72 Flora of Devon and Cornwall, hy I, W. N. Keys. 
C. Scabiosa (L.) — E.B. 50. — Fields and hedges. — J). Common. 
About Plymouth ! ; near King's Tamerton ; Plymstock ; Tavistock. 
Torquay : Rav. St. Marychurch ; Warberry-hill ; Meadfoot cliffs : 
Tor. Fl. Berry-head : Trim. MS. About Chudleigh : J.B.T Ap. 
Near Southcott, &c., N. D. : Maw in Phijtol. 1853, p. 79;i.— C- 
Common about Falmouth ; a variety with white flowers at St. 
Anthony: Polytech. 1856. Great Knapweed. Matfellon. 
C. Calcitrapa (L.) — E.B. 125. — Gravelly and sandy places. — D. 
Exmouth sands: Fl Dev.^Q- Castron (H. S. Herb): Miss E. 
Stackhouse. Mr. F. P. Pascoe includes it in his list of Cornish 
plants (Cyb. Brit iii. 457) 
Onopordum Linn. Cotton Thistle. 
O. Acanthiiim (L.)—E.B. 977. — Waste ground. — D- Ivybridge : 
Miss L. Meadfoot, near Torquay: Stew, in Bav. North Devon 
[? about Ilfracombe] : N.D.H.— Q. "Found by Mr. W. P. Cocks 
near Trescobeas :" Polytech. 1856. 
I find in my notes " Catdowu, Plymouth," as a locality for this plant. I, 
however, distrust the entry, and therefore discard it, especially as there 
appears to be not a little doubt as to whether the species really occurs in our 
district. My esteemed friend, Mr. T. R. A. Briggs, who is a careful observer, 
tells me that he has never seen it in the neighbourhood of Plymouth. In 
Mr. Watson's "Additional Notes" {Cyh. Brit. iii. 456), is the following re- 
mark : — " Mr. Pascoe has seen a specimen of this species, which was said 
to have been picked in Cornwall, where he supposes its true nativity to be 
somewhat doubtful." 
" Although generally selected to represent the Scotch heraldic Thistle, 
certainly not wild in Scotland."— J5. 2?. F. p. 265. 
Carduus Linn. Thistle. 
C. nutans (L ) — E.B. 1112. — Waste ground. — D- Frequent. 
Townsend - hill, Plymouth (1852); Long-bridge, Crabtree, near 
Plymouth; near Leigham, banks of the Plym ; near Wem bury ; 
Painllcct, Plymstock. Borry-hcad, Torquay, and St. Marychurch : 
