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FLORA OF THE BRISTOL COAL-FIEL., . 



a conclusion which our own ol)sci-vjitiion3 tend to 

 confirm. 



Epilobium lanceolatum, *S^. and M. 



Note on its occurrence in KomoTSotsliirc, comTnuiii- 

 cated by Mr. David Fry. 



This is one of the rarest species of OritiHli |iI|>ilobia- 

 and has long boon kTiovi^n at several spots near 

 Bristol in the Gloncostorsliiro division of the dis- 

 trict, but had not been recorded for Somerset until 

 it was discovered in .July, 1(S(SG, on the Coal 

 Measures at Brislington. Hero, ovoi- a somewhat 

 limited area, it occurs in considerable quantity, 

 b(iing associated with st^voi'ai of the commoner 

 species of tlie same genus. One of the stations at 

 which IS. lanceolatum grows in Grloucestershiro is 

 on the bank of the Avon almost directly opposite 

 the spot in Sontorsct where the plant lias now been 

 discovered, and on the same geological formation. 

 Its pT'(!SOTico, tlici'cfore, at the latter locsvlity is not 

 altogether surprising ; and that this species lias 

 been so long overlooked at l?rislirigton is no doubt 

 duo, in part, to the inaccessible and out-of-the-way 

 position of the habitat. 



The peculiar grey-green hue of it foliage, and (as 

 originally romarkod by Mr. Briggs) the pure white 

 of the flowers as they open, turning rapidly to a 

 rosy pink (not purple, as in I'l. moidafmm), arc 

 characters which, apai't from others, serve at fii'st 

 sight to distinguisli E. lanceolafMm from the other 

 Epilobia with which, in the Ui'istol district at least, 

 it usually grows. 



