124 Flora of Devon and Cornwall, by I. W, N. Keys. 
[M. stricta Link, M. arvensis (K.), introduced in Bab. Man. as " probably 
a native of Britain," is recorded in Tor. Fl. as having been found on Petit- 
tor, April, 1859.] 
M. versicolor (Eeich.) — E.B. 480. — Meadows and banks. — D- 
Common about Plymouth !, e.g. at Efford, Lipson, Compton, Laira, 
Staddon heights, Weston mills, and elsewhere ; Plymstock ; 
Shaugh. Ivy bridge : Miss L. Teignmouth : Jord. About Tor- 
quay and Newton : Tor. Fl. — C- Cawsand ; Penlee-point ; Rame ; 
Saltash; between Torpoint and St. Johns. Polperro : Couch. 
Mainporth ; Pendennis, &c., plentiful: Poly tech. ] 86 Q. Yellow 
and blue Scorpion-grass. 
" Sometimes the whole plant is yellowish and the fl. yellow " (Bab. 3Ian.) 
This variety is not uncommon about Rame and Whitsand bay. I have also 
met with it on Staddon heights. 
Order LV. SOLANACE^. 
Solauum Linn. Nightshade. 
S. nigrum (L.) — E.B. 556. — Waste ground. — J). Powderham 
castle ! (1848). In P.dD.Fl. said to grow at the back of Mount 
Tamar house and in Bovisand bay (both places near Plymouth), 
but I believe now extinct ; at least, I have never collected it in 
either station, nor have I ever heard of its having been found 
there by others. Ivybridge, rare : " Miss L. Goodrington and 
Paignton sands : Fl. Tot. End of the beach at Topsham ; beach 
at Dawlish ; near the churchyard, Lympstone ; Tor Abbey : Fl. Dev. 
Teignmouth : Jord. Exeter ; estuary of the Taw, below Barns- 
taple : Rav. Braunton and Northam burrows : Maw. in Phytol. 
1853, p. 788. In the vicinity of Chudleigh : J.B.T.Ap. — Q. 
Near Marazion (1864). Millbrook [now extinct] : Jo/ms. (H.S.Herb.) 
Bude : Miss H. Bar and Helford, rather rare : Polytech. 1856* 
Black Nightshade. 
