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Scolopendrium vulgar e were specially noteworthy for 

 their magnificent growth and development, some remark- 

 ably line varieties of the latter fern being seen. 



After leaving the Gardens, in which a large collection of 

 animals and birds is kept, the members walked along a 

 part of Clifton Downs to the Suspension Bridge, and 

 within two or three hundred yards of the bridge, where 

 the formation is limestone, the following interesting plants 

 were found : — 



Clematis Vitalba, Linn.; Poterium Sanguisorba, Linn. ; 

 Sedum acre, Linn. ; Foeniculum vulgare, Mill. ; Galium 

 verum, Linn.; Scabiosa Columbaria, Linn.; Carduus 

 acaulis, Linn. ; Crepis virens, Linn. ; OrobancJte Hederae, 

 Duby; Verbena officinalis, Linn.; Salvia Verbenaca, 

 Linn. ; Parietaria officinalis, Linn. ; Asplenium Ruta- 

 muraria, Linn. 



In the afternoon the journey was continued to Barn- 

 staple, which was reached about six o'clock, and the Red 

 Lion Hotel was made the headquarters of the party. 



On the morning of 3rd August the members went by 

 railway on the Ilfracombe line to Braunton, and from 

 there drove about three miles west in order to visit 

 Braunton Burrows, which is the name given to a large 

 tract of sand dunes lying close to the sea, and where a large 

 number of very interesting plants were found, many of 

 them new to the members, and several in large quantities. 

 Though the whole day was spent here, only a small portion 

 of the Burrows was explored. On the way from the 

 Burrows back to Braunton Station the party saw quantities 

 of Scolopendrium vulgare and Polystichum growing in 

 the banks at the sides of the lanes. The following plants 

 were found : — 



Reseda, Luteola, Linn. ; Viola Curtisii, E. Forst. ; 

 Saponaria officinalis, Linn. ; Hypericum quadrangulum* 

 Linn. ; H. perforatum, Linn. : Melilotus officinalis, Lam. ; 

 Trifolium fragiferum, Linn. ; Agrimonia Eupatoria,, 

 Linn. ; Cotyledon Umbilicus- Veneris, Linn. ; Peplis Portula,, 

 Linn. ; Ly thrum Salicaria, Linn. ; Apium nodiflorum, 

 H. G. Reichb ; Sium erectum, Hucls. ; Oenanthe fistidosa, 

 Linn. ; Sambucus nigra, Linn. ; Dipsacus fidlonum, Linn. ;. 

 Eupatorium cannabinum, Linn. ; Erigeron acris, Linn. ; 



