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FLORA OF THE J31UST0L COAL-FIELD. 



Saxifraga granulata, L. 



Thia liaH been found by Mr. D. Fry during the 

 past summer at Stanton Drew, and also in the 

 neighbourhood of Chew Magna ; at the latter 

 locality in considerable abundance. 



Previously the only station at whioh it was known 

 to exist, either in the Bristol district or in the 

 whole of Somersetshire, was a spot near the village 

 of Stanton Prior (see PL, p. 74) ; and it is interest- 

 ing to find that the distribution of this plant in 

 N. Somerset is wider that was hitherto suspected. 



Taraxacum officinale, Woh. var. (i. erythrosponnum, Andrz. 



This well-marked variety, which had not previously 

 been observed or distinguished, was found, during 

 the summer on wall tops, at Stanton Drew, S., and 

 Brandon Hill, G., by Mr. David Pi-y. 



It is clearly separated from Taraxacum ajjlcinnla 

 ])roper (var. a. Dens-leonin, Dosf.) by its dwarf 

 habit, more deeply pinnatiiid leaves, and also by 

 the colour of the fruit, which, when ripe, is a 

 dark, glossy, brick-red, not olive or dull yellow, 

 as in the typical plant and all fcho other varieties. 



Cuscuta europaea, L. 



Additional records. Towards the close of a July 

 ramble over the Wilts border that had extended 

 as far as the famous South Wraxall bogs, where 

 we had gladly seen Lysimachia ihyrsijlora by no 

 means " on its last legs," as had lately boon re- 

 ported, my companion, Mr. A. K. Buit, pointed out 

 as we returned by way of Bathford, a good patch 

 of this dodder, by the river bank, growing on 

 Sinapis nigra, Conium, and Oalium. Mr. Burr had 



