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Viola ^j«Z«6'?f;'/s L. 1. Siiiionsbatb, Davy. G. Widcombe Moor, 

 and near Combe St. Nicholas. 10. By Bishop's Ponds, Eaker Hill 

 Woods, Chewton Mendip, Tucker. 



*V. epipsila Lydebour. In my Supplement I suo-gested that this 

 should be searched for on Exmoor, not knowing that it had already 

 been found there ; it may prove to be frequent on the moors in the 

 south-west. An addition to the County list. — 1. North end of 

 Pinkery Pond (fountain-head of liiver Barle), near Simonsbath, at 

 1-150 feet ; the tj'pe, together with forma gJahrescens Ascherson & 

 Graebner and V. epipsila x palustris (all named by Mrs. Grregory), 

 August 8. 1911, W. P. Iliern. 3. In bogs and moist woods on 

 Blackdown, near West Buckland. 6. Widcombe Moor (type ; forma 

 glabrescens ; and forma minor Gregory). 



Poh/f/ala oxiipiera Keichb. 2. Culbone Woods, and near Greena- 

 leigh, Minehead, Hadden. — P. serpyllacea Weihe. 1, Simonsbath, 

 Davy, sp. 



Saponaria officinalis L. 6. Combe St. Nicholas, Watson. 

 Silene latifolia Rendle & Britten, y'A.v. pt(heri(la (Jord.). 2. Lane 

 near Bossington, Hadden. — S. latifolia x maritima. 9. Blagdon- 

 Mendip ; sent fresh by Mr. Britten, together with a small >S'. mari- 

 ti)na., which fairly well answers to the description of var. parvifolia 

 DiTice. >S'. cretica L. Mr. Wilmott of the National Herbarium 

 refers to the type the Milverton clover-field plant, queried as var, 

 annnlata (Thore) in last year's Notes (p. 97). 



Dychnis alba X dioica. 2. Bossington, Hadden. L. Gitliayo 

 Scop. 2. Porlock, Hadden. 10. Frequent in cornfields on the 

 Hallatrow and Wells roads, Chewton Mendip, Tucker. 



Stellaria Dilleniana Ma?nch. 8, The green-\e?i\Q(\. form (much 

 the scarcer in Britain, and not previously noted in Somerset) occurs 

 in a small swamp by the railway-line to Highbridge, W.N.W. of 

 Edgington Junction, Watson ! It grows with our usual form 

 (;S'. glauca With.), which is frequent thereabouts ; and I could find 

 no difference between the two, excepting the colour of their foliage. 



Arenaria leptoclados Guss. 8. Sandhills, north of Barnham ; 

 both type and var. *viscidulaJiouY & Foucaud, but not plentiful. — A. 

 verna L. 10. In several places, C^hcAvton Mendip, Tucker ; probably 

 extending into dis. 9, as he informs me that the Mineries Bog and 

 Chewton Warren are both in this parish. A. serpyllifolia L., 

 var. *viscidula Roth (glufinosa Koch). 8. Sandhills, north of 

 Burnham. 9. Berrow sandhills. Purn Hill, Bleadon, Thompson, sp. 

 Sagina suhulata Presl. 4. Britty Common, above Staple Fitz- 

 paine. — S. nodosa Fenzl. 9. Charterhouse-on-Mendip, Miss Roper. 

 Burrington, Thompson. 



Spergula arvensis L. 2. A common weed on hill-farms about 

 VoYlook, Hadden. 8. Near Edington Junction, ^wz'i'o;^. 10. Corn- 

 field near West End, Chewton Mendip, Tucker. 



Montia fontana L. 1. Exton (var. rivularis) ; and 6. Wid- 

 combe Moor, Watson. 



Hypericum Androsaemum L. 2. The Parks, Porlock, Hadden. — 

 H. Jmmifusum L, 3. Road-cutting, Gotton, West Monkton, Miller. 

 — H. elodes L. 1. Simonsbath and Withypool. 6. Otterford, 

 Watson. 



