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around, and was much surprised at the interestiug character and 

 luxuriance of the plants which during the summer successively 

 came into prominence. I examined the spot periodically and 

 attentively, and collected the following species, which grow on 

 the banks of the Avon above and below Bristol, but have not 

 heretofore been found at or near this place, viz. : — 



Ranuncuhis scelerafus. 

 Senebiera Goronopics. 

 S. (Udyma. 

 Sinapis arvensis. 

 S. nigra. 



Nasturtium sylvestre. 

 Lepidium ruderale. 

 Cochlear ia anglica. 

 Diplotaxis muralis. 

 D. tenuifolia. 

 Malachium aquaticum. 

 Erodium cicutarium. 

 Trifolium frngifertmi. 

 Medicago denticulata. 

 M, maculata. 

 Melilotus officinalis. 

 Vicia angustifolia. 

 Y. hirsuta. 

 Apium graveolens. 

 Conium maculatum. 

 Helosciaditcfii rep ens. 

 Sedum acre. 

 Centranthus ruber. 

 Artemisia vulgaris. 

 Matricaria Ghamomilla. 



Sympliytum officinale. 

 Erigeron acris. 

 Selminthia ecJdoides. 

 Tragopogon pratensis. 

 Aster Tripolium and var. dis- 



coideus. 

 Tanacetum viclgare. 

 Solanum Dulcamara. 

 S. nigrum. 



Veronica Beccahunga. 

 V. Anagallis. 

 Lin aria minor. 

 Scrojyhularia Balbisii. 

 Plant ago Goronopus. 

 Ghenopodium t'ubrum. 

 G. album. 



Atriplex angustifolia, 

 A. liastata. 

 Suceda maritima. 

 Salicornia herbacea. 

 Triglochin maritimum. 

 Poa compressa. 

 SclerocMoa procumbens. 

 Bromus madritensis. 

 * Lepturus filiformis. 



There were also some species which were formerly recorded as 

 growing in the Avon valley, but which have latterly become 

 extinct or extremely rare, viz. : — 



Erodium moschatum. Polypogon monspeliensis, 



Medicago minima. Gastridium lendigerum. 



A few British plants (chiefly maritime) not before noted in the 

 Bristol district, viz. : — 



Vicia lutea. Ghenopodium hybridum, 



Ajuga Chamcepitys. *JRumex maritimus. 



Echinochloa Grus- Galli. 



Also the various cereal grasses — wheat, barley, oats, and rye — 

 with other grasses grown as fodder for animals, all of which are, 

 or have been, brought by shi]js into the port of Bristol ; as well 

 as sundry weeds of cultivation, presumably companions of the 

 cereals just mentioned, and from the same source, viz. : — 



