BOTANY 



Sagittaria sagittifolia, L. 



Butomus umbellatus, L. 



Zostera marina, L., var. angustifolia, Fries 



Scirpus Caricis, Retz. 



Schcenus nigricans, L. 



Alopecurus geniculatus, L., sub-sp. A. bul- 



bosus, Gouan 

 Gastridium lendigerum, Gaud. 

 Glyceria Borreri, Bab. 

 Lepturus filiformis, Trin. 



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

 works : — 



Theodore H. Mogridge : A descriptive sketch ofSidmouth (1836), pp. 65-86. 



R. C. R. Jordan in the Phytohgist, January 1844, p. 828, ' Exmouth.' 



W. H. CuUen : Flora Sidostiensis ; or a catah^e of the plants indigenous to the vicinity of Sidmouth (1849). 



T. W. Gissing in the Phytohgist, June 1855, 'Botanical notes from South Devon,' pp. 27, 28. 



Zachary James Edwards : Ferns of the Axe and its tributaries, also of Lyme, Charmouth, Uplyme, and 

 Monkton Wyld, with an account of the flower Lobelia urens (1862). 



George P. R. Pulman : Book of the Axe (1875), ed. 4. 



W. Moyle Rogers in X^catjoumal of Botany, 1878, pp. 22-5, 'Notes on some south-east Devon 

 plants.' 



Miss Helen Saunders in the Transactions of the Devonshire Association, 1901, xxxiii. 469, 470, 'Bot- 

 anical Notes No. ii.' 



John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell : The Flora of Dorsetshire (1895), ed. 2 ; for the parishes of Chard- 

 stock and Hawkchurch. 



Thomas Richard Archer Briggs in the Journal of Botany, 1884, pp. 168-74, 'On some Devonian 

 stations of plants noted in the last century.' 



6. Torquay 



This district consists of the Mid or Ashburton and the Torquay parliamentary divisions ; 

 it contains about 206,193 acres, being about 204,175 acres of land, inland water and salt- 

 marsh, besides about 2,018 acres of foreshore and tidal water ; it is bounded on the west by 

 the Tavistock and Torrington botanical districts, on the north by the South Molton botanical 

 district, on the east by the English Channel, and on the south by the Plymouth botanical 

 district. It consists of the three petty sessional divisions of Crockernwell, Paignton 

 and Teignbridge, and the municipal borough of Dartmouth ; it comprises all the 38 

 parishes of the Newton Abbot poor-law union, 2 parishes (Cheriton Bishop and Hittisleigh) 

 of the Crediton union, 9 parishes of the Totnes union, 6 parishes of the Okehampton 

 union, and 3 parishes (Bridford, Dunsford and Tedburn St. Mary) of the St. Thomas 

 union, altogether 58 civil parishes, of which 45 are rural and 13 are urban ; its drainage is 

 wholly to the south coast, except portions of South Tawton and Spreyton (in the Oke- 

 hampton union), which are drained by the upper reaches of the river Taw and its tributary 

 the (South) Yeo ; it contains part of Dartmoor. 



The principal rivers are the Teign (with its tributaries the North Teign, the Waller 

 brook on the west, and the Bovey), and on the south the Dart with its tributaries. 



The highest part is Cawsand Beacon, 1,785 feet above sea-level. 



The following is a complete list in alphabetical order of the civil parishes in the 

 district : — 



Abbotskerswell 



Ashburton (urban) 



Bickington 



Bishopsteignton 



Bovey Tracey 



Bridford 



Brixham (urban) 



Broadhempstone 



Buckland in the Moor 



Chagford 



Cheriton Bishop 



Chudleigh 



Churston Ferrers 



Cockington 



Coffinswell 



Dartmouth (urban) 

 Dawlish, East (urban) 

 Dawlish, West 

 Drewsteignton 

 Dunsford 



Kingskerswell 



Kingsteignton 



Kingswear 



Lustleigh 



Manaton 



East Teignmouth (urban) Marldon 



Gidleigh 



Haccombe with Coombe 



Hennock 



Highweek (urban) 



Hittisleigh 



Holne 



Ideford 



Ilsington 



Ipplepen 



Milber (urban) 

 Moretonhampstead 

 North Bovey 

 Ogwell 



Paignton (urban) 

 St. Mary Church 



(urban) 

 St. Nicholas (urban) 

 South Tawton 



Spreyton 



Staverton 



Stoke Gabriel 



Stokeinteignhead 



Tedburn St. Mary 



Teigngrace 



Throwleigh 



Torbryan 



Tormoham (urban) 



Trusham 



West Teignmouth 



(urban) 

 Widdecombe in the Moor 

 Wolborough (urban) 

 Woodland 



The Carboniferous system spreads across the northern portion of the district and passes 

 round the granite to the central parts, extending south of Holne. 



The New Red Sandstone formation prevails on the eastern side following the coast from 

 Dawlish warren with a short interruption to Paignton and penetrating generally a few miles 



inland. „ 



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