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larger and more numerous than on the Gloucester- 

 shire rocks opposite. IV. V. 



850. C. praecox, Jacq. 



Native ; on downs, dry banks, and pastures, common, 

 and generally distributed. Tall specimens are 

 sometimes found in marshy fields, which in habit 

 much resemble the next species. IV. V. 



851. C. pilulifera, L. 



Native; on downs, heaths, and commons, probably 

 more frequent than our records show. 



G. Clifton and Durdham Downs, growing chiefly in 

 the furzy spots among coarse grasses. Blaise Castle 

 Wood ; Herb. Powell. 



S. Downhead Common. Wells. V. VI. 



852. C. glauca, Scop. 



Native; in meadows and pastures, on downs and 

 about rocks. Very common and universally dis- 

 tributed. V. VI. 



853. -C. flava, L. 



Native ; in marshes and boggy places, frequent. 



It is probable that all our plants belong to var. ft 

 C. lepidocarpa, Tausch, as we have not yet met 

 with any eu-flava genuina, Syme. 



G. Wet places about Mangotsfield Common. Yate 

 Common. Formerly on Durdham Down and at 

 Shirehampton ; Swete, Fl. 85. 



S. On the swampy margin of the stream between 

 the Tanpits and Failand Farm. Boggy sources of 

 streams on Blackdown and elsewhere on the Men- 

 dip Hills. Cheddar. The Mineries. Shipham. 

 Walton-in-Gordano. V. VI. 



