Hedge between Calstock and Weir Head. 

 D. III. Near Bickham. A few bushes by the road to Denham Bridge 

 from the Plymouth Road. Beer Ferrers. A tree, not far from 

 a house, near Double Water. 

 IV. Bank by a road to Staddon Heights ; in a spot where a hedge- 

 bank formerly stood, 1873. A small tree among copse- wood, 

 between Plympton and Elburton. Very sparingly in a hedge 

 between Newnham and Orownhill Down. 

 V. For some yards in a hedge at Collaford, again in less quantity 

 between that and Yealmpton. 

 VI. Sequers Bridge. 

 Generally in small quantity at a station. 



P. alha, L. Alien. In a hedge-row between Caracawn Cross and 

 Hessenford (District i.). Doubtless origmally planted. 



P. nigra, L. Alien. Often planted. 



SALIX, Tournef. 



646. S. fragilis, L. Crack Willow. 



Native probably in some places ; in hedges and by streams. 



Rather common. Latter part of April, May. 



c. I. A single tree in the Seaton Valley, between Hessenford and the 



coast, growing with alders and sallow bushes, 1874. Hedges 



by or in the vicinity of the Torpoint and Liskeard Road, be- 



