Dianthus Armeria, Linn. The only species, I believe, for which Trusham is named in Flora Devoniensis.' Rather frequent in stony bushy ground in Teign Lane and elsewhere in the parish. It lacks personal authority for South Devon in 'Topogr. Bot.'

Stellaria aquatica, Scop. Trusham. Only two or three plants along one of the little streams flowing into the Teign.

Sagina subulata, Wimm. On Haldon Hill and on Bovey Heathfield. On the south-east Devon coast only at Dawlish Warren, and (in but one spot, though in good quantity there) on Peak Hill, near Sidmouth.

Hypericum linariifolium, Vahl. On rocks in Trusham and Christowe. The Trusham Station is not more than a quarter of a mile from the Teign. It is of very limited extent, but had probably as many as thirty plants of this rare St. John's wort in flower from the middle of June until the beginning of October. At the Christowe Station-a rocky" Cleave" on the opposite side of the river, and more than a mile from its bank-there were hundreds of most luxuriant plants in July. There is no previous record, so far as I can learn, of either of these stations. The one given on the Teign in Mr. Ravenshaw's 'List' ("near Dunsford Bridge") is several miles further up the river. It appears to me particularly well figured in Bentham's Illustrated Hand-book of the British Flora; and the opening words of his description"Intermediate in some measure between the trailing H. and the common H."-give a good idea of its appearance when flowering. But "seldom above eight or ten inches high" does not apply to the Christowe plants, which run up freely to eighteen inches or more; though it is true of those which grow on the more exposed rock at Trusham. In both stations, the leaves at first are only very slightly (if at all) revolute; they have the midrib very prominent beneath, are somewhat glaucous in hue, and remarkably blunt, narrowing only slightly from base to point. The stems appear to be uniformly ascending-never erect as in H. perforatum, Linn., nor prostrate as in H. humifusum, Linn., and (I should be disposed to add) obscurely two-edged, though authorities seem agreed in calling them terete. There is a rigid look about the whole plant, and a regularity of outline in the leaves and in the especially bright yellow petals, which mark the species off at first sight from all other British ones. The peculiar resinous smell so characteristic of the Tutsan is very strong in this species.

Hypericum hirsutum, Linn. Nowhere in the district, except near Chudleigh; there it is frequent.

Geranium pusillum, Linn. One of the commonest species at Trusham, in all the barer fields and stony waste places; also in the parishes of Ashton and Doddiscombe Leigh (next beyond to the north-west), and on the Chudleigh Rocks.

Geranium lucidum, Linn. The extreme abundance of this is quite another feature in the flora of the district, and one that can hardly fail to catch the eye of even non-botanical observers.

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Covering wall and hedgebank, and occupying every favourable spot in the woods.

Geranium Robertianum, Linn., var. b. modestum. Well-marked specimens of this variety from the immediate neighbourhood of the Christowe Hypericum linariifolium. There were plants of typical G. Robertianum growing close by, and I could see nothing in the respective situations of the two forms to account for the variation. Is there any other distinctly inland station on record for it? Here it cannot be less than ten miles from the sea coast.

Oxalis corniculata, Linn. I cannot but regard this as truly indigenous at Trusham. Elsewhere in South Devon, as also in West Cornwall and Dorset, it has always seemed to me a mere garden "escape." But in Trusham it not only occurs in considerable quantity in three of the lanes, but I also find it on a bare furzy down, where it certainly looks quite as much a "native" as the Rumex Acetosella, Sedum anglicum, and Geranium pusillum, which grow beside it. This plant finds no place in Topogr. Bot.'

Trifolium subterraneum, Linn. Remarkably abundant in South-east Devon generally, and in Trusham and its neighbourhood especially. In Trusham the turf, wherever undisturbed, is as a rule full of it, almost to the exclusion of the commoner species-T. pratense, Linn., and T. repens, Linn. In some of the more stony fallows, however, and on the open downs, T. filiforme, Linn., and T. glomeratum, Linn., dispute the ground with it. T. striatum, Linn., T. arvense, Linn., and T. procumbens, Linn., are also frequent; T. minus, Relhan, is to be met with everywhere in lane, and wood, and field border; while in one or two bare rocky spots at Trusham, and at the Chudleigh Rocks, T. suffocatum, Linn., is in as great quantity as almost any other species. T. scabrum, Linn., I have found nowhere in the district but at the last-named station; there, too, it is abundant with most of those named above. T. hybridum, Linn., is rapidly spreading through the district. T. medium, Linn., I have as yet observed only in Ashton parish, near the Teign.

Lotus tenuis, Kit. Inland in South Devon, only near Oaklands, in Chudleigh parish, where it seems thoroughly established, but I suspect only as an escape from cultivation. At Exmouth, and near Woodbury Road Station (between Exmouth and Exeter) it grows freely along the border of salt marshes. Does this betray a special liking on its part for the seaside? or has the proximity of a railway station in each instance anything to do with it? The extremest form of this plant that I remember to have seen was in a somewhat similar situation, viz., between the railroad and the backwater at Weymouth, from the very rails to the water's edge.

Lotus angustissimus, Linn. Very common in Trusham, Ashton, and Hennock parishes, in company with some of the rarer trefoils named above; especially on open downs and in rocky bushy places and borders of stony fields. In some of these stations it

can hardly be less than a distance of eleven or twelve miles from the sea. I should be glad to learn how far inland this little Lotus and Trifolium suffocatum, Linn., have been found by other botanists. Mr. Briggs (in Journ. Bot. for Nov. 1874, p. 328) says that about Plymouth he has never seen either L. angustissimus, Linn., or L. hispidus, Desf., "at more than three-quarters of a mile from salt water." The latter species I have met with at only one South-east Devon station,-on high ground near the left bank of the Otter, at about a mile from the river's mouth, on just such a spot as he speaks of for it," old unbroken land patched with furze."

Ornithopus perpusillus, Linn. This species and Sedum anglicum, Huds., and two or three of the trefoils (especially T. glomeratum and T. striatum, or T. arvense), are the almost unfailing companions of Teesdalia nudicaulis, Brown. A little careful search, especially if there is a furze bush near for shelter, will generally add a plant or two of Corydalis claviculata, DC.,—a very local species in my experience in the south-west of England.

Lathyrus Nissolia, Linn. In Trusham parish, on bushy rocky ground above the Teign; but apparently in no great quantity.

Potentilla procumbens, Sibth. In Trusham, Chudleigh, and Ashton parishes; on roadside banks, not uncommon. This plant lacks personal authority for South Devon in 'Topogr. Bot.,' and Mr. Briggs tells me that he has not met with it in the neighbourhood of Plymouth. In some stations I have found P. reptans, Linn., close by, and occasionally a form somewhat intermediate between these two; but where I have seen P. Tormentilla, Schenk., I have always looked for procumbens in vain.

Potentilla argentea, Linn. There is, I believe, no record of this having been found in Devonshire previous to my discovery of it at Trusham just a year ago. Singularly enough it is quite frequent in this parish, where I now know at least six distinct stations for it at some distance from each other; and yet beyond the parish I have so far searched for it in vain. It likes situations similar to those in which I find Dianthus Armeria, Linn., i. e. rocky bushy banks and the corners of stony fields.

Pyrus torminalis, Ehrh. At the Chudleigh Rocks, and by roadside and in wood in Hennock and Chudleigh parishes. Probably not uncommon elsewhere in the district, as I may easily have overlooked it in mistake for Acer campestre, Linn., (which is very common in this part of the county), especially as I have not found it in flower, perhaps from its being usually cut back too soon.

Epilobium lanceolatum, S. & M. Mr. Briggs pointed out to me some young plants of this species in May last on the Chudleigh side of the little "Bramble Brook," which separates that parish from Trusham. At about a mile from that station we afterwards came upon it in Hennock parish, and a day or two after we saw it in considerable quantity in and about Bovey Tracey. I have since found very handsome specimens of it in Christowe parish, in the same "Cleave" which produces Hypericum linariifolium in

such abundance, and by the Teign; and again, six or seven miles north-east of that, on a high bank by the roadside between Ide and Exeter, less than à mile from the city.

Epilobium tetragonum, Linn. In Ashton and Chudleigh parishes; frequent near the town.

Callitriche obtusangula, Le Gal. Found by Mr. Briggs and myself in a deep pool by the Teign in Ashton parish, and in another pool by the same river below Chudleigh Bridge. Not recorded for South Devon in Topogr. Bot.'

Petroselinum segetum, Koch., and Sison Amomum, Linn. Both frequent in the district; as also about Exmouth and Lympstone.

Enanthe pimpinelloides, Linn. Frequent through the district in meadows, and occasionally in dry bushy places. It is also certainly not very rare along the south-east Devon coast, as I have found it on the cliffs at Salcombe Hill, near Sidmouth; at Budleigh Salterton, at Exmouth, and between Lympstone and Topsham. At Exmouth I was surprised to find an unmistakable specimen of it in a salt marsh.

Torilis infesta, Spreng. In the parishes of Trusham and Ashton; but so far as I have seen only in cultivated fields. Lacks personal authority for South Devon in Topogr. Bot.'

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Charophyllum Anthriscus, Lam. This species, certainly uncommon or very local in the south-west of England, is to be found in considerable quantity in a waste spot or two in Trusham parish. The only other station in the county where I have seen it is between Mount Pleasant and Dawlish Warren.

Smyrnium Olusatrum, Linn. Well established in and about Trusham Churchyard, and at Ashton. A garden" escape?" By the sea I have seen it near Dawlish, Lympstone, Exmouth, and Budleigh Salterton.

Viburnum Lantana, Linn. At the Chudleigh Rocks, and near Kingsteignton (between Chudleigh and Newton Abbot); but it appears to be rare in the district, though frequent farther east in the county. V. Opulus, Linn., is much more general.

Rubia peregrina, Linn. I have not yet been able to find this in Trusham; but it is frequent in the contiguous parishes on all sides, Chudleigh, Ashton, and Christowe.

Galium tricorne, With. In cultivated fields at Trusham and Ashton. Introduced with seed? Not recorded for South Devon in Topogr. Bot.'

Valerianella carinata, Lois. Found by Mr. Briggs, and by him pointed out to me, in great quantity on a roadside wall by Bovey Tracey; but I have not been able to discover it elsewhere in the district. Finds no place in 'Topogr. Bot.,' and in 'Lond. Cat.' is printed in italics only, as not an admitted "native" of the British Isles.

Valerianella Auricula, DC. Not uncommon in the parishes of Trusham and Ashton; indeed I have seldom looked for it in vain wherever in this district I have found the commoner species, V. dentata, Koch., in any abundance.

Carduus tenuiflorus, Curt. At Ashton and Trusham, abundant. Picris hieracioides, Linn. Ashton and Hennock. Mentha gentilis, Linn. At Hennock, in rocky bushy ground near Bott Tor. Finds no place as a species in Topogr. Bot.' Melittis Melissophyllum, Linn. Frequent in the district.

Myosotis palustris, With. I have looked in various parts of the district for this species, but so far in vain. M. caspitosa, Schultz., is the usual wet land form; but I have found M. repens, Don., in one meadow on the Hennock side of the Teign, and at Christowe.

Primula officinalis, Linn., and Plantago media, Linn., are apparently also absent from the district; far the commonest Plantago in all the unenclosed and wilder parts being P. Coronopus, Linn.

Rumex pulcher, Linn. Frequent at Trusham and at the Chudleigh Rocks.

Carpinus Betulus, Linn. Occurs rather frequently in the parishes of Trusham and Chudleigh, on Haldon Hill, and by the River Teign. How far it may claim to be indigenous in most or in any of these stations I do not feel competent to say. In Topogr. Bot.' South Devon is one of the many vice-counties bracketed at the end of the records for this tree with the note— "Recorded, but usually as an alien.”

Spiranthes autumnalis, Rich. On an open down at Trusham and at Ashton. Lacks personal authority for South Devon in Topogr. Bot.'

Luzula Forsteri, DC. Very abundant; indeed quite the commonest Luzula throughout the district. L. pilosa, Willd., occurs on Chudleigh Rocks, and (somewhat sparingly) in other parts of Chudleigh parish. But elsewhere in the district, except on Haldon Hill, I have not hitherto met with it, L. Forsteri taking its place in wood and lane.

Scirpus sylvaticus, Linn. By the River Teign, in Trusham and Ashton parishes.

Carex lavigata, Sm. One of the commonest Carices through- . out the district, as apparently in other parts of South Devon.

Gastridium lendigerum, Gaud. In Trusham parish, on a dry bank by the roadside; a good many plants, but in a very confined station. On a heath, however, between Trusham and Ashton, and also all over a stony field near it, it grows in the greatest profusion. On the south-east Devon coast I know only one station for it-at Exmouth, near the cricket-ground.

Agrostis setacea, Curtis. A frequent grass throughout the district, and where found usually most abundant.

Avena pubescens, Linn., is apparently absent, as well as the rarer A. pratensis, Linn.

Poa nemoralis, Linn. Frequent at Trusham, Christowe, and the Chudleigh Rocks. Lacks personal authority for South Devon in Topogr. Bot.'

Poa compressa, Linn. On dry banks in Teign Lane, Trusham. Triticum caninum, Huds. In a wood by the Chudleigh Rocks