BOTANY 



of our species of melic under his M. nutans^ that the second species {M. uniflora) was 

 separated by Retzius in 1779, that Hudson in the second edition of his Flora Anglica in 

 1778 in distinguishing our two species had kept the name of M. nutans for what is now 

 called M. uniflora^ and that Polwhele, who was famih'ar with Hudson's work, and per- 

 haps knew nothing of that of Retzius, called his plant 'wood melic-grass,' which Hudson 

 gave as the English name of his M. nutans (that is M. uniflora of Retzius), and did not 

 mention any second species of the genus. On the other hand there is a specimen extant 

 with a note purporting that it had been collected by Miss Griffiths in a ' wood near 

 Dalton,' and the specimen belongs to the species now usually known as M. nutans, that 

 is M. montana, Huds. FL Angl. (1778), ed. 2, p. 37. 



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

 the district : — 



Berberis vulgaris, L. 



Brassica campestris, L.,.sub-sp. B. Rapa, L., 



var sylvestris (B. Brigssii, Wats.) 

 Teesdalia nudicaulis, R. Br. 

 Viola canina, L., sub-sp. V. lactea, Sm. 

 Stellaria media, L., sub-sp. S. umbrosa, Opiz 

 Sagina apetala, L., sub-sp. S. ciliata, Fries 



— nodosa, E. Mey. 

 Hypericum undulatum, Schousb. 

 Erodium moschatum, L'Herit. 

 Genista tinctoria, L. 

 Trifolium filiforme, L. 



Vicia Orobus, DC. 



Potentilla Comarum, Nestl. 



Agrimonia Eupatoria, L., sub-sp. A. odorata, 



Miller 

 Poterium officinale, Hook. f. 

 Pyrus communis, L. 



— torminalis, Ehrh. 



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

 Drosera intermedia, Hayne 

 Myriophyllum alterniflorum, DC. 

 Callitriche verna, L., sub-sp. C. pedunculata, 



DC. 

 Carum verticillatum, Koch 

 Caucalis nodosa, Scop. 

 Galium uliginosum, L. 

 Valerianella Auricula, DC. 

 Gnaphalium sylvaticum, L. 

 Anthemis nobilis, L. 

 Artemisia Absinthium, L. 

 Arctium Lappa, L. (A. majus, Schkur), and 



sub-sp. A. minus, Schkur 

 Centaurea Cyanus, L. 

 Carduus nutans, L. 

 Cnicus pratensis, Willd. 

 Picris echioides, L. 

 Leontodon hirtus, L. 



— hispidus, L. 



Wahlenbergia hederacea, Reichenb. 

 Campanula rotundifolia, L. 

 Lysimachia vulgaris, L. 

 Centunculus minimus, L. 

 Menyanthes trifoliata, L. 

 Littorella lacustris, L. 



Linaria Elatine, Miller 

 Antirrhinum Orontium, L. 



Mimulus luteus, Pursh (not L.), M. Langs- 



dorffii, Donn 

 Sibthorpia europsea, L. 



Veronica scutellata, L., var. hirsuta, Weber 

 Bartsia viscosa, L. 

 Pinguicula lusitanica, L. 

 Verbena officinalis, L. 

 Calamintha officinalis, Moench 

 Melissa officinalis, L. 

 Scutellaria minor, L. 

 Melittis Melissophyllum, L. 

 Stachys ambigua, Sm. 

 Lamium Galeobdolon, Crantz 

 Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus, L. 

 Polygonum Persicaria, L., var. P. nodosum, 



Pers. 

 Rumex acutus, L. 

 Euphorbia amygdaloides, L. 

 Salix triandra, L. 



— alba, L., var. S. vitellina, L. 

 Spiranthes autumnalis. Rich. 

 Epipactis latifolia. All. 



— palustris, Crantz 

 Habenaria viridis, R. Br. 



— bifolia, R. Br. 

 Narcissus Pseudo-narcissus, L. 



— biflorus, Curtis 

 Tamus communis, L. 

 Ruscus aculeatus, L. 

 Polygonatum multiflorum. All. 

 Potamogeton crispus, L. 

 Heliocharis multicaulis, Sm. 

 Scirpus sylvaticus, L. 



— Savii, Seb. & Maur. 



— fluitans, L. 

 Rhynchospora alba, Vahl 

 Carex vulpina, L. 



— pallescens, L. 



— distans, L., and 



sub-sp. C. fulva. Good. 



— laevigata, Sm. 



— vesicaria, L. 

 Agrostis setacea, Curtis 

 Trisetum flavescens, P. Beauv. 

 Avena fatua, L. 



— strigosa, Schreb. 

 Poa compressa, L. 



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

 works : — 



Rev. W. Moyle Rogers in the Journal of Botany, 1882, pp. 9-16, 'On some north Devon 

 plants.' 



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