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S. Not uncommon about Bath ; Mr. T. B. Flower. Near 

 Wiuscombe. Cranmore. Frequent about Wells ; Miss 

 Livett ; and Bev. R. Murraij. IV. V. 



711. S. caprea, L. 



Native ; in woods and hedges in dry situations, common. 

 G. St. Vincent's Rocks and Clifton Down. Horfield. 



Kingsweston. Frequent about the southern spurs of 



the Cotswolds near Wotton-under-Edge and Dursley. 



Stapleton. 

 S. Leigh AYood. On the pennant at Clevedon. Abundant 



on Mendip. Stockwood. Whitchurch. Wells, Yatton. 



III. IV. 



712. S. repens, L. 



Native : in heathy and sandy places, local. 



G. Yate Common. 



S. In several places on Mendip. Moors south of Wells. 

 Abundant on sand at the back of Borrow village. 



Our plant is chiefly S. fitsca, Sm. ; but at Berrow, where 



it grows very large and strong, there appear to be 



several forms, among which S. argentea, Sm. has been 



identified. Ill— V. 



POPULUS, L. 



713. P. alba, L. White Poplar. 



A doubtful native, generally distributed in the district. 

 Very abundant about Berrow and Burnham, S. ; where 

 apparently it has been planted to form shelters from the 

 wind on the exposed lowlands. III. IV. 



714. P. CaneSCenS, Sm. Gray Poplar. 

 Native or denizen ; in moist woods, rare. 

 G. Henbury. Wyck. 



S. Leigh Woods. III. IV. 



715. P. tremula, L. Aspen. 



Native ; but often planted, frequent in woods. 



