Flora of Devon and Cornwall, by I W. N. Keys. 75 
Ft. Dev. " Babbicombe and llsham i downs formerly, but not met 
with for the last two or three years :" Tor. Fl. 1800. — C- No record 
of its presence there. Dwarf Plume-thistle. 
I doubt the propriety of retaining this as a Devonshire plant. Although 
the localities named are given on reliable authority, yet there is no confir- 
mation of them by recent collectors. 
Mr. H. C. Watson gives Devon as the South limit of this species, but with 
hesitation. Vide Cyb. Brit. ii. 84. 
Silybum Gaert. Milk Thistle. 
I S. marianum (Gaert.) — Carduus Qm.,E.B. 976. — Waste places. 
— J). Maristow (185 1). Chudleigh rocks ; Bovey Heathfield ; Tops- 
ham ; Seaton; rocks at St. Marychurch (Rev. A. Neck); fields at 
Lower Wear, near Topsham : Fl. Dev. Ilfracombe : Fiav. Rocky 
valley; Babbicombe; Watcombe: Tor.Fl.—Q. St. Anthony (H. S. 
Herb.) : Mr. W. Lohh. Milk Thistle. Manfs Thistle. 
A few years since some fine specimens were grown in the shrubbery 
bordering the Hoe, Plymouth. Hybrids with slightly white-veined leaves 
are still to be seen on the rocks below. 
It was also observed by Mr. T. E. A. Briggs a few years ago in a field close 
to Egg-buckland village ; but its appearance was only casual. 
This plant is remarkable for the milky veins on its leaves. " A drop of 
the Virgin Mary's milk was considered to have produced these white veins' 
as that of Juno was fabled to be the origin of the milky way " {H. B. F.) 
Lapsana Linn. Nipplewort. 
L. communis ('L.)—E.B. 844. — Waste and cultivated land, hedges, 
— J). Common. Plentiful about Plymouth ; Bickleigh ; Tavistock. 
Torquay: Tor. Fl. — C- Between Torpoint and St. John's; Cal- 
stock; St. Stephens by Saltash. Common, Falmouth: Polytech. 
1856. Frequent throughout the county. 
Arnoseris Gaert. Swine's Succory. 
A. pnsilla (Gaert.) — Lapsana Sm., E.B. 95. — Gravelly and sandy 
1 The habitats indicated, I presume, by Kev. A. Neck. 
