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BOTANICAL SECTION. 

 IjlINALITY in local botany appears to be as far off as 

 -■- ever, and the field-botanists of the Bristol district 

 continue to discover unexpected treasures year after year. 

 One or two of our later discoveries have aroused interest 

 throughout the country ; notably Mrs. Grregory's announce- 

 ment of the presence of Scirpus Holoschoenus in North 

 Somerset, and the detection by Mr. Cedric Bucknall of a 

 new British labiate (StacJiys alpina) in West Grioucester. 

 In a late number of the Journal of Botany, Mr. Bucknall has 

 published some details respecting his plant, from which it 

 will be seen that the new Stachys is surrounded in Britain 

 by the same species that accompany it in Central Europe — 

 the elevation of 650 feet a few miles north of Bristol beino*. 

 to some extent, climatically comparable with that of 4,650 

 feet in South Tyrol. 



A great deal more light has been thrown upon Bristol 

 violets during the past season. Mrs. Gregory first showed 

 that V. calcarea Bab. could be readily distinguished upon 

 the limestone near Weston-super-Mare ; and the species was 

 afterwards recognised in other similar localities. The forms 

 lactifiora and rosea, of F. hirta have also been found, and 

 likewise two well-marked hybrids between hirta and adorata. 

 None of these were previously known in the district. 

 Further, the great sedge in Berrow marsh is associated with 

 Juncus inaritimus — a rush which, although formerly recorded 

 from the vicinity, has probably not been gathered near 

 Bristol during the present generation. Among other finds, 

 Hieracium '^nuroruin is new to the district ; and HypericuTn 

 d^ihiiim, Huhus 7'udis, and Monotropa are new to the 

 Gloucestershire division. One of the Saturday excursions 

 made us acquainted w^th Arenaria tenuifolia at Pilning; and 

 this rarity has also been observed in good quantity at 



Newton St. Loe. 



JAS. W. WHITE, F.L.S. 



