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Tour, gives " shore near Crafthole " as a station for Statice Liraonium ; 

 S. spathulata, which cannot be overlooked, and is not otherwise men- 

 tioned, was probably intended by him ; Tinfolium sufFocatura, having 

 the same station, seems to have escaped later researches. More re- 

 cently, however, Mr. Hore has added Vicia lutea ; being too late in 

 the season 1 did not see it. Daucus maritimus and Crithmum mari- 

 timum, the latter very fine and in dense beds, abounded here, as 

 they do on nearly all our rocky shores. On one part of the cliff I 

 think I recognized Squamaria lentigera, but it was out of reach ; it 

 is found sparingly at Newquay, on the north coast. 



The sun had been early obscured by clouds, and a disagreeable 

 drizzle succeeded, which about noon rapidly increased to heavy rain. 

 1 had now nearly anived at the eastern end of the Bay, and was pre- 

 paring for the weather and my return, when at my foot, and sur- 

 rounded by bushes of Cakile maritima, was the anxiously sought 

 Euphorbia Peplis ! There was but one plant, nor did I, after another 

 fruitless search, commit it to my vasculum without a pang that I 

 might perhaps have taken the last of its race on the Cornish shores. 

 In 1830 Mr. H. C. Watson* found it very sparingly on the sands be- 

 tween Penzance and Marazion, a locality where it was very plentiful 

 in the time of Ray. I believe it has not been found there since. The 

 localities given in Somerset, Dorset and Cardigan shires require mo- 

 dern confirmation ; it may probably be still found in Devonshire. 

 It is an interesting plant, belonging to a southern race, but once 

 plentiful in the west of England. I shall be glad to see the pages 

 of the ' Phytologist' recording what is known of its present localities. 



My ride home from Hassenford through Liskeard and Lostwithiel 

 was without any interest beyond what the heavy and continued rain 

 afforded. In the hedges near the former town Cornus sanguinea, 

 Melittis Melissoph^'llum and Viburnum Opulus, plants common only 

 in the eastern part of the county, are to be met with, although not 

 now in flower. 



Note. — As I am preparing a Cornish Flora I shall feel deeply in- 

 debted for any information, either by lists, specimens, or remarks 

 which your readers may be able to afford me. 



Frans. p. Pascoe. 



Trewhiddle, near St. Austell, 

 21st August, 1847. 



* Watson's ' New Botanist's Guide,' p. 1 1. 



