THE FLORA OF OORNWAIiL. 377 



wliere thousands of beautiful plants flowered this season, and at 

 Trebarwith, where it is equally abundant. Without mention of 

 this " arrival," future handbooks of the British flora will be 

 inconij)lete. 



In June last I found a strange grass at Falmouth. 

 Specimens were sent to Mr. James Britten with a note suggesting 

 that it was a foreign species of Phalaris. In a few days Mr. 

 Britten wrote asking for more typical plants, and when his 

 request was complied with he was able to tell me my discovery 

 was Phalaris aquatica, Desf., a native of South Europe. A week 

 or two later, when botanizing seven miles north of Falmouth, in 

 the parish of Perranarworthal, I came u]3on another and much 

 more extensive group. 



