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tidal rivers, and inlets from the Channel. Abun- 

 dant in the mud on both sides of the Avon. 



VI. VII. 



908. S. procumbens, Beauv. 



Native ; on waste ground near the banks of the tidal 



Avon, very local. 

 G. St. Philip's Marsh. New Cut, by the General 



Hospital. Hotwells. Bank of the river under the 



Downs, and here and there as far as Shirehampton. 



Abundant on dredgings deposited in the Black 



Rock Quarry, 1883 and 1884. 

 S. Bank of the river at Rownham. VI. VII. 



909. S. distans, Bab. 



Native ; in damp waste places by tidal water, local. 

 G. In many places near the Avon, from St. Philip's 



Marsh to Shirehampton. 

 S. Similarly by the New Cut, and at Rownham 



Ferry. Burnham. VI. — VIII. 



910. S. rigida, Litik. 



Native ; on and under old walls, and in other dry 

 places. Very common. VI. VII. 



911. S. loliacea, Woods. 



Native ; in one or two spots near the Bristol Channel, 



very rare. 

 S. Sparingly on the hill-side near the pier at Birn- 



beck, Weston-super-Mare. Burnham ; Miss.Livett. 



BRIZA, Linn. 



912. B. media, L. Quaking Grass. 



Native ; in meadows and dry pastures, very common. 



VI. 

 (jB. minor, L. There is a specimen in the herbarium 



