BoO THE JOUKNAL OF BOTANY 



Stntice Limonium L. Laugharne ! This is the second specimen 

 I have examined from the county, the first being one from Kidwelly, 

 collected in 1912 bv D. Hamer seen in Herb. Gr. C. Druce. Barker 

 relied upon Watson's " Motley Cat." record for including it as a 

 Carmarthenshire species. 



Chlora perfoliata L. Laugharne Burrows. — Erythrea pulchella 

 Fries. Pendine ! — Gentiana Amarella L. Laugharne Burrows. 



Mentha satlva L. a rivalis Wats. Pendine ! 



Spipactis palustris Crantz. Laugharne Burrows, abundant. 



Jiincus acutus L. Laugharne. 



GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTES. 



Br THE Ret. H. J. Riddelsdell. 



Adonis annua L. This was recently found in considerable 

 quantity in corntields about Culkerton and Rodmarton b}^ E. M. Day. 

 But it is nowadays far less frequent than formerly. 



Ranunculus ophioc/lossifolius Yill. is remarkably uncertain in its 

 appearance, rarely making so^ great a show as it did in 1912. It 

 seems to have " periods " very similar to those of many orchids. 

 When I visited the locality at the end of August 1919, signs were 

 not lacking of a gradual change in its character, a change which may 

 possibly prove fatal to the plant : for farm-3^ard species of Afriplex 

 and ChenopocUum were beginning to encroach. It is to be hoped, 

 however, that a more normal season may witness the return of the 

 locality to its old bogginess, and that the buttercup may long 

 survive. 



HeUehorus fmtiihis L. is undoubtedly native on the Cotteswolds, 

 which, as a friend suggests, are probably the head-quarters of the 

 species in Britain. This is an opinion I have long held with 

 respect to the Ely Orchid and Polygonatum officinale. The latter 

 is quite a common plant on these Hills, occurring usually in 

 company with the Lily of the Valley: whereas P. mulfiflorum is 

 decidedly scarce there. These facts, coupled with the occurrence of 

 Staclnjs alpina and the abundance of Thlaspi perfoliatuni, Carex 

 foment nsa, Cephalanthera rubra, &c., serve to emphasise the unusual 

 botanical importance of the area. 



GlauciumJJavum. Ci-antz. AVell known on the Bristol side of the 

 Severn. Miss Ormerod in 1S4-5 found it in luxuriance on the other 

 side, near Beachley, in our distri(;t 4 : it subsequently became very 

 scarce. I have not heard of it there in recent years. 



Cochleariadanicah. 2 h. Sharpness, 1864, ;S'. ^ro^/y/ : Gloucester 

 1846, Hhm. in GUmcea/er Museum, 4. Lydney and Severn Bridge. 

 The various records do not suggest a native plant: yet it seems an 

 unlikely species to be carried any distance. It occurs, of course, in 

 abundance fai-ther down the Bristol Channel, in Glamorgan and 

 Devon, and may possibly be a dying-out species here. It is not 



