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NOTES ON BRISTOL PLANTS. 



*R. mucronatus Blox. G. Near the Black Eock Quarry, bank of 

 Avon, Clifton; and in woods at Hanham above Bristol. The 

 Clifton plant differs from the type in having both barren stem and 

 panicle unusually hairy, setose, and aciculate. This species is 

 rare itf the Bristol district, and hitherto met with only at Clevedon 

 and near Pensford, N. Somerset. 



B. Bloxamii Lees. S. Sparingly on the peat-moor near Bur tie. 

 The late Mr. Briggs and Dr. Focke concurred in regarding this as 

 quite satisfactory Bloxamii; both of them, however, remarking that 

 the serrature of the leaves was shallower than usual. 



B. scaber W. & N. *G. Specimens from the Wyck Valley, and 

 from near the railway under Sneyd Park, Clifton, have been named 

 scaber by Mr. Moyle Eogers. These are off type in some respects. S. 

 A plant from the peat-moor near Shapwick, of somewhat unusual 

 appearance, owing to Soil and situation, was accepted as scaber both 

 by Prof. Babington and Br. Focke. See Exch. Club Beport for 1889. 

 Typical scaber seems to be seldom met with. It may be in place to 

 mention here the later vicissitudes of a bramble, abundant on the 

 skirt of Leigh Wood, that first came into notice as B. scaber in 

 British Bubi. Its eventful history, up to date of that paper, is 

 given by the Bev. B. P. Murray in his Notes on Somerset Bubi. 

 Subsequently, in the Exch. Club Beport for 188G, both Prof. 

 Babington and Dr. Focke agreed that the plant was B. Babinytonii 

 Salter, an apparent settlement grateful to local botanists. But in 

 Notes on British Bubi, Dr. Focke, writing on B. fuscus W. & N., 

 says that the English state of that species is plentiful in Leigh 

 Wood. From this it was suspected that the old unrestful item 

 had risen again ; so, through the kindness of Mr. Bogers, more 

 specimens were submitted to Dr. Focke, and he has just reported 

 on them, «« B. fuscus W. & N." This experience teaches how 

 helpful to the expert is an inspection of the growing plant. 



*M. Kaltenbachii Metsch. Observed during the last three summers 



near the Avon, under Sneyd Park, Clifton, West Gloucester. Its 



determination is due to the Bev. W. Moyle Bogers, who says he 



knows it only from one other British station. Among the more 



remarkable features of the plant is a long pyramidal panicle tapering 



regularly and gradually to an acute point formed of a single flower. 



Stamens very long, at least double the length of the styles. Petals 

 pale pink. 



Epilobium Lamyi Schultz. *G. Hanham. On colliery waste 

 near Kings wood. *S. Corston. The plants from all these localities 

 agree well with specimens gathered and sent out by Whtgen. 



E. lanceulatum S. & M. G. The area in the Bristol district of 

 this rare and local species is extended by its discovery last August 

 on a rocky bank near Mangotsfield. 



Hieracium Schmidtti Tauch. The Bev. E. F. Linton has lately 

 subjected the Hawkweeds growing in the Cheddar Gorge, S., to 

 close examination. From him we learn that what was published 

 in the Flora under H. murorwn is really divisible into several named 

 iovma—Schmidtii being one, and the next item another. See 

 Journ. Bot. Sept. 1891, pp. 271-3. 



