Tlie Flora of Glamorgan. 13 



" In Nicholaston Wood and the Woods at Penllergaer ; and 

 though there can be httle doubt of a garden origin, it has flourished 

 in both places time out of mind." L.W. D.Mat. Abundant on 

 bushy ground near Llantrisant. Woods, in Phyt. 1850. p. 1060. 

 Common in the Ely ! Tatf and Rhymney Valleys. J.S. The Ely 

 River locality is now well known, as the plants may be seen and 

 recognised for miles from the G.W.R. line whether in leaf in spring 

 or in flower in summer. Ely River ! V., I., T.H.T., Miss B., M.A.D.. 

 G.T. and F. Roath Park Brook ! where the plant was abundant 

 before the construction of the Park. V. and P. Copse at Sully ' G. 

 No doubt planted here. Llanishen. V. and D. The distribution on 

 the Taft and Rhymney is doubtful, and detailed information is 

 desirable in view of Mr. Storrie's statement that the plant is common 

 there. 



Paeonia, Linn. 15. 



50. corallina, Retz. Pa;ony. Blodau'r Brenin. 

 Rare. Scarce. Denizen ? Rupestral. 



Very rare. /.5. The status of this plant is very doubtful. 

 It was first added to the British Flora by F. B. Wright in 1803. 

 Phyt. 1843. p. 616. 



" It was nearly eradicated in 1834 by destructive visitors from 

 the British Association, meeting at Bristol." Cybele Britannica. 

 Vol. I. p. 99. 



Cardiff Museum Specimen. Leaf only. Steep Holm, 1877. 

 Storrie Collection. This station was examined by the Editor about 

 the year 1896, when a clump of perhaps thirty good specimens, 

 surrounded by a few scattered individuals, grew on the very edge 

 of the cliff. They did not seem in great danger of extermination. 

 Two specimens were secured for the Roath Park Botanical Garden, 

 where they flourished for two or three seasons, and then died out. 

 Mr. T. H. Thomas, who saw the plants in 1904, says, " Perhaps 

 increasing, as it seemed to me through an opera glass." The 

 Steep Holm is in Somerset. 



2. Berberidese. 



Berberis, Linn. 16. 



51. vulgaris, Linn. Barberry. Pren melyn. 

 Rare. Scarce. Denizen. Septal. 



St. Nicholas and near Flemingston ! J.S. and S. Rare, wild, 

 in Rhondda. Flora Rhondda. Near Gigman Bridge. J.S. (2) Bank 

 of River Taff above Llandaff, 1877. V. Hedge near Margam. T.H.T. 

 Candleston Wood, Merthyr Mawr. E.V. and Miss B. All planted 

 or escapes from cultivation. 



