334 LILIACEiE. 



VI, On banks on the Kingston side of the Erme estnary ; also in 

 considerable quantity in similar spots on the other side, be- 

 tween the Preventive Houses and Pamflete. 

 I purposely refrain from quoting some of the stations given by Banks 

 for both this and the following species. 



ORNITHOGALUM, L. 



699. O. umbellatum, L. Common Star-of- Bethlehem. 



Alien, established in a few places. Very rare. May. 

 c. II. Orchard at Pill, near Saltash ; first found by Mr. E. M. Holmes. 

 Very sparingly at the bottom of a hedge-bank between Saltash 

 and St. Stephens, 1870. 

 D. III. On an old hedge-bank by an orchard near Burrington farm-house. 

 IV. Laira (an escape) ; Keys, Fl. iii. 237 ; seen there on the side of 

 one of the embankments. 

 Always derived from gardens. 



SCILLA, L. 



700. S. autumnalis, L. Autumnal Squill. 



Native ; in shallow turfy soil above coast cliffs. Very rare. Part 

 of July to September. 



D. V. In great plenty on a hill that overlooks Bigbary Bay, near a point 

 called by the fishermen Grenore Point ; Mr. Yonge, Polwh. 

 Hist. Devonsh. 86, 1797. In abundance in shallow soil on a 

 rocky point at Gurrows Down, Revelstoke, 1873 ; also in dry 

 turfy places on the sea-bank near Worsewell, in the same parish, 

 1875. 

 Possibly the station quoted from Polwhele may be beyond the area 



altogether, and so not identical with either of the two at which I have 



seen the plant. 



701. S. nutans, Sm. Wood Hyacinth ; ^ Blue Bell.' 



1^ ative ; in woods, copses, hilly pastures, on hedge-banks, and in 

 bushy waste places. Very common. April, May. Area general. 



An abundant species, occurring very near the town of Plymouth, and 

 growing in all kinds of soils. A variety with white flowers is rather fre- 

 quent, and has been noted for all the Districts except ii. It will occur 

 so intermixed with the others as to appear to prove that soil and 

 situation do nothing in producing the variation. Six or eight plants with 

 flowers of a delicate lilac near Lynliam Lodge (District v.), 1866. 



A plant with extremely long bracts, the lowest more than three times 

 as long as the flower, between Gutsford and Orcherton (vi.), 1875. I 

 have been favoured by Mr. Watson with a dried specimen showing a 

 similar peculiarity. 



