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somewhat imbricated. Smith says that the leaves are ranged in five 

 rows ; and an attentive examination of the plant leads one to agree 

 with this remark, still the character is not noticeable, and can only be 

 traced with difficult3^ 



The spike is oblong, terminal, and completely sessile ; the long pe- 

 duncle, which, in the common club-moss, separates the spike from the 

 leafy part of the branch, is entii'ely w^anting, a character amply suffi- 

 cient to distinguish this species from the foregoing. The leaves or 

 bracts in the spike are nearly round, yet have a j)ointed apex ; their 

 edges are membranous and jagged, they become reflexed when the 

 seed is shed : in the axil of each is situated a large, conspicuous, re- 

 niform capsule, which, when ripe, opens transversely, allowing the 

 escape of numerous minute, sulphur-coloured seeds. 



(To be continued). 



Art. VI. — List of Rare Plants found in Devonshire, in the year 

 1840. By N. Ward, Esq. 



Wellclose Square, June 19, 1841. 

 Sir, 



During the summer of 1840 my father and I made a 

 botanical excursion into Devonshire, and with the kind assistance of 

 Mrs. and the Misses Griffiths and the Kev. W. S. Hore, we succeeded 

 in obtaining many valuable plants, a selection from which I hand you 

 below. 



Yours truly. 



N. Ward. 



To the Editor of ' The Phytologist.' 



At or within three miles of Torquay. 



Brassica oleracea. Lotus liirsutus. 



Heliantliemum polifolium. This spe- Vicia sylvatica. 



cies grows in profusion, and sup- Crithmum maridmum. 



plies the place of Hel. vulgare, Bupleurum aristatum. 



which is not to he found here. Trinia glaherrima. 



Lavatera arhorea. Smyruium Olusatrum. 



Trifolium suffocatum. Not growing Rubia peregrina. 



on the sandy sea-shore, but about Chrysocoma Linosyris. 



half a mile inland, in a peat soil, Lithospermum purpuro-cffiruleum. 



in company with Trifolium sub- Anchusa sempervirens. 



terrancum. Orobanche major. 



