94 DIPSACACE.E. 



403. V. dioica, L. 



Native ; in marshes and boggy meadows, frequent. 



G. Marsh at the " Boiling Well." Hallen. 



S. Barrow Gurney. Bedminster. Leigh Wood. Pens- 

 ford. Walton-in-Gordano. Wells. Boggy fields near 

 Winscombe. 



" The male plant is always smaller and less robust, having 

 a more transient function to perform than the other." 



V. VI. 

 VALERIANELLA, MoeneJt. 



404. V. olitoria, Moench. Lamb's Lettuce. Corn-Salad. 

 Native ; on earthy banks and cultivated land. Common. 



V. VI. 



405. V. Auricula, DC. 



Native ; very rare. We have not seen this plant growing 

 in our district ; but there is an undoubted specimen in 

 the Stephens' Herbarium from " Eastwood, Brislington ": 

 no date. It will surely be found again. 



406. V. dentata, Dietr. 



Colonist ; on hedge-banks and in cornfields, frequent. 



G. In plenty under a hedge by the towing path near 

 Sea Mills. Horfield. Netham, Swete Fl. 42. Hen- 

 bury. 



S. Cornfields near Abbot's Leigh, and Failand. Uphill. 

 VI. VIL 



DIPSACACE.E. 

 DIPSACUS, L. 



407. D. Sylvestlis, L. Wild Teasel. 



Native ; on banks and by roadsides. Very common. 



VHI. IX. 



(D. Fullonum, L. Cultivated or Clothiers' Teasel. 

 Established in several places, but is not wild. 

 G. NearAust. Horfield. 



