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berries. This is also the best station for the very elegant but ill-sa- 

 voured Allium Schoenoprasum, which grows in tufts in the scanty 

 soil afforded by the cracks of the rocks. Trifolium Molinerii is to 

 be found at intervals along several miles of the coast between Cadg- 

 with and Kynance, and is as undoubtedly wild as Statice Armeria, and 

 in some spots quite as abundant. Exacum filiforme I found some 

 years ago sparingly on Goonhilly Downs, since which time I have 

 never found it until within the last few days. It is now growing in 

 great profusion in the ruts of the cart road between Kynance and the 

 Lizard-town. 



I have been particular in giving the exact stations of these plants 

 in case any botanists should happen to be travelling this way, when 

 they may learn the names of the headlands and coves from any one 

 whom they may meet. I am sorry I cannot offer to supply your cor- 

 respondents with specimens ; for in truth I have been too much oc- 

 cupied with scrambling about the cliffs and boating to give much 

 attention to drying plants. I have, however, pointed out all the sta- 

 tions of the rare plants of the district to an intelligent person residing 

 in the parish, who has already begun to dry specimens, and will at 

 the close of the season supply sets of about thirty-five species at a 

 moderate price. (See advertisement on the cover). 



I have been much struck with the remarkable number of legumi- 

 nose plants growing in this district ; the turf on the cliffs is almost 

 made up of them, the grasses, plantains and sedges ; I have counted 

 thirty-three distinct species. The effect of the sea-breeze on some of 

 the plants is very singular. Euphrasia officinalis rarely exceeds two 

 inches in height, and has thickly-set, decussate, fleshy leaves ; Trifo- 

 lium repens is one of the earliest flowers, and has its stems, leaves 

 and flowers closely pressed to the ground ; T. procumbens has a 

 wiry stem and large flowers ; it grows quite erect, and averages a 

 height of about two inches : Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum has its 

 leaves and stem fleshy ; the latter is rarely more than six or eight 

 inches in height, and sometimes entirely wanting, so that the flower 

 is sessile on the root. 



If singular geological phenomena are not excluded from your pages, 

 the following notice may not be without interest. On the eastern 

 side of the Lizard lights a green sward slopes down to the edge of a 

 bold but not very lofty cliff, having on either extremity a point, the 

 Bumble to the south, Ladmakeen to the north. Underneath, a cave 

 washed by the sea, and known by the name of the "Daw's Hugo,*" 

 * " Hugo is Cornish for a cave. 



