214 cyTr^TiAOR^;. 



owing to the draiiiago and cultivation, tho sedge 

 has bocomo rodnccd in quantity, and the stems 

 produced in successive sen sons have failed to como 

 to maturity, whence it is to ho feared tliat Cypcrus 

 longus will soon be nnml)erod among tho lost rarities 

 of the district. VIII. IX. 



SCHCENUS, Linn. 



818. S. nigricans, L. 



Native ; formerly on the coast between Clevodon and 

 Portishoad, but now extinct. 



" Clovedon " ; Herb. Stephens. " By tho side of a 

 fresh-water -spring which bubbles forth from amid 

 the bosom, of tho rooks, was Sdtoenus nigricans, 

 brown and muddy from tho tide washing over it." 

 Mr. Loo IT, Orindon : Phytol. vol. i. 5(50. l);i'. 

 Stopliens' specimen probably came fi'om tiie spot 

 described by Mr. Grindon ; a place on the coast 

 towards Portishoad, where wo are satisfied the 

 plant no longer grows. 



Mr. Grindon's discovery of Schmnus, as narrated 

 above, forms part of a pleasantly- wiltton account 

 of a botanical ramble from Bristol to Clovedon, and 

 thence to Portishoad, on July 0, 1H42. In this 

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

 tho sedge, ho records I'hleum arenarium at Tickcn- 

 ham, and Oalamagrostis Epigeios at Clevodon. All 

 of these plants a,re now miknown at the places 

 named. 



(Gladium Mariscus, \l. I!r. " Wcdmore and Burth) 

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

 confirmation.) 



