FLOBA OF THE BRISTOL COAL-VIELD. 



23B 



the construction of the Suspension Bridge, Mrs. 

 ^ Glennie told him that ho was going to destroy the 



Clifton locality of Scilla MiiumnaUs, as it grow 

 just where the approach on the Gloucestershire 

 side was to be made. The engineer immediately 

 informed himself carefully of the exact spot, and 

 before the ground was broken he made some of his 

 workmen dig up the turfs containing the bulbs, 

 and transplant them safely beyond the reach and 

 influence of the works ho was about to begin, 

 Mrs. Glonnio could not remember if she ever knew 

 the place to which tho transference was made; 

 but it seems tolerably clear that Mr. Brunei's care 

 was effectual in preserving for us a choice plant, 

 the locality for which, when undisturbed, was 

 evidently of very small dimensions. 



Juncus bufonius, L., var. fasciculatus, Koch. 



A well-marked variety, characterized by its short 



thick stem and fascicled flowers. 

 S. lioad-sides near Norton Malroward. Mr. D. Fry. 



Juncus Gerardi, Lois. 



A pretty little rush, alliod to this s])ecios, lias for 

 some years boon iindor observation. It grows 

 plentifully in a brackish marsh on sand by the 

 Channel shore near Borrow, between Brean and 

 Burnham ; and its interest depends on characters 

 linking it with ,/. compressus, Jacq. This summer 

 (1887) I have been enabled to study the latter 

 plant from specimens obtained near Stanton Drew, 

 and having also gathered typical Gerardi on the 

 coast of Dorset, could determine the position of 

 the Berrow rush with some confidence". /. Oeranli 



