FLORA OF THE BRISTOL COAL-FIELD. 



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about a mile from Brent Knoll. Pointed out to me 

 by Mr. D. Fry. 



Salix purpurea, L. var. 8 S. Lambertiana, Sm. 



Mr. D. Fry found this willow also, growing with or 

 near to the other, in both the localities mentioned. 



Scirpus Caricis, Retz. 



This club-rush, which is, perhaps, better known under 

 its synonym Blysmus compressus^ Panz., was re- 

 corded on good authority many years ago for 

 Stapleton, Grloucestershire, and for a spot in North 

 Somerset, near Bath, both localities being within 

 the area of the Bristol Coal-field ; but its presence 

 in the immediate neighbourhood of the Bristol 

 Channel had never been made known until July, 

 1888, when it was discovered by Mrs. D. Fry 

 growing abundantly in peaty ground near Bum- 

 ham, in association with Car ex disticha^ Huds, and 

 other paludal species. As this plant is now almost 

 certainly extinct at Stapleton, and does not grow 

 abundantly in the neighbourhood of Bath, its dis- 

 covery at Burnham enables us to retain in our flora 

 an interesting species which previously could hardly 

 be regarded as permanently located in the Bristol 

 district. 



Cynosurus echinatus, Linn. 



Alien. Five or six plants in St. Philip's Marsh, 

 June 7, 1888. A native of the Channel Islands 

 and southern Europe. 



Molinia ccerulea, Moencli. 



Although not of uncommon occurrence on heaths and 

 moorland throughout the kingdom, and perhaps not 



