196 ASPARAGACEiE. 



S. Bedminster Meads. Nailsea Mooi*. Moor at Walton- 

 iu-Gordauo near Clevedon. Meadows under Crook's 

 Peak. Brean. Burnham. Eastou, Uphill. Yatton. 

 Moors south of Wedmore. Frequent on the banks of the 

 river Avon and of the canal at Bath. VI. VII. 



ASPARAGACE^. 

 ASPARAGUS, Linyi. 



759. A. officinalis, L. 



Denizen ; in salt marshes and damp sandy soil near the 

 Channel, rather rare. It is thoroughly naturalized, 

 having been noted in one or two of the localities named 

 nearly two centuries ago. None of our plants are the 

 A. prostraUts, Dum. 

 G. " Below Look's Folly, two miles from Bristol ; Mr. 

 Newton." Ray, Syn. The mis-spelling " Look's " 

 instead of " Cook's " is perpetuated by both Hudson and 

 Withering. " In the salt marshes below Kingsweston, 

 near Bristol." Withering ; and Dr. H. 0. Stephens, about 

 1835. Marsh near Thornbury, B. G. We saw a small 

 quantity below Sea Mills in 1877 and 1880. 

 S. On the grassy bank of Avon opposite Cook's Folly, 

 in several places. Uphill. Salt marsh near Borrow. 

 " Sandbanks at Steart and Burnham, from three to five 

 feet high when in blossom. (Mr. Clark.) J. C. Collins, 

 MSS." New B. G. Suppl. Still on sands near Burn- 

 ham, plentiful in 1884 and 1885, and quite as luxuriant 

 as is stated in the old record. VI. — VIII. 



CONVALLARIA, Li7in. 

 760. C. majalis, L. Lily of the Valley. 



Native ; in rocky woods, rare. It grows on wooded slopes 

 where the soil is little else than broken limestone com- 



