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der is allowed to form its seeds : for they will fall on the grouiul, lie hid in the crevices, 

 and reappear with the next crop, — when all the labour will have to be done over 

 again." — The Ten Towns' Messenger, and General Advertiser : Saturday, September 

 23, 1843. 



Art. CLXXIV. — Rarer Plants observed at Westousuper-Mare. 

 By G. S. Gibson, Esq. 



I SEND a list of some of the rarer plants noticed at Weston-super- 

 Mare, during a day's visit to that place in the summer of 1843. 



Weston is a small but increasing bathing-place, pleasantly situated 

 on the Bristol Channel, about eighteen miles from that city; and pos- 

 sessing considerable diversity of soil and situation, is a locality fa- 

 vourable to the growth of a variety of plants, some of which are pecu- 

 liar to the vicinity of the sea, and others to hilly or woody districts. 

 Doubtless, in a longer stay, this list might have been considerebly 

 enlarged. 



Eryngium maritimum. Sandy shore. 



cumpestre. Sjiaringly l)y the 



side of a cornfield, by a private road 

 leading up to a house beyond the 

 church : there were only about ten 

 plants. It is, I suppose, a hitherto 

 unobserved locality for this very rare 

 plant, and as such may be interest- 

 ing to some of your readers. 

 Rubla peregrina. On the cliffs. 

 Aspenila Cynanchica. Dry banks. 

 Valeriana rubra. Waste ground. 

 Cnlcus acaulis. On the downs. 

 Conyza squarrosa. Rocks on the hills. 

 Aster Tripolium. On the shore. 

 Convolvulus Soldanella. Sandy shore. 

 Marrubium vulgare. Waste ground, sj)ar- 



ingly. 

 Plantago maritima, Glaux maritima, and 



Salsola Kali. Sandy shore. 

 Chenopodium tnurale. Waste ground. 

 Rumex pulcher. Church-yard at Uphill. 

 Triglochin viciritimuni. Shore. 

 Ophrys apifera. Rocks on the hills. 

 Carex arenaria, Ammophila arundinacca, 

 Phleum arenarium, and Triticum 

 junceum. Sandy shore. 

 Triticum loliaceum. Dry road-sides near 

 the sea. 



Clematis Vitalba. Hedges. 



Papaver Argemone. Cornfields at Uphill. 



somniferuni. Waste ground. 



Glaucium luteum. On the shore. 

 Cakile maritima. Sandy shore. 

 Erysimum cheiranthoides. Waste ground. 

 Koniga maritima. Ditto. 

 Reseda alba. Several places upon waste 



ground, naturalized, but not really 

 wild, and common in gardens. 



Helianthemum vulgare, (with white flow- 

 ers). On the cliff. 



Silene maritima. Sandy shore and cliffs. 



Arenaria peploides . Sandy shore. 



■ marina. Cliffs. 



Hypericum montanum. On the hills. 



Androscemum. Sparingly on 



the cliffs. 



Trifolium scabrum. Cornfields and dry 

 banks, common. 



Pyrus Aria. Rocks on the hills. 



Apium graveolens. Ditches. 



Trinia glaberrivui. Downs near the sig- 

 nal-post, and at Uphill, near the 

 church. 



Petroselinum segetum. Uphill church-yrd. 



Helosciadium repens. Marshy ground nr. 

 the railway. 



Fceniculum vulgare. Waste ground. 



