442 74. iridacEjE. 



is described by Mr. John Milford, in the Magazine of Na- 

 tural History, vii. p. 272 : " Grows wild, in great abun- 

 dance, among turf, in a dry sandy soil, on the Wan-en, a 

 sandy tract between Dawlish and Exmouth, Devonshire. 

 The exact spot is on the left of the old road from Exeter 

 to Dawlish, before ascending the hill to Mount Pleasant, 

 and almost in front of the small cottages there : it extends 

 at intervals to the Ferry." My herbaiium has been sup- 

 plied with a specimen from the Warren, by Sir W. C. 

 Trevelyan. The same species has been lately sent to me 

 by Mr. Hunt, from the island of St. Michael, Azores. 

 Possibly, the Devonian locality may have originated from 

 that Western Isle. 



1069. Crocus vernus, Willd. 



Area (* 2 3 4 5 * 7 8 9 10 * 12). 



Alien. Recorded from various counties, as may be seen 

 by the number of provinces above indicated ; but it ajj- 

 pears to have been only a temporaiy straggler from culti- 

 vation, in most of them. There are some habitats, however, 

 of many years' standing ; as at Hornsea, in Middlesex ; at 

 Harlestone, in Norfolk ; in the meadows by the county 

 town, in Nottinghamshire. Notwithstanding the different 

 seasons of flowering, it would seem that some confusion 

 has occurred in reporting the localities of C. vemus and 

 C. nudiflorus respectively. 



1070. Crocus nudiflorus, Sm. 



Area (5 * * 8 9 10). 



Alien } This species, the C. spcciosus of some English 



