RARER PLANTS OF CENTRAL SOMERSETSHIRE. 359 



TrifoUum fragiferum. Common all through the neighbourhood by 

 roadsides. 



Lotus tenuis. Very characteristic in the lane south of Somerton 

 that connects the road to Yeovil with that to Long Sutton. 

 Vicia gracilis. In the same lane as the last. 



Primus insititia. Fine and characteristic in many places. 



Ruhus. Yery little variety of form ; typical discolor of Babington 

 and Student's Flora everywhere common in the hedgerows ; conjlifolius 

 and ccesius less plentiful ; tuherculatus in hedges at Compton ; Bal- 

 fourianus, var. degener, a form differing from corylifolius mainly by its 

 ascending sepals, not uncommon; leucostachjs and hirtus in Butleigh 

 woods ; iclceus, umlrosus, palliclus, and Radula not seen. 



Rosa tomentosa. The type not uncommon ; fine scahriuscula in an 

 orchard behind Somerton court-house farm. 



R. canina, vars. lutetiana, dumalis, and urlica frequent ; fine 

 andevagensis and verticillacantha in hedges between Somerton and 

 Littleton ; none of the Suhcristatce seen. 



R. arvemis. Frequent in hedges and thickets ; R. spinosissima and 

 any of the Ruhiginosa not seen. 



Poterium Sanguisorha. One of the common plants of the lime- 

 stone pastures. 



Epilolium tetragonum verum. Banks of the Gary near Somerton. 



Bryonia dioica. Hedges at Pitney and Langport. 



Lythrum Salicaria. Banks of the Gary and Parret. 



Sedum acre. Gommon on wall-tops. 



Cotyledon Umlilicus. Limestone walls about Somerton. 



Cornus sanguinea. Gommon in woods and hedgerows. 



Ajnum graveolens. Although the district is some twenty miles 

 from the sea, the Gelery is common in ditches and by stream sides. 



Bupleurum rotundifolium. Roadside near Somerton court-house. 



Petroselimim segetuni. Hedgebanks at Somerton and Langport. 



Sison Amomum. Common through the district on hedgebanks. 



Sium latifolium. In the Gary below the east end of Somerton. 



S. angustifolium. Marsh ditches south of Pitney. 



(Enanthe crocata. Ditches by the Gary below Somerton. 



CE. fluviatilis. In the Gary at Somerton, and the Parret at Lang- 

 port. 



Pastinaca sativa. Everywhere common on hedgebanks. 



Torilis infesta. Hedgebanks at Langport and wall-tops at 

 Somerton. 



T. nodosa. Roadside near Somerton court-house. 



Viburnum Lantana. Common in hedges and thickets, conspicuous 

 by its bright red fruit. 



Rulia peregrina. Hedges at Compton, and between Somerton and 

 Langport. 



Galium Mollugo. A common plant of the district. 



Centranthus ruber. Walls of Glastonbury Abbey. 



Bipsacus sylvestris. Gommon on hedgebanks and by roadsides. 



Scabiosa columbaria. Gommon in pastures and in stony soil. 



Helminthia echioides. Butleigh woods, roadsides at Compton, and 

 banks of the Gary at Somerton. 



Picris hicracioides. Common on hedgebanks. 



