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XXIV. — An Account of some of the Cryptoga- 

 mous Plants of Devonshire. 



By Robert Kaye Greville, Esq. M. W. S. 



(Read 5th August 1820.) 



The county of Devon has been always regarded, 

 even from the days of our earliest botanical writers, 

 as particularly favourable to the growth of many 

 extremely rare plants ; and the face of the country 

 is, indeed, admirably adapted to such as are found 

 in peculiar habitats. The high and extensive tract 

 of Dartmoor, yielding a great variety of mountain 

 scenery, affords a considerable number of alpine 

 species ; and the warm and shaded valleys in the 

 lower parts of the country, are equally prolific in 

 characteristic productions; whilst the sea-coast, 

 abounding with the most beautiful bays, and the 



