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Mespilus Linn. Medlar. 
M. germanica (L.) — E. B. 1523. — Hedges and thickets. — J). 
Growing quite wild on an isolated rock in Bovisand bay !, near 
Plymouth (May, 1865), far from gardens or houses; yet T do not 
feel justified in pronouncing it indigenous. Tamerton Foliott : 
Briggs in Journ. Bot. iii. 350. At Leawood,* in the parish of 
Bridestowe : Fl. Dev. Near Bideford : N.B.G. Lee lane, near 
Ilfracombe: Stew, in Rav. In the vicinity of Chudleigh : Joyiess 
Bat. Tour.—G. Hall-walk, Fowey (H. S. Herb.) : Mrs. T. Grylls. 
*' Mr, Pascoe marks this as a species that has been reported to 
occur in Cornwall" {Cyb, Brit. iii. 424). 
In Cyh. Brit. i. the south limit of this species is given as extending to 
Devon, but with a (?) and the additional remark — "very dubious as a 
native of Devon." 
P3rrus Linn. Pear, Apple, and Service-tree. 
P. communis (L.) — E.B. 1784. — Hedges and woods. — D. Below 
Iceland point, near Exmouth (Rev. J. Jervis) ; near Warborough, 
Mary-church (Rev. A. Neck) : FL Dev. Near Bideford : Maw in 
Phytol. 1853, p. 792. Kingsteignton (Mr. Anderson): Jones s 
Bot. Tour. — C. Hedge-row, near Truro : Briggs MS. Wild 
Pear-tree. 
P. Malus (L.)—E.B. 179.— Woods and hedges. — D- Staddon 
heights, Lipson I (coW. Balkw.), and elsewhere about Plymouth. 
Sidmouth : Fl. Sid. Stoke wood, near Exeter: Pa7-J. in Fiav. 
Northam, N. D. : Maw in Phytol. 1853, p. 792. In the vicinity 
of Chudleigh : Jones's Bot. Tour. — C- Between Torpoint and 
St. John's. Falmouth, " seldom truly wild :" Polytech. 1856. 
Crab-tree. 
* The mention of this station in Fl. Dev. is accompanied by the following 
remarks : — " It is very doubtful how far this is an indigenous species. The 
hab. here given is a very exposed hedge, parting a furze brake ; there are 
several plants in the hedge ; it is liable to no other suspicion than that the 
seeds may have been originally conveyed there by birds." — A similar suspicion 
might be entertained with regard to my Bovisand habitat. 
