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plant in Watson's Guide is TruclifFe Lane, on the the top of a hedge 

 turning up from Love Lane, about 50 yards from the turn. After con- 

 siderable inquiry, being unable to hear of such a name as Trucliffe, 

 I concluded it was a misprint, and that the name should be Trereife, 

 (pronounced Treeve) Lane, where Love Lane terminates. Here then 

 I sought several times on both sides of the hedge, but was surprised 

 to find that an orchard extends for some distance along the road, in 

 the midst of which, according to the description, this plant would grow: 

 and therefore I could not but wonder that the plant had been intro- 

 duced into our Flora, from such a more than suspicious locality, and 

 where perhaps it ought scarcely to be considered naturalized ; it is 

 said to be common in several of the orchards in that vicinity. 



It is a curious fact that several plants common in most other dis- 

 tricts are unknown, or very rare, in this, as for instance the delightful 

 Viola odorata, which is never found wild. Before leaving Penzance 

 I may just say that it is even richer in cryptogamic than in phaenoga- 

 raic plants, and would amply repay further research than it has yet 

 received. 



The next place to be noticed I shall pass over with a very few re- 

 marks, as it has been so recently referred to in the interesting descrip- 

 tion given by W. S. Hore in his paper on the Lizard. The season 

 was very favourable for Erica vagans, whose delicate white and pink 

 flowers, waving on the crimson wiry stalks, present a most elegant 

 and beautiful appearance. It is curious to observe how very much 

 it is in that part confined to the Lizard, and the serpentine formation, 

 as it appears scarcely at all till you get within about six or eight 

 miles of the Point, when it becomes most abundant, even more so than 

 the common species, all of which are also found there. It does how- 

 ever grow on Connor Downs, a few miles from Hayle. Herniaria 

 glabra is plentiful near the Lizard lighthouse, and at Kynance Cove, 

 also Scilla autumnalis, Spiranthes autumnalis, and a Bromus, said to be 

 the pseudo-velutinus of the London Botanical Society's Catalogue. 

 Kynance Cove is a delightful spot, the scenery, the formation of 

 the rocks, and the variety of plants are most interesting. It was too 

 late for many of its rarities, but Anthyllis vulneraria, /3. Dillenii, with its 

 rich crimson flowers, still formed a conspicuous object ; Genista tinc- 

 toria, B. prostrata, Erythraea ramosissima. Geranium sanguineum, 

 (query, was sylvaticum a slip of the pen in W. S. Here's account of 

 that spot?), Hypochseris maculata in leaf only, Juncus maritimus, 

 Orobanche rubra the dried stems, Spiraea Filipendula &c. were seen. 

 The scramble to the bellows on Asparagus Island is amply repaid 



