216 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



white, but drying a some^Yhat dark purple, even with great care 

 and frequent changes. I had not previously seen this in the 

 county ; Murray quotes three stations for the species in N. Somerset 

 (dist. 8, 9), but "gives the localities with much hesitation." It 

 was associated with a fair amount of 0. maculata L., which I have 

 rarely observed in peaty bogs, and with 0. ericetorum Linton, 

 which is frequent about Wiveliscombe ; I could not detect any 

 hybrids, but many of the plants were only in bud when I found 

 them, on June 2nd. 



"^Allium oleraceum L. 4. Very sparingly on the bank of a by- 

 road, south-west of Staple Fitzpaine ; probably native, as it was 

 not near houses. 



■''Scilla camiKinulata Alton {Endyinion camjMmdatus Pari.). 

 3. This pretty plant, which does not seem to have been previously 

 found naturalised in England, was detected and named by Mr. 

 James Britten, while we were strolling together on May 17th past 

 a hill-copse at Stoke St. Mary ; it was in fair quantity over quite 

 a small area, associated with Melissa officinalis and a dark-red 

 garden form of Aquilecjia vulgaris, and must have been there for 

 a considerable time. Many flower-spikes had evidently been 

 already gathered ; I hope to get a supply for distribution this year. 



■■'Juncus compressus Jacq. 3. Sparingly by the roadside at 

 Manworthy, near Wiveliscombe ; probably further investigation 

 would prove its occurrence in a less artificial habitat, somewhere 

 near, as it is an unlikely species to be introduced. 



Sparganium neglectum Beeby. 3. Moist meadow, just above 

 Green Mill, Bathealton. 



■''Wolffia arrliiza^iuiTa. 3. This, the most interesting addition 

 to the Somerset Flora in recent years, was brought to me fresh in 

 June, 1911, by Mr. W. Watson, a master at Taunton School, who 

 has contributed notes on Somerset Cryptogams to this Journal ; 

 he found it in a pool near the Great W^estern Eailway, a little to 

 the east of Taunton, and only just outside my own parish of West 

 Monkton, associated with Lemna polyrrhiza L. Until quite lately 

 W. Sussex was its ascertained western limit in this country ; but 

 Professor Trow, in his Flora of Glamorgan, p. 160 (1911), gives 

 two stations for v.-c. 41. It does not appear to have flowered 

 during the exceptionally favourable summer of last year. 



Scirpus pauciflorus Lightf. 3. Locally plentiful in bare, w^et, 

 muddy places on Clean Moor. — S. sylvaticus L. 3. Bathealton ; 

 Slape Moors. 



Eriopliorum angustifoliuni Eoth. 3. Common on the moors 

 near Wiveliscombe. — E. latifolium Hoppe. 3. Abundant and fine 

 on Slape Moor. 



Clad i urn Mar i sens Br. 3. A very careful search has failed to 

 yield this in any other station near Wiveliscombe than that on 

 Holme Moor, recorded last year. 



Carex pidicaris Ij. 3. Moors near Wiveliscombe; frequent. — 

 G. echinata Murr. {stellulata Good.). 1. Winsford. — C. pilulifera 

 L. 2. On the hills between Dunster and Timberscombe. — C. 

 panicea L. 3. Plentiful on the moors near Wiveliscombe. — C. 



