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BRISTOL BOTANY IN 1914. 
Taraxacum palustre B.C. New to the Bristol flora. Discovered 
on Yate Common, May, 1914, by Mr. Cedric Bucknall. He 
considers it a distinct species of Dandelion, an opinion that I 
share. It appears to be an early flowerer and to continue only a 
short time. Nothing could be seen of it at the end of June. 
Campanula patula L. New to West Gloucester. Discovered 
by H. W. L. Harford, Esq., on the range of hills near Horton. 
The plant was stated to occur sparingly and to be much nibbled 
by rabbits or sheep. 
Andromeda polifolia L. The beautiful Bog-bell has latterly 
become much less plentiful on the Glastonbury peat-moors, for 
reasons given in Fl. Brist. p. 414. It can, however, still be 
found with difficulty and in small quantity as I saw it in August 
last, sheltered under bushes of lying on the edges of old turf- 
cuttings east of Shapwick Station. But I mention it here chiefly 
on account of the remarkable confirmation of a statement in 
Winscombe Sketches (1882) that it had grown on Blackdown. 
In his second book, A Mendip Valley (1892), the late Mr. Theo. 
Compton said the Andromeda " had been included in the Flora 
of our hills, but I have not met with it." As neither I, my 
friends, nor anyone else apparently, had been able to find it, 
although the upland boggy ground had been repeatedly 
examined, I assumed (Fl. Brist. loc. cit.) that the report was 
erroneous. For that imputation I now express regret, since 
in October last Mrs. Sandwith detected a few little plants near 
the top of Blackdown, and on November 4, guided by her, I 
gathered a sprig in flower. 
Odontites rubra Gilib. A rare and pretty sport of this species 
with pure white flowers is persistent and plentiful on a grassy 
roadside about a mile beyond Downend Cemetery, where it has 
been known to Mr. H. J. Wadlow for some years. 
Mentha piperita L. It is interesting to note that this Mint is 
not really gone from the locality at Woollard, where it had not 
been seen since 1887, and had been given up as lost by Mr. 
David Fry and myself. When Mrs. Sandwith visited the spot 
last summer it had re-appeared. 
Galeopsis Ladanum L. Specimens with white flowers have 
been gathered between Brentry and Filton by Alderman C. E. S. 
Gardner. 
Scutellaria minor L. We have two new localities for the 
Lesser Scull-cap, viz., Milbury Heath Plantation, G. ; and 
towards the eastern side of the Glastonbury peat-moor, S. The 
scarcity of this plant on so large a tract of suitable heath and bog 
is inexplicable. 
[Chenopodium leptophyllum Nutt. A North American Goose- 
foot, closely allied to C. album, which has been collected from 
two rubbish-tips by Miss I. M. Roper.] 
