BOTANY 



Buckland in company with the common cuckoopint {A. maculatum) ; its presence there is 

 possibly the result of ancient cultivation. 



The cowberry {Vaccinium Fitis-idaa, L.) has been recorded from Fur Tor, Dartmoor ; 

 its occurrence there requires confirmation. 



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

 the district : — 



Ranunculus marinus, Fries, var. R. confusus, 



Godr. 

 Meconopsis cambrica, Vig. 

 Nasturtium sylvestre, R. Br. 

 Viola canina, L. (V. flavicornis, Sm.) 

 Cerastium quaternellum, Fenzl 

 Spergularia salina, Presl 



— media, Pers. 

 Hypericum undulatum, Schousb. 



— linarifolium, Vahl 

 Geranium pusillum, L. 

 Empetrum nigrum, L. 

 Trigonella ornithopodioides, DC. 

 Medicago denticulata, Willd. 

 Melilotus alba, Desr. 

 Trifolium scabrum, L. 



Pyrus tcrminalis, Ehrh. 

 Sedum Telephium, L. 



— reflexum, L. 

 Pimpinella major, Hudson 

 Foeniculum officinale. All. 

 Viburnum Lantana, L. 

 Rubia peregrina, L. 

 Inula Conyza, DC. 

 Antennaria dioica, R. Br. 

 Anthemis nobilis, L. 

 Artemisia Absinthium, L. 

 Carlina vulgaris, L. 

 Cichorium Intybus, L. 

 Crepis biennis, L. 

 Lactuca virosa, L. 



Wahlenbergia hederacea, Reichenb. 

 Specularia hybrida, Alph. DC. 

 Primula veris, L. 



Lysimachia vulgaris, L. 



Centunculus minimus, L. 



Anagallis tenella, L. 



Erythraea Centaurium, Pers., sub-sp. E. 



pulchella, Fries 

 Gentiana campestris, L. 

 Cuscuta Epithymum, Murr., and 



sub-sp. C. Trifolii, Bab. 

 Littorella lacustris, L. 

 Linaria minor, Desf. 

 Sibthorpia europaea, L. 

 Orobanche major, L. 

 Mentha sativa, L., sub-sp. M. rubra, Sm. 



Calamintha Clinopodium, Benth. 



Salvia Verbenaca, L. 



Melittis Melissophyllum, L. 



Lamlum purpureum, L., sub-sp. L. hybridum, 



ViU. 

 Scleranthus annuus, L. 

 Chenopodium polyspermum, L. 

 Polygonum Bistorta, L. 



— lapathifolium, L., sub-sp. P. maculatum, 



Trimen & Dyer 

 Euphorbia Lathyris, L. 

 Myrica Gale, L. 

 Saiix triandra, L. 



— fragilis, L. 



— alba, L. 

 Taxus baccata, L. 

 Spiranthes autumnalis. Rich. 

 Epipactis latifolia. All. 

 Habenaria conopsea, Benth. 



— viridis, R. Br. 



— bifolia, R. Br., and 



sub-sp. H. chlorantha, Bab. 

 Iris fcetidissima, L. 

 Narcissus biflorus, Curtis 

 Galanthus nivalis, L. 

 Convallaria majalis, L. 

 Luzula Forsteri, DC. 

 Typha latifolia, L. 



— angustifolia, L. 

 Triglochin palustre, L. 



— maritimum, L. 

 Zostera nana. Roth 



Scirpus lacustris, sub-sp. S. carinatus, Sm. 



— triqueter, L. 



— Savii, Seb. & Maur. 

 Carex montana, L. 



— extensa. Good 



— distans, L. 

 Milium effvisum, L. 

 Agrostis setacea, Curtis 

 Poa compressa, L. 



Glyceria fluitans, L., var. G. plicata, Fries 



— maritima, Mert. & Koch 



— distans, Wahlenb. 

 Bromus erectus, Hudson 



— racemosus, L. 

 Lepturus filiformis, Trin. 



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

 works : — 



George Banks : Tie Plymouth and Devonport Flora, 8 parts (1830-2). 



John Jacob : West Devon and Cornwall Fhra, 18 parts (1835-7). 



Thomas Richard Archer Briggs in the Phytoloffst, August 1 861, p. 256, ' Tillcsa muscosa' ; December 



1 861, pp. 368-71, 'Localities of some uncommon plants and of varieties of common species 



within twelve miles of Plymouth' ; September 1862, pp. 286, 287, 'A new Epilobium V ; 



December 1862, pp. 3 5 3-5, 'Botany of Dartmoor, Roborough Down, etc.'; February 



1863, p. 445, ' Rhynchosfora.' 

 The same author in the Journal of Botany, 1863, p. 377, ' Stations of some uncommon plants in 



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