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REPORT (No. 3) ON THE PROGRESS MADE IN CONNECTION 

 WITH THE FLORA OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE 



By Rev. H. J. Riddelsdell 



The progress made with the work in 1910 has shown new features. 

 There has been some tangible result in the co-operation of elementary schools. 

 Lists have been sent in from various parts of the Forest of Dean to Miss Roper 

 and Mr F. Dixon. They have not yet been closely examined, but they are 

 sure to open some fresh lines of research and provide useful material. This 

 advantage must be pushed home. 



Beyond this, valuable information has come to hand from Mr Shool- 

 bred, the Rev. Augustin Ley, Mr Day and others ; and it is certain that 

 other lists are on their way. But the chief step towards the final end — 

 though it can only be regarded as a preliminary step — lias perhaps been the 

 effort to collate and classify much of the already accumulated material for 

 the Flora. It must be owned that, in spite of many hours of assiduous 

 work, the impression made on the bulk of material is slight. But though 

 so much remains to be done before even this initial step is complete, yet 

 enough light has been thrown upon our stores to enable us to see a few of 

 the problems which arise for solution. A selection of these difficulties is 

 given below. It is hoped that workers may find some help from having 

 definite objects set before them, in addition to the general task of making 

 complete lists for their districts. 



(i) The following plants are wanted from the localities given, whence 

 they have been once reported, and generally only once : — 



Myosunis minimus, near Northleach. 



Ranunculus ophioglossif alius , near Cheltenham. 



Aconitum Napellus, wood on May Hill. It is desired to know whether it is 



a native in this locality. 

 Draba muralis, quarry at Henbury. Is it a native here ? 

 Cakile maritima, sand at Beachley. 

 Sagina maritim-a, New Passage. 

 Arenaria peploides, Beachley. 

 Stellaria palusiris, nvirsh, near Mitcheldean. 

 Trifolium ochroleucum, near Birdlip. 

 Vicia lathyroides, near the Old Passage. 

 Rosa pomifera, coppices at Painswick. ? Native. 

 Drosera anglica, heath, near Mitcheldean. 

 Callitriche truncata, canal in Gloucestershire. 

 Eryngium maritimiim., Beachley and New Passage. 

 Sium latifolium, Lydbrook. 

 Tordylium maximum, Glenfall, Cheltenham. 

 Daticus gummifer, rocks at Beachley. St. Brody's specimen is too young for 



certainty, and may be only D. Carota. 

 Filago spathulata, fields at Lancaut. 

 Bidens cernua, ponds near Gloucester. The question is whether the species 



occurs in East Gloucester, i.e., east of the Severn and north of the 



Thames and Severn Canal. 

 Anthemis nobilis, near Tewkesbury. Is it in Gloucestershire ? Is it native ? 

 Senecio integrif alius , Painswick. 

 CnicHs tuherosus, railway banks, Stonehouse. 



Hieracium lasiaphyllum , Leckhainpton Hill : slope south of tramway, 1862. 

 Hieracium rigidum, var. calcaricolum, Stroud Valley. 

 H. umbellatum, Cranham Woods and Haresfield. 



