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district. It occurs in the most extraordinary profusion 

 and luxuriance near Nibley, G., almost to the exclusion 

 of all other roses. On the Somerset bank of the Avon 

 opposite Sea Mills, we find bushes with unripened 

 fruits persistent until the next summer. VI. VII. 



ft. E. bibracteata, Bast, (as interpreted by Mr. Baker.) 

 Wells, S. Miss Livett. 



CRATVEGUS, L. 



295. C. Oxyacantha, L. Hawthorn. 



j3. C. monogyna, Jacq. 



Native ; very common. It is doubtful if C. Oxyacantha, 

 Jacq. grows in the district. We have not seen a 

 specimen, although it has been reported to us. Inter- 

 mediate states, however, occur frequently. For instance, 

 trees on Pur Down and elsewhere have glabrous 

 pedicels, and a bush on Leigh Down is quite glabrous ; 

 with triangular-acuminate, spreading, reflexed sepals, 

 and glossy leaves. This bush was the very last to 

 bloom in 1881, in fact specimens were cut from it on 

 June 23rd. That season will be long remembered for 

 the luxuriant flowering of the Hawthorn, whose snowy 

 wreaths, then in full perfection, dotted our Downs with 

 indescribable beauty. V. VI. 



(Mespilus germanica, L. A tree, apparently wild, has 

 been seen on the cliff at Clevedon by Mrs. Lainson and 

 Mr. W. E. Green.) 



PYRUS, L. 



296. P. COmmunis, L. Wild Pear. 

 Denizen ; rare. 



G. Shirehampton. Stapleton. Herb. Dr. H. 0. Stephens. 



