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(Hooker), Blechnum boreale, A. Filix-feemina, and Scolopendrium 
vulgare, with the bifid and multifid varieties. These latter plants 
(Scolopendrium) were very fine, being near three feet high, and 
from the roots of the bifid variety bifid fronds were again grow- 
ing. I likewise saw here Cardamine pratensis with double flowers. 
About a mile and a half from Exeter, by the side of the Sidmouth 
road, I gathered Owalis corniculata. This plant I likewise found 
by the roadside near the first milestone between Exeter and 
Topsham. At St. Mary Clist, a variety of Veronica Beccabunga 
was very plentiful for some distance; the plant had flesh-co- 
loured flowers, and very long bracteas, and although growing in a 
damp situation, none of it exceeded six or eight inches in height. 
A few stray plants of Orchis latifolia, O. mascula, and O. macu- 
lata, 1 likewise saw on this day. Orchids seem scarce through- 
out South Devon ; and with the exception of Listera ovata and 
Habenaria chlorantha, those just named were the only species I 
saw. Rare plants of this order are said to grow at Babbicombe, 
but I saw none. 
The cliffs at Sidmouth were in spots quite crimson with the 
beautiful Lathyrus Nissolia, and L. Aphaca was equally abundant. 
Glaucium luteum made likewise a gorgeous appearance. Medicayo 
maculata (very frequent wherever I went), dArmeria maritima, 
Barbarea precox, and Crambe maritima, 1 likewise found at Sid- 
mouth. In the woods at Chudleigh, Lathrea squamaria, Habe- 
naria chlorantha, and Lisiera ovata were very fine; and with 
them grew Carex strigosa and C. sylvatica. On the Haldon 
Hills I gathered Erica Tetralix, with divided anthers, very long 
style, and corolla so cleft as to appear like four eae petals 
shghtly ly joined. at the base. Here I likewise found Eriophorum 
angustifolium, E. latifolium, Juncus squarrosus, Scirpus pauci- 
florus, Carex binervis, C. flava, and C. pulicaris, as well as Viola 
palustris, Salix fusca, and Orobus tenuifolius. 
After goimg by rail from Exeter to Starcross I crossed the es- 
tuary of the Exe by a ferry-boat, the mouth of the river being 
more than a mile wide. On landing, I was greeted by Cakile 
maritima, Trifolium scabrum, T. striatum, Allium vineale, ete. On 
the edge of the cliff near Exmouth I found a few specimens of 
Papaver hybridum, but it was very scarce. Here too grew in 
profusion Vicia Bithynica, EEnanthe pimpinelloides, Linum angus- 
tifolium, Ranunculus parviflorus, and Torilis nodosa. 
