122 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CORNISH FLORA. 



Two items which will come as great surprises are Romulea 

 ColumncB and Bromus rigidus. The only other British station for 

 the first-named is the Warren, between Dawlish and Exmouth, 

 where it was iirst discovered 67 years ago, while the latter has 

 hitherto found its way into British botanical literature solely on 

 the strength of its occurrence in the Channel Islands. Every- 

 thing points to the probability that the little Iris has legitimate 

 claims to indigeneity. If such strong proof cannot be advanced 

 for the grass, it must, at any rate, be accepted as a thoroughly 

 naturalized subject. 



Glaueium phceniceum, Brassica monensts, B. adpressa, Medicago 

 sylvestris, Lathyrus hirsutus, Anthemis tinctoria, Galeopsis versicolor, 

 Cuscuta Europcea, Orobanche Picridis, Phalaris paradoxa, Lagurus 

 ovatus, and Avena pratensis are of purely accidental occurrence 

 west of the Tamar, It may be doubted if any one of them is 

 seen in the same place for more than two successive seasons. 



The Stock at Newquay has been recorded in several of the 

 local "Gruides" as Mathiola sinuata. On careful examination it 

 turns out to be M. incana, a much rarer species. It is perfectly at 

 home over a good portion of the cliffs around the harbour, and 

 with the Wall-fl.ower gives a distinct touch of beauty to the 

 slopes in early summer. The London Pride [Saxifraga umhrosa, 

 var. punctata) has obtained a permanent hold of a long stretch of 

 a wayside hedge near Lostwithiel ; and near the same town and 

 at Perranwell the Yellow Martagon Lily {^Lilium pyrenaicum) has 

 long secured a footing. Lactuca Scariola, var. dubia is not only 

 new to Cornwall, but is now noticed for this country for the first 

 time. If it obtains permanency in its Cornish station, as it 

 promises to, it will have to be included in future lists of British 

 plants. Malva parviflora has been very abundant at Par this 

 season, but it is one of those fickle species which appear and dis- 

 appear almost without rhyme or reason. Boronicum Pardalianches 

 is a good example of a stray from cultivation becoming a 

 denizen. 



Early this year considerable interest was manifested by 

 British botanists in the announcement that I had found in several 

 localities Scirpus maritimus, var. vionostacliys. Up to that time it 

 was not known as a British plant. The British Museimi had 

 only a single specimen of it, and that a continental one, while 



