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with the localities of the most.prominent individuals of the vege- 
table kingdom, and we only make these statements for the en- 
lightenment of our readers generally. We ourselves have often 
felt the want of such a guide to the natural beauties and natural 
productions of places where we have been sojourning for a season ; 
and we do most cordially thank the compiler of the present list 
for giving us a much larger amount of botany than we have ever 
seen in a guide-book. After this long preamble we beg to in- 
form our readers what rarities they may expect in North Devon, 
if they have the happiness of ever visiting that lovely region. 
Some of these are Matthiola sinuata, Meconopsis cambrica, Viola 
lutea, Silene quinquevulnera, Lavatera arborea, Erodium mos- 
chatum, Geranium pheum, G. striatum, Linum perenne, Vicia * ¥ 
sylvatica, Lathyrus Aphaca, L. sylvestris, Alchemilla vulgaris, 
Eryngium campestre, Rubia peregrina, Cotyledon Umbilicus, Saxi- 
fraga umbrosa, Hypocheris maculata, Erythrea pulchella, E. la- 
tifolia, Asperugo procumbens, Anchusa sempervirens, Atropa Bel- 
ladonna, Verbascum Lychnitis, Mentha rotundifolia, Euphorbia 
hiberna, E. Paralias,-E. portlandica, Urtica pilulifera, Lilium 
pyrenaicum, L. Martagon, Fritillaria Meleagris. But we must 
stop here. Our notice may induce our readers to visit Ilfracombe 
and its interesting vicinity, but it will not supersede the neces- 
sity of Mr. Ravenshaw’s botanical guide to the rarities of the 
charming locality ; they will doubtless do what we should do, 
viz. avail themselves of such a trusty guide. We beg to add a 
remark on the absence of certain species which we had believed 
to be all but universally distributed. Papaver dubium is a north- 
ern species, but 1t occurs plentifully im Surrey and Middlesex. Is 
it absent in the west of England? Cardamine amara is another | « - 
absentee; we scarcely know why. So are Lychnis vespertina, 
Malva moschata, Geranium pusillum, Potentilla argentea, Helo- 
sciadium mundatum, Silaus pratensis, Heracleum Sphondylium, 
Torilis infesta, Anthriscus vulgaris, Valeriana officinalis, Vero- 
nica Anagallis, etc. We ought to state that Saxifraga umbrosa, 
Geranium siriatum, and probably a few other species, we have se- 
lected as examples of this Flora, are stated to be not indigenous. 
We again heartily recommend this ‘ List’ to the notice of all 
who intend to visit Ilfracombe. 
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