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Helianthemum vulgare, ditto. Drosera rotundifolia is far from common. 
Silene inflata I have twice seen single plants of. Lychnis Githago very 
unfrequent. Madiola I have never seen, nor Malva moschata. As far as my 
experience goes I should certainly set down Hypericum perforatum as the 
most common; I have found it almost everywhere I have been. The white- 
flowered variety of Hrodium cicutarium is more common with us than the 
ordinary plant. Geranium pusillum I have not met with. Genista an- 
glica is rare. Medicago lupulina 1 have not seen. All the Zrifolia in 
your list, I believe, are found here, though I have not put them all 
down in my list; Trifolium arvense does not occur in large quantities. 
Comarum \ have not seen. Alchemilla is said to grow on the Torrs, but 
I have not been able to find it. Peplis Portula I have only found at 
Lundy. Montia is rare. Scleranthus 1 have not seen, nor Saxifraga 
granulata. Sherardia is rare, as far as I know; and Asperula unfre- 
quent. I have not seen Valeriana. (I ought to have mentioned that 
Fedia carinata was found at Hele by Mr. Borrer.) Centawrea Cyanus, 
rare. Bidens cernua, ditto. Petasites is abundant here; not so Tussilago. 
Chrysanthemum segetum I have not seen, or Menyanthes, nor can I as- 
certain where in this district it grows. Gentiana Amarella not near 
here; it grows at Northam. Veronica Anagallis, strange perhaps to 
say, I have never seen anywhere. ycopus does not grow about us; nor 
Galeopsis Ladanum, which is common in South Devon; nor Seutellaria 
galericulata. Symphytum X have not seen, though it is found. No Uéri- 
cularia. Primula veris is rare in Devon, and especially here. No Gym- 
nadenia. Orchis Morio I have not seen nearer than Clovelly. Orchis 
latifolia ditto. Polystichum lobatum is rare, and aculeatum not within 
eight miles or so. 
“You put a query after Adiantum nigrum; as far as my experience 
goes, I should say it is decidedly common, and is most abundant here. 
I have seen it far north and in all parts of England where I have been.” 
Another esteemed contributor offers the following exceptions, 
arranged systematically, viz. :— 
“4. Too rare in Scotland, or very thinly scattered :—Orchis Morio : 
is this Scotch? Saxifraga granulata: a rather scarce species. Huphor- 
bia amyygdaloides: Scotch? Hordeum pratense. 
“3. The following show more or less affinity to limestone; I have 
certainly not found them common, nor far from lime :—/elianthemum 
vulgare. Hypericum hirsutum. Galeopsis Ladanum. Plantago media. 
Glyceria rigida. Avena pratensis. Habenaria chlorantha. 
“¢. Prefer (exclusively ?) saline localities:—Carex distans and Juncus 
compressus, neither common. 
“p. Critical species unsafe to admit, as not having been sufficiently 
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