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"6 to 8" (right). Lycopus europaeus in fl. Hooker, " Fl. June, 

 July." Babington, " 7, 8" (right). It will be observed that all the 

 plants mentioned under this day were in bloom beyond the periods 

 prescribed in the ' British Flora,' 5th edition. 



September 20. A friend gave me specimens of the following 

 plants, gathered the day before : Radiola Millegrana. Hooker, " Fl. 

 July, Aug." Babington, the same. Sedum Telephium. Hooker, 

 " Fl. July." Babington, " 7, 8." Pinguicula lusitanica. Hooker, 

 " Fl. June, July." Babington, " 7." Drosera rotundifolia. Hooker, 

 " Fl. July." Babington, " 7, 8." All these were thus in flower con- 

 siderably later than described. They grow near Shaugh, some six 

 miles or more from Plymouth ; and had I been in want of them, I 

 should have thought it hopeless to search for them at this advanced 

 period of the month. " Nil desperandum" must, however, I think 

 be my future motto, when engaged in botanizing. 



September 22. Stimulated by my friend's success, adverted to in 

 the last paragraph, I this day made a trip to the locality which he 

 had so recently visited. Not finding the boggy spot where the plants 

 grew, the enthymeme that I did not find the plants, will be readily 

 admitted. But, though disappointed in this respect, I did not regret 

 my excursion ; for it brought me within view of the romantic crags 

 that abound on the confines of Dartmoor. Here rises in majesty the 

 Dewer-Stone, ever hallowed by the sweet strains of Devonia's great- 

 est poet, Carrington ; and here commingle the flashing, leaping, 

 roaring rivers Cad and Meavy, and become the parents of the Plym. 

 Nor did I return with an entirely empty vasculum, having availed 

 myself of the opportunity to replenish my stock of Wahlenbergia 

 hederacea, which is plentiful in the neighbourhood. Remark that it 

 was now late in September, and the plant in full bloom, particularly 

 on the borders of a piece of heathy ground, where it grew among 

 furze. Hooker says " Fl. July, August." Babington, the same. Sa- 

 rothamnus scbparius was in fl. Restricted by Hooker to "June;" 

 and by Babington to the " 5th and 6th " months. Galium palustre in 

 fl. Like the rest unwilling to depart. Hooker names " July " as its 

 flowering-season, and Babington the " 7th and 8th " months. 



September 24. Verbascum Blattaria in fl. near Devonport. 

 Hooker, " Fl. July." Babington, " 8." I know but of one station 

 for this plant ; and its colour is not yellow, but whitish or cream-co- 

 loured, tinged more or less with purple. Alsine marina in fl. Hooker, 

 " Fl. June, July." Babington gives greater latitude, " 6 — 8." 



October 15. Took a country walk. Leaves of the trees falling 



