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S. Abundant in ditches below Axbridge, Cheddar, and 

 Dray cot. 



A mass of Hottonia in full bloom bedded in bright green 

 duckweed, and framed by the darker tints of tall rush 

 and sedge, forms a picture of exquisite loveliness, which 

 will dwell in the memory for ever. Its beauty is 

 heightened by contrast with the expanse of drear moor- 

 land in which it lies hidden. V. VI. 



PRIMULA, L. 



624. P. vulgaris, Huds. Primrose. 



Native ; in woods and on hedge-banks, very common. 



Pure white, and purple A^arieties have been met with in 

 woods near Temple Cloud, S. 



p. P. variabilis, Goup. 



A caulescent variety or hybrid, sometimes miscalled " Oxlip." 



G. Filton, Wood betweeu Patch way and Charlton. 



S." Churchill. Clevedon. The Wild Country. Stock- 

 wood. Maes Knoll. Walton and Weston-in-Gordano ; 

 Mrs. Lainson. Plentiful about Wells ; Miss Livett, 

 Yatton. III.— V. 



625. P. veris, L. Cowslip. Paigle. 



Native ; in meadows and pastures, common. IV. V. 



LYSIMACHIA, L. 



626. L. vulgaris, L. 



Native ; by the sides of rivers and pools, frequent. 



G. Baptist Mills, Dr. H. 0. Stephens; perhaps now 



extinct. Sparingly by the Frome near Stapleton. 



Tort worth. 

 S. Bedminster Meads, Swete, Fl. p. 66 ; probably extinct. 



Clevedon. Between Ken and Yatton. Yatton ; Miss 



Winter. Nailsea Moor. Ditch-banks south of Wedmore. 



Rare in the neighbourhood of Wells. VII. VIII. 



