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ubus Ideus Li. — Frequent throughout the county. In some 
districts one of the most abundant plants (Downhead ; * Guinionle, 
eg covering acres. With pale fruit on Glast tonbury Moor 
. k 
Var. Leesii.—I fear this may be lost at Bonniton, near Dunster, 
where it was found by the Rev. W. H. Coleman in 1849. I have 
tepeatedly searched for it in va 
suber ee Anders, — Ver} ocal, The scarcity of the whole 
suberoct group in Somerset is “ety aa kable. True suberectus 
e damp wooded valleys about gene ger Dunster. A plant 
collected by Dr. Parsons near Witham, on the eastern border, may 
are or h. plicatus, but the specimen is too imperfect for deter- 
tion. 
z. Jissus Lindl. —I have very seldom met with this form in 
atunrsct. Once, on the ridge of the Blackdown Hills above Wel. 
lington. This was called suberectus by Mr. Briggs, but is clearly 
separable from the usual form of the type by the much more prickly 
stem and thicker leaves. The terminal leaflet, however, is ovate-. 
a 
gs. To 
my = this looks somewhat nearer suberectus than the Blackdown 
ar as I know, it occurs nowhere else in the county ae name 
en, 
a strongly ee ate. The inflorescence is quite that of 
ple 
R. affin —Dulverton ; Oare Valley; Quantock Hills ; 
Castle oak near Pen Selwood. Certainly rare in Somerset, 
and, like its allies, decidedly western in its distribution. The 
Castle Glad plant was se to sissus by Briggs, but nara 
