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worth ; last year there were four in bloom." J. F. HofkinSy 
June 1888. Wood on Henbury Hill, 1900; reported by 
residents in that vicinity. 
Fritillaria Meleagris is happily not extinct, as was feared ; 
and we have at least two new locahties for it. In May 1887, 
Messrs. D. Fry and R. V. Sherring found in the meadows at 
Compton Martin twenty-one flowering stems, fourteen white, 
and seven red. Since that date plants with white and mottled 
flowers have been discovered on the Tyntesfield estate, five 
or six miles from Bristol ; and in May 1901, Miss Neale came 
upon some in a meadow near Chipping Sodbury. 
Scilla autumnalis. In a " Note " published 1888 in these 
Proceedings, and in the Journal of Botany, January 1889, 
I was able to announce the rediscovery of this rare bulb on 
St. Vincent's rocks at a spot to which it had been removed 
on the commencement of works for the Suspension Bridge 
that threatened its destruction. It is now very gratifying to 
state further that the plant still exists sparingly in " the sward 
on the top of the rocks," just as noted by Swete {Fl. p. 78). 
I saw seven in 1898, and a larger number in 1900. 
JUNCACEiE. 
J uncus maritimus Sm. It was not until September 15, 
1897, that I found this rush in the district. Then, while 
botanizing among the sandhills between Brean and Burnham, 
I came upon a small clump in the outer marsh, and about half 
a mile further on was a patch of several square yards bearing 
very fine inflorescence. Its occurrence here is interesting 
because, although there are old records for several spots on 
the Somerset coast, none had been seen for many years, and 
the plant was thought to be probably extinct in the county. 
J. com'pressus Jacq. We now have this species from Bitton, 
D. Fry, 1886 ; from three meadows on the right bank of the 
Chew near Bye Mills ; and also from a meadow near the railway 
embankment in Keynsham Hams. 
