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opposite side of the river we have gathered a form with the leaves 

 glabrous beneath, which is the f. subviride G. Beck. 



The genus Euphrasia not having hitherto received much atten- 

 tion in this district, we think it well to give a complete list of the 

 species we have met with, most of which have been submitted to 

 Mr. F. Townsend, who has kindly examined them. — ^Euphrasia 

 stricta Host. Well distributed, although not always typical. Char- 

 field ; Wotton-under-Edge ; Wyck, G. ; "Claverton Down, S. — 

 '■'E. horealis Towns. Wotton-under-Edge, G. — '''E. brevipila 

 Burn. & Grml. Turf-moor near Edington ; Edford ; Failand ; 

 Tinings Farm and other places on Mendip, S. An eglandular 

 form with deeply toothed leaves, exactly corresponding with Scotch 

 specimens named brevipila by Mr. Townsend, was gathered in a dry 

 field near Shapwick railway station, S. — E. scotica Wettst. was 

 recorded under its synonym E. palxdosa Towns, for the Somerset- 

 shire turf -moors in this Journal for April, 1896 ; but this was 

 an error, the plant in question being undoubtedly E. brevipila. — 

 E. nemorosa H. Mart. Cadbury Camp, near Clevedon ; Cheddar; 

 Congresbury ; Churchill, S. On exposed downs in N. Somerset, as 

 at Brean, Cheddar, and elsewhere on Mendip, a small form occurs 

 which may readily be mistaken for E. ciirta Fr., but being almost 

 entirely glabrous it must probably be referred to E. nemorosa. — -'E. 

 curta Fr. var. glabrescens Wettst. Clifton Down, G. — -'E. Eostkoviana 

 Hayne. On the turf-moor near Edington ; Edford ; Bowberrow 

 Down (Mendip), S. — E. Kernvri Wettst. In boggy ground, Bow- 

 berrow Down (Mendip), S. ; and gathered at Cheddar, S., by the 

 Rev. W. H. Purchas, September, 1853. — '■'E. Levieri Wettst. = E. 

 Eostkoviana X E. curta. With the last-mentioned species at Row- 

 berrow. This interesting form has been named by Mr. Townsend, 

 who has not seen it before. He considers that if the two species, 

 Ej. Eostkoviana and E. carta, are present, our specimens may be 

 put to Wettstein's plant. E. Eostkoviana was certainly present, 

 but amongst a large number of plants gathered none could be 

 referred to E. carta. The hybrid plant is shortly pubescent, as in 

 typical E. carta, and the large flowers and the presence of some 

 glandular hairs show the influence of Eiostkoviana. It seems not 

 unlikely that E. curta has been nearly or entirely replaced by the 

 hybrid. 



■'Utricuiaria intermedia Hayne. This has hitherto been known 

 in the South of England only from Hants and Dorset. We now 

 add it to the flora of Somerset. Specimens of the foliage only 

 have, so far, been found. These were taken from a peaty ditch on 

 Clapton Moor, near Weston-in-Gordano, S., and have been named 

 by the Rev. E. F. Linton, who says they have well-marked charac- 

 ters, and cannot belong to either of the other three recognized 

 British species, 



Buxus sempervirens L. The reasons for believing this shrub to 

 be truly indigenous at a locality between Wotton-under-Edge and 

 Alderley, in the West Gloucestershire portion of the Bristol district, 

 have been fully stated by C. Bucknall in this Journal for January 

 (p. 29). 



