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its white milk, which runs out when the plant is cut. Tuber 

 ezcavatum^ Yitt., and T. puherulum, B., occur also in Leigh "Wood; 

 Polyporus Stephensii, E., grows on dead twigs of Privet in the 

 same locality ; the rare Dcedalea confragosa, P., used to grow on 

 trees on Leigh Down, where numerous other species occur, the 

 fine Clavaria pistillaris, L., and C, Ardeniaj Sow., among them. 

 On Swete's Northern Plateaa Agaricus (Hygrophorus) leporinuSy 

 Fr., used to occur, and proceeding northwards at Stoke House, 

 Druid Stoke, Tuher macrosporumy Yitt., occurred first for Great 

 Britain, near which place Stephetisia bomhycina, Tul., used to 

 grow in tolerable abundance, being named after the botanist 

 before alluded to by M. Tulasne. A strip of Old Eed Sandstone 

 runs up near this spot from the river, and on it some Hypogseous 

 fungi used to occur ; others were found in the plantations 

 belonging to Kingsweston Park. The botanist may enjoy a bit of 

 beautiful scenery by prolonging his walk in this direction to 

 Penpole Point; and should he add a love of Algae to his other 

 tastes, some very interesting forms may be met' with in the 

 brackish ditches near the Lighthouse. The " Pennant Plateau" 

 to the north-west may be traversed with advantage : it extends 

 to Stapleton, and is separated from the Northern Plateau by the 

 valley of the Frome. Along the side of this little river a path 

 leads to some very picturesque scenery below the village of 

 Stapleton — the mill and its weir clothed with the lai'ger colts- 

 foot, the bold sandstone rocks, and some beautiful silvery willow 

 trees — seldom allowed to attain their full size— used to render 

 this a favourite spDt for artists. Under Bryum hornum on the 

 rock a curious little fungus may be met with, Cenococeum 

 geophilum : it resembles small shot, but has never yet been found 

 with perfect fruit. If the botanist returns through Stapleton 

 Grove he may find some rarities there — the elegant Agaricus 

 mucidus, Fr., is seen at times on the stems of the beech trees; 

 rare Hypogaei occur under the dead leaves, e.g., Genta verrucosa, 

 Yitt., Hydnoholitis cerehriformisj Tul., and two or three species of 

 Tuber, Hymenogader, &c. In a narrow plantation in Stoke Park 

 the rare Sistotreina confluens once occurred. 



