IV PEERAGE. 



places almost exclusively to which easy excursions can 

 be made ; I have therefore included all the localities with 

 which I am acquainted, within a circuit of twenty-five 

 miles of Torquay. 



After the name of each plant, I have stated the nature 

 of the situations in which it is most likely to be found, 

 followed, in most cases, by a short description of its more 

 obvious characters ; and then I have given a list of its 

 several local habitats, the number of the plate in Sowerby's 

 *' English Botany' which represents it, and the time of its 

 flowering, but I have not thought it necessary to enter 

 into any minute botanical details, inasmuch as every bota- 

 nist will possess one, at least, of the many valuable English 

 Floras which have of late years been published,* each 

 of which contains all the requisite help for ascertaining 

 species. 



When first botanizing in this locality, I felt greatly the 

 want of a similar work to the present, and I now confi- 

 dently trust that my humble labour may prove of service 

 to those who are anxious to make themselves acquainted 

 with the wild plants which grow in the neighbourhood of 

 Torquay. 



In conclusion, I have only to state that I shall feel 

 grateful to those botanists who will communicate to me 

 any well authenticated habitats, within the prescribed area, 

 which I have not specified. 



R. STEWAET. 



3, Park Place, Torquay. 



* The best modern Manuals are the following : Hooker and 

 Arnott's * British Flora ;' Babington's Manual ; and Bentham's 

 ' Handbook of the British Flora.' 



