1899-1900.]_ Natural History Notes on Tenby. 97 
great quantity on the stems and fronds of Laminaria. At 
Scotsborough, now separated from it by a mile of cultivated 
land, the sea would seem to have ebbed and flowed less than 
two centuries ago, for, writing from this place under date of 
_ ‘Feb. 28, 1697, Edward Lloyd, antiquary and. naturalist, says 
that he had “discovered many undescribed zoophytes by 
dredging here, and many new sorts of figured fossils, amongst 
which a figure of a flat-fish represents one of the greatest 
curiosities hitherto observed by the curious.” 
The land flora is no less interesting than the marine. 
Within an easily accessible distance something like one-third 
of all the plants recorded in Great Britain may be found, 671 
species being said to occur in the district. On the old town 
walls the pretty little purple toadflax (Linaria Cymbalaria) 
hangs down in graceful clusters; whilst between Tenby and 
Penally the bloody crane’s-bill (Geraniwm sanguineum) is not 
uncommon. On the cliffs below the esplanade the red and the 
white Valerian (Centranthus ruber and Valeriana officinalis) 
grow in profusion; and in the marshy ground near Holloway 
Bridge may be found the motherwort (Zeonurus cardiaca), the 
bog myrtle (Myrica Gale), the marsh cinquefoil (Comarum 
palustre), the bog asphodel (Nartheciwm ossifragum), and the 
water bedstraw (Galium palustre), as well as the meadow-sweet 
(Spirwa Ulmaria) and many other flowering-plants. Of ferns, 
the Osmunda is most conspicuous; whilst on old walls and 
roeks in the neighbourhood Ceterach officinarum, Asplenium 
_ Trichomanes, A. Ruta-muraria, A. Adiantum-nigrum, and A. 
marinum are far from uncommon. 
Of the geology and paleontology of Tenby I have said 
nothing; nor can I do more than mention the bone caves of 
Hoyle’s Mouth and Longbury bank, of Caldy Island and the 
Black Rock. These have been explored by Professor Rolles- 
ton, Professor Boyd Dawkins, Mr E. Laws, and the Rev. G. N. 
Smith, and have yielded large collections of human and animal 
remains,—bones of sheep, deer, roebuck, rhinoceros, and bear ; 
flint and bronze implements and weapons; and human bones 
and teeth. Many of these are preserved in the admirable 
local museum on the Castle Hill. 
[In illustration of the above, a large number of lantern 
