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113.* Dianthus deltoides, L. Maiden Pink. 



Native; fairly abundant in a pasture between Bris- 

 lington and Keynsham, S. One plant has lilac 

 petals ; and a small patch, with pure white flowers 

 and very pale foliage, may be D. Glaucus, L. First 

 noticed by Mr. David Fry, in May, 1886. The 

 plant is recorded for North Somerset in Topogr. 

 Botany, on the authority of Dr. Thwaites, but his 

 locality remained unknown. Very possibly Mr. 

 Fry has rediscovered it. 



Moenchia erecta, Sm. in Somerset. See page 32. Prior 

 to May, 1886, our claim to possess this little plant 

 rested entirely upon the specimens contained in the 

 Stephens' Herbarium. As far as we knew no one 

 living had seen it growing in the Bristol district. 

 "We were therefore extremely glad to receive from 

 Mr. David Fry a specimen which he had gathered 

 on the coal-measures a short distance from Keyn- 

 sham. Shortly afterwards we examined the locality, 

 and found the plant distributed in tolerable quan- 

 tity over a rather limited area. It was associated 

 with TrifoUum subterraneum, T. filiforme, Ornithopus 

 perpusilluSj Myosotis versicolor, Aira prcvcox, and, to 

 our great satisfaction, with Scleranthus annuus. 

 One of Dr. Stephens' records is thus confirmed; 

 and on consideration of the situation and surround- 



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