214 CYPEEACEJE. 



owing to the drainage and cultivation, the sedge 

 has become reduced in quantity, and the stems 

 produced in successive seasons have failed to come 

 to maturity, whence it is to be feared that Cyperus 

 longus will soon be numbered among the lost rarities 

 of the district. VIII. IX. 



SO H GENUS, Linn. 



818. S. nigricans, L. 



Native ; formerly on the coast between Clevedon and 

 Portishead, but now extinct. 



" Clevedon " ; Herb. Stephens. " By the side of a 

 fresh- water spring which bubbles forth from amid 

 the bosom of the rocks, was Schcenus nigricans, 

 brown and muddy from the tide washing over it." 

 Mr. Leo H. Grindon : Phytol. vol. i. 566. Dr. 

 Stephens' specimen probably came from the spot 

 described by Mr. Grindon ; a place on the coast 

 towards Portishead, where we are satisfied the 

 plant no longer grows. 



Mr. Grindon's discovery of Schcenus, as narrated 

 above, forms part of a pleasantly- written account 

 of a botanical ramble from Bristol to Clevedon, and 

 thence to Portishead, on July 6, 1842. In this 

 day's work, the botanist was fortunate, as besides 

 the sedge, he records Phleum arenarium at Ticken- 

 ham, and Calamagrostis Epigeios at Clevedon. All 

 of these plants are now unknown at the places 

 named. 



(Cladium Mariscus, R. Br. "Wedmore and Burtle 

 Moor, Somerset." W. Sole, MS. 1782. Requires 

 confirmation.) 



