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by the sight of that curious phenomenon, and the Asparagus which 

 grows among the grass on the top, is a further reward to the botanist. 

 It is not abundant there, and the guides gather it so frequently, to pre- 

 sent to their visitors, whether scientific or otherwise, that there is some 

 danger of its becoming eradicated in a few years. 



AlHum Schoenoprasum grows about half a mile north of the Cove 

 among the rocks ; the time of flowering was of course past, but I ob- 

 tained a few plants of it. Alsine verna grows plentifully, but its ap- 

 pearance is such that 1 did not at first recognise an old Teesdale ac- 

 quaintance ; indeed it looks at a distance more like Spergula nodosa ; 

 it is rather surprising that it was not made even a variety by Smith or 

 Hooker, and although Babington raises it to the rank under the name 

 of &. Gerardi, I cannot but think it may eventually be considered a 

 distinct species, though it may be difficult, as he remarks, to describe 

 the points of distinction. It is so dissimilar to the usual form of A. 

 vema, both in its fresh and dried state, that to an unpractised eye, 

 they would certainly be thought different plants. Unfortunately I 

 did not examine it minutely while growing, and the flowers cannot be 

 well seen when dried ; its peculiar dwarf habit and thick-set leaves 

 pressed close to the stem, are striking characteristics. I hope it will 

 claim further attention from botanists visiting that part. Along the 

 banks of that curious sheet of water called Looe Pool, I found the three 

 plants mentioned by W. S. Hore, viz., Corrigiola littoralis, Cheno- 

 podium botryodes, and Elatine hexandra, most plentifully on the 

 south side. I also noticed Euphorbia portlandica, Trifolium scabrum, 

 and Spergula subulata, near the shore, also one or two plants of Erica 

 vagans in the woods above the Pool. 



Returning eastward I have nothing particular to record till we 

 reach Bodmin, where I visited the locality for Physospermum cornu- 

 biense, which is known there as a rare plant under its old name Ligus- 

 ticum. I was gratified by seeing it abundantly in the outskirts of 

 Steppe's Wood, about one and a half mile from Bodmin, turning off 

 to the right at the first milestone on the Launceston road ; it flowered 

 chiefly among the furze &c., just outside the wood. I was informed 

 that it also grew in several of the neighbouring woods, Margets, &c. 



At Budi, on the north-west coast. Euphorbia Paralias and Ammo- 

 phila arundinacea abound — here I also gathered Statice spathulata 

 on the cliffs, and several other marine plants, as well as Papaver hy- 

 bridum. The romantic little Clovelly, built as it is on the side of a 

 precipitous hill, and surrounded by rocks and hills wooded to their 

 base, might not be unlikely to produce some rarities, but all I noticed 



