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spicuous, Papavev Rboeas, Hypochaeris radicata, Convolvulus arven- 

 sis, and Malva sylvestris being generally in flower. 



The red-raarl cliffs near Teignuiouth were resplendent with crowded 

 masses of the yellow " ladies'-finger" and the commoner Lotus corni- 

 culatus, in beautiful contrast with the silvery Silene maritima, in equal 

 abundance, and all in full flower, under the influence of a bright sun 

 and clear sky. The rose-coloured heads of the common sea-pink 

 were just emergent from their delicate sheaths, unsoiled and exqui- 

 sitely beautiful as a butterfly recently escaped from chrysalis. 



Medicago maculata. Some sandy pastures on the margin of the 

 beach at Exmouth were nearly covered with this plant, now in full 

 flower, which seemed extending itself, as if determined to engross the 

 ground. 



Koeniga maritima. Established among the stones of the beach 

 near the Starcross Ferry, in some abundance; but it appeared trace- 

 able to a seaman's little garden in the immediate vicinit}'. 



Trifoliiau scabrum and striatum. Abundant on the Strand at 

 Exmouth. 



June 1. — Took a meditative walk along the red-marl clifl^s from 

 Exmouth, until I came within view of the red- sandstone headland at 

 Otterton, on which I lay twenty years ago, spending a day of blissful 

 thought, whose broken links now only remain, like the disruplured 

 masses of water-worn sandstone, lying disordered and in wild confu- 

 sion along the margin of the now quiet sea. 



Various littoral plants expanding their flowers, as Spergularia ma- 

 rina, Honckenya peploides, Calystegia Soldanella, and Plantago Co- 

 ronopus and maritima. A single Hyoscyamus niger also presented 

 itself to view, and abundance of Daucus Carota. 



Vicia Biihynica. This hairy-podded vetch trails profusely among 

 the degraded sandstone cliffs east of Exmouth, giving them a peculiar 

 feature. It was now coming into flower, though the Floras give it a 

 later assignation. I afterwards noticed it as abundant on the red- 

 marl cliff's near Teignraouth. 



Vicia Nissolia. I gathered one specimen of this beautiful vetch 

 on the cliff's, but could not perceive another. 



On the declivity of the cliff's T gathered a tall species of garlick, 

 which, not having expanded its flowers, I could not accurately deter- 

 mine. As the leaves were very long, channelled, and ribbed, it was 

 probably Allium oleraceum ; yet they were rather flat than hollow. 



Ranunculus parvijlorus occurred on various dry, sandy banks in 

 the vicinity of Exmouth. 



