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ADDITIONS TO THE FLORA OF CORNWALL. 

 BY FKED. HAMILTON DAVEY. 



If the alacrity with which botanists from all parts of the 

 country have responded to the appeal made in this room twelve 

 months ago for co-operation in gathering material for my 

 proposed handbook of the flora of Cornwall, and the gratifying 

 results which have accrued therefrom, may be accepted as 

 conclusive evidence, an important work had long been crying 

 aloud for attention. Early in the present year trustworthy 

 correspondents were established in all parts of the country, and 

 as days and weeks went by, bringing with them the results of 

 the patient investigations of my co-workers, it became more and 

 more evident that, notwithstanding the attention which Cornwall 

 has received at the hands of a continuous line of botanists since 

 Eay's visit, in the year 1662, many good things have been 

 lurking unknown in comparatively unexplored districts. With 

 the close of the season I am able to give you a bird's-eye view 

 of ou.r work, which, it will be seen, includes the discovery of 

 several plants now recorded for Cornwall for the first time, and 

 of a few quite new to the "West of England. As the vandal is still 

 abroad seeking what he may destroy, I shall mention districts 

 rather than give exact localities. 



In August I found between Liskeard and Looe Ranunculus 

 tricho'phyUus^ Web., one of the Batrachian BanuncuU, hitherto 

 unrecorded for Cornwall, and, as far as I have been able to 

 ascertain, not yet found in Devon. Surprises generally come in 

 bunches. Mentioning my discovery to Mr. E. V. Tellam, I 

 found he had dredged the plant in Mawgan East, and a little 

 later Dr. C. C. Yigurs, of Newquay, sent the welcome news that 

 it occurs within the boundaries of Cubert. There is yet a deal of 

 work to be done in Cornwall in connection with that section of 

 Ranunculus to which this particular species belongs. 



In the neighbourhood of Looe Mr. A. 0. Hume discovered 

 a number of fine flowering specimens of Delphinium Aj'acts, 

 Eeichb, a charming plant rarely found in the west, and for which 



