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Leontodon hirtus L. —Generally distributed, and very common. 
. hispidus L..—I1. Hill between Werrington — St. Stephen’ 8, 
very abundant: II. Bridgerule, roadside-bank near vicarage, one 
plant. Between Lifton and Okehampton, satlee frequent. . 
Common about Okehampton. 
eee echioides Gaert.——I. Sea-coast from Sandymouth to 
Widmouth, frequent. Between Stratton and Launcells. Near 
Marhamebirl. = Between Bridgerule Church and Bri idge 
Moor, a few 
Crepis = ae Thuill. —I. Near Bude, in some — 
III. Bridgerule, near a farm, two or three plants. Colonist 
C. biennis is: —I. Near Stratton, one plant in hedgebank. 
Colonist. 
ieracium aurantiacum L.—I. Whitstone Churchyard. Denizen 
sei a and abundant. 
H. umbellatun L.—T1. I. and II. Quite common. IV. Oke- 
item: Belstone. The only native Hieracium yet seen. 
(To be continued.) 
A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS SELAGINELLA. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.R.S., &c. 
(Continued from p. 5.) 
Subgenus [.—SrLaGineLLa PROPER. | : 
1. S. spmosa P. B. Aithog., 112; S. spinulosa A. Br.; S. 
selaginoides Link. ; Pada ge selaginoides eae chk. Krypt. 
t. 165; Hook. Brit. Fern rns, t. 52; Eng. Bot. 1148; L “eiliatum 
Tain.—Barren stems short, trailing, slender, gi branched, with 
short ascending branches. ‘Leaves = and sarrens on the lower 
part o arren branches, dense and ending upW 
lanceolate, 4-1 lin. long, acute, Bay sae ciliated, thin but 
moderately firm in texture; midrib obscure, Fertile stems erect, 
; long 
strongly ciliated, not acutely role ed. a 
Hab. Arctic — — zones of Europe and North 
America, i in cae pla : 
2, FLEXA feaccene Fil. Amer. Expl. Expedit. 332, t. 45.— 
Stems tufted, flexuose, ascending, stramineous, 3-4 in. long, 
simple or little bran ched. Leaves multifarious, nin 5 ——— 
ovate or ovate- ee under a line long, ongly 
reflexed, thin but firm in texture, Sanaa pristle- ciliated. 
Spikes 1-14 in. ba. % in. diam., sessile; bracts similar to the 
leaves in shape, texture — ciliation, but larger, the mati 
patent, the upper ascendin b 
Hab. Sandwich islamas: Dr, Hildebrand! 
