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cut, Torquay ; near Ilfracombe : Rav. Between Fremington and 
Barnstaple: Maw in Fhytol. 1853, p. 791. — C- St. Anthony 
[near Falmouth], and Ashfield, rare : Polytech. 1856. Lostwitiiiel 
(H. S. Herb.): Mrs. T. Grylls. Common Flax.] 
Dr. Jacob, in his West Devon and Cornwall Flora, states that this plant is 
common in cornfields, in dry pastures, and by road-sides. Such is not now 
the case. I have never met with it. 
L. perenne {L.)—E.B. 40. — J). Red-hills, near Exeter: Par/, 
in Rav. Tiverton: Mack. ih. Mortehoe: N.D.H. Perennial him 
Flax. 
There does not appear to be good authority for retaining this plant as a 
native of our district. Mr. H. C. Watson has excluded it from the " Penin- 
sula" (Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset), in his Supplement to Cyb. Brit. 
L. catharticum (L.)—E.B. 382. — In dry pastures. — B- Under 
the Citadel, Plymouth ; Staddon heights ! ; Saltram ; Bovisand ; 
Tamerton !. Brixham ! ; near Torquay : Balkw. Combemartin, 
unusually large : Rav. It is common everywhere in the county. — 
C. Between Torpoint and St. John's ; near Cawsand ; between 
Looe and Polperro. Falmouth, common: Polytech. Purging 
Flax. 
Radiola Gmel. Flax-seed. All-seed. 
R. miUegrana (Sm.) — E. B. 890. — Moist gravelly and sandy 
places. — J). Bickleigh vale ; Shaugh ! ; Koborougli dow^n. Bovey 
Heathfield ; Haldon ; Heytor down ; Drewsteignton : Fl. Dev. 
Forde bog : Rav. Sandy pasture of Northam burrows : Maw in 
Phytol. 1853, p. 737. Berry Narbor : N.D.H.— Q. Banks of the 
Looe-pool : Johns (W. D. & C. Fl.) Budock bottoms and coast 
east of lighthouse, Falmouth; near Bream-bay: Polytech. 1850. 
Newlyn cliff, near Penzance : Cum. in Phytol. 1844, p. 1144. 
Chyangall moor, near Penzance : Gibs, ib, 1846, p. 678, Scilly 
islands, " abundant everywhere :" Towns, in Joimi. Bat. ii. 109. 
