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solid, and therefore harder rush, and also that the fruit of this species 

 is considerably smaller than that of Juncus glaucus. 



The difference of the two species becomes more conspicuous as the 

 season advances ; the spikes of Juncus diffusus fall in decay, while 

 those of Juncus glaucus, with the larger fruit, remain strong and 

 upright. 



Edward Forster. 



Woodford, 20th August, 1847. 



Account of a Botanical Excursion to WJiitsand Bay. 

 By Frans. p. Pascoe, Esq. 



Whitsand Bay is a short distance to the north-west of the Rame 

 Head, and about three or four miles from Plymouth. It must be care- 

 fully distinguished from another bay of the same name, near the 

 Land's End, as ignorance of this has led to very vexatious mistakes. 



I left home on the 4th August, taking the coast-road through 

 Fowey and Looe. Crossing Par Sands, midway between St. Austell 

 and the former place, Glaucium luteum, in great abundance, is very 

 conspicuous, but the rarest plant here to any other than a Cornish 

 botanist is Polygonum Raii, which is scattered plentifully over the 

 beach, in company with Salsola Kali and Cakile maritima. The ca- 

 verns in the low cliffs abound in Asplenium marinum, and along its 

 base are a few plants of Rumex Hydrolapathum. Another plant 

 which grows here, but was not now in flower, is Raphanus maritimus, 

 the finest specimens, however, are found in the Lizard district, where 

 it is very common. Ascending the hill from Par, Sison Amomura 

 occurs in the hedges; and at Bodinnick, where' the ferry for carriages 

 across Fowey river is established, Hypericum maculatum grows by 

 the road-side ; in the spring Allium ursinum, a rare plant in Corn- 

 wall, abounds here and in the neighbouring hedges. Bodinnick is a 

 small village adjoining Fowey ; in both places Centranthus ruber 

 adonis some of the old walls. 



As my principal object in this excursion was to obtain Euphorbia 

 Peplis, I hastened on through Looe, intending first to examine Sea- 

 ton Sands, which I had somehow got the notion was a locality for 

 this plant, and the next day to proceed to Whitsand Bay. On my arri- 

 val at Seaton, however, the rain, which had now continued some time, 

 having completely drenched me, and finding no accommodation 



