122 FliOEA OP THE BRISTOL COAL-FIELD. 



last August (1886) by a roadside at Bltton, in 

 company with Lepigonum. rubrum, Fr., another 

 species of very unfrequont occniTcnco with ua. 

 Hitherto the claim of /. compressus to a place Itv 

 our local Flora depended solely on a specimen in 

 the Stephens Herbarium, labelled " Horfiold," a 

 locality at which it has not recently been observed, 

 and it is satisfactory to record that this rush does 

 undoubtedly exist within the limits of our district. 

 The distinguishing characters of this species are : 

 the oval-sabglobular, shortly mucronate capsules 

 exceeding the perianths, the compressed stems, 

 short panicle branches, and tufted habit of gi-owth, 

 which last peculiarity markedly separates it fr(nn 

 its congener, /. Qerardi, Lois. 



Calamagrostis Epigeios, Both. Communicated by Mr. D. 

 Fry. 



The discovery last autumn of this handsome species 

 at three localities in North Somerset, viz., Keyn- 

 sham, near Whitchurch, and at Fan-ington Gurnoy 

 (at the last by Mias Shcrring), is remarkable, 

 inasmuch as all that was previously known re- 

 specting its occurrence within the area of the 

 Bristol Coal-field consisted (1) of a specimen in. 

 the herbarium of the late Dr. Porrin, of Temple 

 Cloud, now in the possession of Mr. R. Y. Sherring, 

 F.L.S., of Hallatrow Court, and labelled " Bristol, 

 1838," without any further particulars ; (2) of the 

 two following records in the Flora, Part vi., p. 231 ; 

 vii^., " Border of Bishop's Wood, Wells ; Miss 

 lAvett." " By the roadside, between the Monument 

 and Tracy Park." The latter quotation refers to a 



