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DR. J. W. HESLOr HARRISON ON 



water left occurs in irregular muddy hollows overgrown with 

 grasses. Such would seem ideal habitats for Junceta yet here, 

 as elsewhere in Saltholme, J^unci are feebly represented in 

 individuals. An average florula of such a grass-grown stell 

 would be : — 



Carex vulpina la 



C. pallescens r 



C. distans vr 



Alopecurus geniciilatus a 



Glyceria fluitans Id 



Scirpus setaceus f 



Ranunculus lenormandi / 



Glaux maritima / 



Juncus bufonius la 



J. supinus f 



J. var. fluitans o 



J. conglomeratus vr 



Almost unnoticed, the lesser stells glide into the general 

 level of the former marsh which now forms a coarse pasture 

 wholly devoid, not only of all salt "marsh plants, but also of 

 many others we look upon as necessary constituents of the 

 Flora of an ordinary field. In addition, there is a great 

 scarcity of other plants commonly abounding there, a 

 prominent defaulter being the common daisy {Bellis perennis). 

 The predominant elements everywhere are provided by different 

 species of the coarsest of grasses. On the mounds, except for 

 Galhim venim, exactly the same plants appear. An hour's 

 careful search yielded the following list : — 



Ranunculus rcpens c 



R. acris r 



Cardamine pratense c 



Cerastium viscosum r 



Lathyrus pratense r 



Trifolium repens c 



Lotus corniculatus re 



Rumex acetosa vc 



R. acetosella less c 



R. crispus (' 



Carduus nutans o 



Cirsium arvense Ic 



C. lanceolatum o 



Achillea millefolium r 



Hellis perennis r 



Taraxacum vuigare r 



Crepis biennis r 



Leontodon autumnalis c 



Primula veris... o 



Holcus mollis / 



H. lanatus f 



Dactylis glomeratus... .. f 



Poa pratensis y" 



Bromus hordeaceus o 



Arrhenatherum elatius o 



Poa annua o 



Juncoides cainpestris re 



Sivallmv, Mucky and Todlet-'s Fleets. 



After discussing such a magnificent expanse of water as 

 Holme Fleet, Swallow and Mucky Fleets come as a great 



