232 JP'LORA OF THK DIUSTOL COAL-FIELD. 



sliould be placed, we can only refer them to M. 

 Piperita, Huds., as an aggregate species. 

 The Clevedon station has probably been destroyed 

 by recent alterations in the ground connected with 

 local improvements, which is to be regretted, as 

 the variety found there is a rare and interesting 

 one. 



Mentha ruhra, Sm. This handsome Mint has been 

 found both in the Gloucestershire and Somerset- 

 shire divisions of the district, at the following 

 localities : — 



G. Crew>i Hole. Conham. 



S. Bank of Avon, under Leigh Woods. 

 Congresbury. Litton. 



Scilla autumnalis, L. 



It is gratifying to be able to announce that the hope 

 expressed in the " Flora " (p. 201), that this rare 

 bulb might yet be re-discovered on St. Vincent's 

 Eocks, has been justified: Wn are indebted for 

 this pleasure to Mr. J. C. House, who, during a 

 scramble in the autumn, came upon a patch of 

 about a hundred plants. It was somewhat per- 

 plexing, however, to find that the spot was m.ade 

 ground, the site of ancient quarrying; but this 

 circumstance has been explained and accounted 

 for in a very interesting and satisfactory manner. 

 Mrs. Glennie Smith has kindly furnished infor- 

 mation on the matter that was conveyed to her 

 by Mrs. Glennie, widow of Mr. William Glennie, 

 who was engineer, under Brunei, of many great 

 works in the West of England. The account runs 

 as follows : When Brunei was about to commence 



