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are less julaceous."^*J?. iUecehnim De Not. Very sparingly on 

 clayey soil close to Brean Down. 



Eiirhyncliiiim crassiiiervimn B. & S. On stone in the garden of 

 the Bishop's Palace at Wells ; at the base of a wall in the village of 

 Ashcott.— S. 2)rcelonffHm Hopk. forma. At the base of trees by 

 water at Edithmead occurred a form towards var. Stokesii Brid. ; 

 Mr. Dixon wrote : — " I do not think your ^ur. preelongum can be 

 called more than an approach to var. Stokesii, from general texture 

 and form of branch-leaves." — ^. circinatum B. & S. In some 

 quantit}^ in crevices of the limestone on the south-east part of Brean 

 Down. — E. megapolitanum Milde. Very fine but very local on the 

 Burnham sandhills and fruiting profusely ; in a trench to the south 

 of the village of Brean, the fruit Avas produced in such quantity that 

 I noticed the aggregated capsules ahiiost hid the vegetative portion 

 of the plant. 



Amhlysterjium serpens B. & S. forma. A form towards var. 

 saliniim Carr. occurred in a hollow in the Burnham sandhills, and 

 Mr. Dixon wrote : — " Your A. serpens is a form somewhat approach- 

 ing the var. salinum, but it is not delicate enough to be referred to 

 the var., I think." 



Hypnum polyyamum Schp. In the hollows of the sandhills near 

 Borrow, on dampish ground. — S. stellatum Schreb. Marshy meadow 

 near Shapwick Station, on peat. — *II. adunciim var. Wheldoni Hen. 

 Concerning this plant I have had much correspondence with Mr. 

 Wheldon, which that gentleman has kindly summarized in a note 

 on p. 273. — H. aduncum group typicum var. gracilescens forma 

 tenuis Ben. Very sparingly in one place on the sandhills between 

 Burnham and Berrow ; " typical forma tennis, Ken." J. A. Whel- 

 don. — a. aduncum group pseudo-JIuifans var. paternum Sanio. 

 Veiy fine in various pools on the sandhills near Berrow Church ; I 

 also saw it in a sandhill pool close to the village of Brean. 



CLADIUM MAEISCUS R. Br. IN N. SOMERSET. 

 By Ida M. Roper, F.L.S. 



Eaelt in July I was much delighted to discover this plant 

 growing and in full flower on Walton-in-Gordano Moor, North 

 Somerset (v.c. G). It is in fair quantity scattered for 100 yards in 

 the bottom and sides of a rhine or drain, mingled with Phragniites 

 communis, and the rhizomes of most of the clumps must be always 

 in water with several feet of soft mud beneath. 



It is difficult to understand how this large plant has been over- 

 looked for so many years in the comparatively small Moor, and for 

 local botanists the satisfaction of having it at length marked down is 

 as great as it is unexpected. 



That the CJadium is long established is certain from its condition 

 and general surroundings, and the history of the Moor justifies its 

 presence, although many other paludal species are wanting. The 

 Gordano valley stretches from a three mile base at the mouth of the 



