A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



Hore on Codden Hill near Barnstaple in 1 840-3 ; it was recorded in the Phytologist in 1841, 

 but during recent years it has not been noticed there. 



The round-headed bull-rush [Scirpus Holoschcenus) still grows in considerable quantity on 

 Braunton Burrows, where it was recorded by Gibson in his edition of Camden's Britannia in 

 1695 ; in England it is almost peculiar there and does not grow in any considerable quantity 

 elsewhere in Britain. 



The following are among the more remarkable and interesting species which occur in 

 the district : — 



Meconopsis cambrica, Vig. 



Barbarea prxcox, R. Br. 



Brassica oleracea, L. 



Eriophila vulgaris, DC, sub-sp. E. brachy- 



carpa, Jordan 

 Camelina sativa, Crantz 

 Cerastium quaternellum, Fenzl 



— tetrandrum, Curtis 

 Spergularia rupestris, Lebel 



Tamarix gallica, Sm. (not L.) = T. anglica, 



Webb 

 Hypericum undulatum, Schousb. 

 Lavatera arborea, L. 

 Linum angustifolium, Huds. 

 Geranium rotundifolium, L. 

 Erodium maritimum, L'Herit. 

 Oxalis corniculata, L. 



— striata, L. 



Genista tinctoria, L., var. humifusa, Syme 

 Medicago maculata, Sibth. 

 Trifolium subterraneum, L. 



— maritimum, Huds. 

 Lotus hispidus, Desf. 

 Poterium muricatum, Spach. 



Pyrus Aria, Sm., sub-sp. P. latifolia, Syme 



Cotyledon Umbilicus, L. 



Sedum Telephiura, L. (S. purpurascens, Koch) 



— rupestre, Huds. 

 Eryngium maritimum, L. 

 Carum Carui, L. 



— segetum, Benth. 

 Sium angustifolium, L. 

 Pimpinella major, Huds. 

 Crithmum maritimum, L. 

 Valerianella carinata, Loisel. 

 Erigeron acris, L. 

 Onopordon Acanthium, L. 

 Crepis taraxacifolia, Thuill. 

 Hypochoeris glabra, L. 

 Lactuca muralis, Fresen. 

 Campanula Trachelium, L. 

 Statice Limonium, L. 



— auriculsefolia, Vahl 

 Primula veris, L. 

 Centunculus minimus, L. 

 Chlora perfoliata, L. 

 Anchusa sempervirens, L. 



Myosotis palustris, L., var. M. strigulosa, 

 Reichenb. 



,L. 



(not L.), M. Langs- 



Convolvulus Soldanella, L. 



Cuscuta Epithymum, Murr. (and a golden- 

 yellow variety) 



Hyoscyamus niger, L. 



Verbascum Blattaria, L., sub-sp. V. virgatum, 

 Stokes 



Linaria spuria. Miller 



Scrophularia Scorodonia 



Mimulus luteus, Pursh 

 dorffii, Donn. 



Sibthorpia europasa, L. 



Bartsia viscosa, L. 



Pinguicula lusitanica, L. 



Utricularia vulgaris, L. 



Nepeta Cataria, L. 



Melittis Melissophyllum, L, 



Scleranthus annuus, L. 



Atriplex littoralis, L. 



Polygonum maritimum, L. 



Rumex rupestris, Le Gall 



Daphne Laureola, L. 



Mercurialis annua, L. 



Taxus baccata, L. 



Malaxis paludosa, Sw. 



Epipactis latifolia, Sw., sub-sp. E. purpurata, 

 Sm., var. E. media. Fries 



— palustris, Crantz 

 Ophrys apifera, Huds. 

 Scilla autumnalis, L. 

 Juncus acutus, L. 



— obtusiflorus, Ehrh. 



Sparganium ramosum, Huds. (S. neglectum, 



Beeby) 

 Alisma ranunculoides, L. 

 Potamogeton trichoides, Cham. 

 Ruppia maritima, L., sub-sp. R. rostellata, 



Koch 

 Carex stricta. Good. 



— pendula, Huds. 



— distans, L. 

 Phleum arenarium, L. 

 Calamagrostis Epigejos, Roth 

 Gastridium lendigerum, Gaud. 



Catabrosa aquatica, P. Beauv., and var. littor- 

 alis, Parn. 

 Glyceria distans, Wahlenb. 

 Bromus racemosus, L. 

 Agropyrum junceum, P. Beauv. 



The literature dealing with the flowering plants of the district includes the following 

 works : — 



— Pike : J catalogue of plants which grow in and near the parish of Biddeford, 1759. 



N. Ward, in the. Phytolopst, vol. i. part z, July 1841, List of rare plants found in Devonshire 



in the year 1840, p. 21, ' at or within six miles of Lynton.' 

 Banfield's Guide to llfrocombe, Lynton, Clovelly, and the neighbouring towns, etc., new edition (about 

 1850), ' Botany,' pp. 115-28. 



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