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Botanical Notes from South Devon. By T. W. Gisstnc. 
The following Notes are the result of a few days spent in South 
Devon, during the first fortnight of June, of the present year. 
By the canal, near Exeter, @inanthe crocata is abundant, and 
under the walls adjoming Senebiera didyma is very fine and 
plentiful ; in fact this latter plant is a common weed throughout 
the southern part of the county. Jris fetidissima likewise, as 
every one knows, is abundant, but up to the 15th of June I saw 
none in flower, and but little in advanced bud. Proceeding from 
Exeter by the romantic South Devon Railway, that runs for 
miles almost within the spray of the sea waves on one side, and 
with high cliffs frowning over the other, I arrived at Torquay, 
between which town and Babbicombe, Aradis hirsuta and Rubia 
peregrina are frequent. In the lanes at the back of Babbicombe 
Bay, Primula vulgaris was still plentifully im flower; and not- 
withstanding all that has been said about the Cowslip not grow- 
ing in Devonshire, I found it plentifully at Austey’s Cove, near * 
Torquay, although of course in seed. Asplenium Trichomanes, 
Poterium Sanguisorba, Centranthus ruber, Ranunculus parviflorus, 
Valeriana officinalis, var. alb., Sedum reflerum (not yet in flower), 
Daucus maritimus, Lithospermum officinale, Scolopendrium vul- 
gare, Pyrus Aria, and Melittis Melissophyllum, were scattered 
over the rugged and shrub-grown cliffs overlooking Babbicombe 
Bay. The Melittis Melissophyllum I likewise found at Austey’s 
Cove, Chudleigh (a few miles from Teignmouth), and in a wood 
three or four miles north of Exeter, but in all mstances very 
sparingly. 
Leaving Babbicombe, and ascending the rocks, a bleak moory 
expanse soon brought us to Atstey’s Cove, one of the grandest 
and most beautiful spots a tourist can visit, and rich with botani- 
eal treasures. Here I found Anthyllis Vulneraria (abundant all 
along the coast), Crithmum maritimum, Armeria maritima (like- 
wise plentiful everywhere), Solidago Virgaurea, Hypericum pul- 
chrum, Spirea Filipendula, Hippocrepis comosa, Euphorbia Port- 
landica, Veronica montana, Vicia sylvatica (not in flower), Ery- 
threa pulchella, Thalictrum minus, Ceterach officinarum, Brassica 
oleracea, and that little gem, the™ um polifolium, 
profusely dotting the ground with 1 iful snowy petals. 
Amidst the huge rocks at the base, that look like remnants of a 
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