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Merc. 1. Apparently scarce on the upper parts of Exmoor, though 

 so abundant in the county, as a whole ; one bush was seen as high 

 up as 1250 feet, but this is exceptional. — B. Questierii Lefv. & 

 Muell. 1. Sherdon Water. — B.hi/i^oleucusljQiv. &Mue\\. 1. Wood- 

 border, Simonsbath. 3. Orchard Portman, W. — B. pyra)}iidalis Kali. 

 1. Kather common about Exford, Simonsbath, and Withypool. — 

 B. leucostachys Sm. 1. Simonsbath. 2. Halsway Combe, W. — B. 

 Borreri'Bell Salter. 1. Plentiful about Simonsbath ; Exford, Withy- 

 pool. The fruit is unpalatable, and often defective — B. dasy- 

 phyllus Rogers. 1. The most abundant species, 1 believe, about 

 Exford, Withypool, and Simonsbath. 



Geum rivale X urhanum. 10. Melcombe Wood, Mells, T. 



Potentilla erectaxprocumhens. 6. Buckland St. Mary, W. — ■ 

 P. erectaxreptans. 1. Exford. — P . p^^ocumhens '^\hi\\. 1. Exford, 

 frequent ; Simonsbath. Withypool, W. 3. Adcombe ; Will's Neck, 

 W, 



AlcJiemilla minor Huds. 1. Exford ; Simonsbath. Dulverton, 

 W. 3. Cothelstone ; Kingston, W. 



Agrimonia odorata Miller. 9. Miss Roper tells me that the 

 Walton-by-Clevedon plant, formerly thought to be A. Pluimtoria var. 

 sepium Breb., is this. 10. Frequent on the borders of Asham Woods, 

 B. and T. Mells, T. 



Poterium oMcinale A. Gray. 1. Withypool!; Barle Valley, 

 3 miles above Dulverton, W. 



Bosa omissa Desegl. var. siihmollis (Ley.). 1. Exford, Withy- 

 pool, and Simonsbath ; a form with globose fruit. — B. micrantha Sm. 

 3. Corfe, W. — B. ohtusifolia Desv. var. tomentella (Leman). 3. 

 Corfe, TF"., sp. — B. canina L. var. verticillacantlia (Merat). 3. Lang- 

 ford Heathfield, and in several places, south of Taunton, W. Yar. 

 aspernata (Desegl.). 4. Ilminster, W. — B. dumeiorum Thuill. var. 

 Deseglisei (Bor.). 6. Combe St. Nicholas, W, — B. systyla Bast. 



3. Trull, W. — B. arvensis Huds. var. scahra Baker. 3. Bathpool ; 



4. Crook Street, near Ilminster; 6. Wambrook, W. Var. ovata 

 Desv. 2. East Quantoxhead, W. Var. hiserrata Crepin. 6. Combe 

 St. Nicholas, W. 



Pyrus torminalis Ehrh. 3. Cotlake Hill, near Trull, W. — P. 

 Aucuparia Ehrh. 8. Cogley Wood, Bruton, TV. — P. Mains L. 

 (a. sylvestris L.). 2. East Quantoxhead ; 3. Wrantage and Orchard 

 Portman ; 4. Fivehead, W, Var. mitis Wallr. 2. Kilve ; 3. Felt- 

 ham ; 4. Chard, W. 



Bihes ruhrum L. 10. Melcombe Wood, Mells, in quantity, T. — 

 B. nigrum L. 6. Whitestaunton, W. 



Sedum purpureum Tausch. 3. Pitminster ; but probably an 

 escape, W. — S. dasyphyllum L. 2. Wall at Kilton, W. 



Drosera rotundifolia L. 1. Ascends to 1600 feet on Dunkery ; 

 6. Bewley Down, with D. longifolia^ W. 



Myriophyllum spicatum L. 4. River He, Ilminster, D. 



Peplis Portula L. 10. Melcombe Wood, Mells, T. r 



P^2^ilobium angustifolium L. 1. Withypool ! ; Winsford, W. ; 

 Sherdon Water. 2. Combe Sydenham; 6. Bishop's Wood and 

 Buckland St. Mary, W.—U. tetragonum Curt. 2. Kilve, W.-— 



