] J 2 Flora of Devon and Cornwall, by I. W. N. Keys. 
Erythrsea Eenealm. Centaury. 
E. pulchella (Fries). — £'.5.458. — Sandy ground. — J). Bovisand, 
near Plymouth : Briggs. Buckhara's marsh, Dartington : Fl. Tot. 
Wet clayey fields at Ilsington ; Bovey Heathfield ; Dawlish ; Mount 
Pleasant, near Exmouth ; Babbicombe : Fl. Dev. Braunton bur- 
rows : Scriv. in Bav. Hartland : Rav. Chapel-hill ; Petit-tor : 
Tor. Fl. Marychurch, near Torquay: J.B.T. — C- Field between 
Torpoint and St. John's': Briggs in Phytol. n.s v. 370. Conner 
down, near Penzance : Cum. in Phytol. 1844, p. ] 143. Pastures : 
Miss W. (H.S.Herb.) In the neighbourhood of Falmouth, rare 
(W. P. Cocks): Polytech. 1856. Bude!: Miss Harrison (1850). 
Mount's-bay : Bail. (1866). On the cliffs near Crafthole : J.B.T. 
I am inclined to agree with Mr. Bentham that this reputed species is only 
one of the many forms assumed by E. Centaurium. I have examined speci- 
mens of it over and over again without being satisfied with its claim to rank 
as a species. I am supported also in this view by Mr. H. C. Watson, who 
says that, although "this looks more like a distinct species than either 
E. littoralis or E. latifolia,^^ he has seen occasional examples of E. Cen- 
taurium approximating so closely to those of E. pulchella, as to interfere 
much with any settled conviction of their specific distinctness." 
E. Centaurium (Pers.) — E.B. 417. — Dry pastures and frequently 
roadsides. — D- Common. Under the Hoe and Citadel, Ply- 
mouth ; Saltram ; between Colebrook and Shaugh. Near Devon- 
port!: Hore. About Teignmouth : Jonl. Daddy-hole plain ; 
Babbicombe, &c. : Tor. About Chudleigh: J.i^.r.^/?. Ivy- 
bridge, common : Miss L. Torrs, old Barnstaple road : N.D.H. — 
C- Between Calstock and Gunnislake; near St. Germans; near 
Millbrook ; near Lancellos. Polperro, common : Couch. Plenti- 
ful about Falmouth : Polytech. 1856, Porth Curnnow (a stunted 
broad-leaved form, not E. latijolia ^m.''): Bail. Lizard: Mr. 
Barnard. Common Centaury. 
E. latifolia (Sm.)— E".!?.-?. Ji7 19. —Sands near the sea. — D- 
Babbicombe downs: Park, m Bav. Clovelly : N.D.H. On the 
