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particulars seb it as a North Cornwall — will be shortly 
communicated to the Journal by a botanist of Launceston. I have 
never seen it see either in Cornwall or Deyo von. 
Pastinaca sativa, L. Near Norcot Mouth. I have found this 
but very sparingly in Cornwall, and only where there is a proba- 
bility of its having been derived from gardens; but itis indigenous on 
limestone to the east of Plymouth, hens it is frequently conveyed in 
rubble from the quarries to other spots about t 
Gnaphalium sylvaticum, L. Hitherto penne for Cornwall and 
very rare in Devon, though I have seen it in two spots near Plymouth. 
Is not the common G. uliginosum, L., a ant ? 
Arctium majus, Schkuhr. Poughill, &. N st previously given for 
the county. In the neighbourhood of Plymouth I have found quite 
a series of forms ranging from this to ew-minus, Syme; but 4. mter- 
medium, Lange, or A. pubens, Bab. Man., ed. 6., and 4. nemorosum, 
Lange, are so ill understood by m e that "Tam at a loss as regards 
me 
arduus pratensis, Huds. Week St. Mary; and C. acaulis, L. Bude. 
Both these thistles are new to Cornwall, and I have never seen either 
near Plymouth. 
Verbascum Blattaria, L. Tintagel. I have only seen this as an 
alien or ran he generally with cream-coloured flowers. virgatum 
is much m re frequent and is always to be found in certain localities 
near ao 
n 
Carex Geri, Ebrh. Moorwinstow. All the plants from the neigh- 
bourhood of Plymouth 0 have been so named I believe to have been 
only C. lepidocarpa, Tau 
arex fulva, scdiendabubbbantt, Hoppe. Moorwinstow. Last 
summer I found C. fulva on Viverdon Down, in the south-east of 
Cornwall, and have sent specimens thence in my last parcel to the 
Bot. Ex. ‘Club. Previous tothat I had never seen it in this county, 
nor lave I yet found it in von 
an a 
are :—Hrodium moschatum 
Th hey J 8 
Rosa micrantha, Sm, Between Dalstone and Marham-Church. 
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ON CROSS FERTILISATION AS AIDED BY SENSITIVE 
MOTION IN MUSK AND ACHIMENES. 
By F. E. _KircH ene, F.L.S. 
