BRISTOL BOTANY, I9IO. 
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Shapwick and gathered Parnassia with other rarities no longer to 
be found. But once more the unexpected came about. Aided by 
directions kindly afforded by Mr. Corder, and by some good fortune, 
Mr. Bucknall and I made our way to the spot where a fine clump 
of Cladium, four or five feet across, grows in a wet swamp — 
possibly, in part, a primitive morass — of some acres in extent. 
Even after weeks of dry weather the plant is unapproachable 
without a little wading, and in a peat bog such a venture must 
be undertaken with caution and a good stick w^herewith to probe 
for the deeper holes. The situation accounts in great measure 
for the Sedge having escaped notice for so long a period, and 
wall, I think, secure it from molestation, at any rate until the 
drainage of the district becomes still more effective than it is 
at present. 
On the bank of a rhine at no great distance we came upon some 
tufts of Junciis difftcsus, as rare a rush in Somerset as it is in 
Gloucestershire. And a ditchful of Apium inujidatum — another of 
Sole’s old treasures from the peat that has seldom been noticed 
since his time — brought our successful foray to an end. 
It will be evident, I think, that a fair proportion of the profit as 
well as the pleasure of recent botanical work has been derived 
from expeditions in North Somerset. 
In conclusion I venture to appeal for information respecting a 
reported occurrence of the Giant Bell-flower { Campayiula latifolia) 
in our Somerset division. Mr. G. H. Bryan, in Science Gossip, 
1885, p. 194, said that it grew with C. Trachelium near Shepton 
Mallet ; and lately a correspondent who knows a good deal about 
plants has expressed his belief that the statement w^as correct. But 
something more than that is necessary before the county list can be 
enriched by the addition of this fine species. Can anyone do us 
laudable service by producing a Somerset specimen ? 
