A SUPPLEMENT TO THE FLORA OF SOMERSET EDWARD SHEARBURN MARSHALL, M.A., F.L.S. RECTOR OF WEST MONKTON. Uaunton : PUBLISHED BY THE SOMERSETSHIRE ARCH^OLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 1914 ; PREFACE. In these pages I have tried to record the various additions or corrections since the pubHcation of Mr. Murray's book ; which, though dated 1896, was not (I beheve) issued until early in the following year. There is a certain fitness in my continuing his work ; for we were intimate friends from the autumn of 1882 until his death, and I had a small share in his Somerset explorations : he was also my first real helper in the study of critical plants. I have generally followed the London Catalogue names and standard of species, which is somewhat more liberal than that of Fl. Som. ; Mr. Murray was accustomed to deal with larger areas, and his point of view was synthetical, rather than analytical. Researches have been carried on for many years in the north-west ; the results are embodied in Mr. J. W. White's Flora of Bristol, in my opinion quite the best and most thorough book of its kind, which appeared in 1912. He has most generously allowed me to make full use of it and—as the reader cannot fail to see—it has been my mainstay. Our friend Dr. C. E. Moss has written an important plant-associations work on the of the county ; and I wish to thank my numerous correspondents for their cordial help. The time has not yet come for a new edition of the Somerset Flora, ; several districts stiU need much closer investigation, and my own scanty leisure is so much occupied by other matters that I have been un- iv ablo to (lovoto a great deal of it to local excursions. Any- further information will be welcome. It should be added that, being personally unacquainted with the boundaries of districts 9 and 10, I have not always been able to decide with certainty in which of them a given locality should be placed. The map in Fl. Som. is on too small a scale, and the excellent one in Mr. White's book does not mark our divisions ; so that some errors are probable, though care has been taken to avoid them. For records without a name I am responsible (or Mr. White, in quota- tions from Fl. Bristol). Mr. W. D. Miller has very kindly undertaken the trouble- some task of preparing the Index. EDWARD S. MARSHALL. West Monkton Rectory, Taunton, March, 1914. ERRATA. p. 38, after MONTIA insert M. fontana, L. p. 70, for EuPATORiUM read Eupatoria. p. 84, after BRYONIA insert B. dioica, L. p. 106, after SERRATULA insert S. tinctoria, L. A SUPPLEMENT TO THE FLORA OF SOMERSET. RANUNCULACEAE. THALICTRUM, L. T. FLAVTJM, L, 3. Between North Newton and Athelney. 8. Godney Moor, R. Troup, sp. Wedmore to the peat moors, Fl. Bristol. 9. Ditch- banks in the marshes here and there from Yatton across to Kewstoke ; Claverham ; Max Bog, Wins- combe, in plenty, Fl. Bristol. 10. Portbury {D. Williams) ; in several spots between Keyn- sham and Bristol, Fl. Bristol. ADONIS, L. A. ANNUA, L {autumnalis, L.). 9. Portishead Station-yard, 1907 {3Iiss Roper) and 1909, Fl. Bristol. 10. Several plants on cultivated land above Arno's Vale, 1907 {Miss Edmonds) ; West Hill, Wraxall, 1909 {J. W. Eves and Miss Agnes Fry), Fl. Bristol. MYOSURUS, L. M. MINIMUS, L. seen, . 3. Near Taunton ; only once W Watson. 10. Large cornfield on alluvial clay, Portbury {Misses Hill and Peacock), 1908 to 1911, Fl. Bristol. RANUNCULUS, L. R. cmciNATus, Sibth. 8. Wedmore, Fl. Bristol. 9. Nailsea ; Tickenham ; in the Cheddar Water at Hythe {Dr, C. E. Moss), Fl. Bristol. , B ; 2 JtANlJNClILACEAE. R. 'rjticiioi'n viJvUS, Ckaix. I5ctvvccn South Brent 8. liriiloii, W . Watson. and Burnham, Ft. lirM. [). K(!v\ sl,()k(; [Mrs. (Irpijory) ; between Brean Down and Jiurnhani ; (Jheddar Valley near Draycott, and towards Wells ; ditches along the Cliannel shore betwe(;n the Avon and Portishead, ¥1. Bristol. Brook, Long Ashton ponds between Knowle and Whit- 10. ; church, Ft. Bristol. R. Drouetii, F. Schultz. 2. Minehead. Stolford. 3. Bridgwater, Herb. Clark {H. S. Thom.pson). Plentiful on West Sedgmoor and on Northmoor. 5. Othery. Pitney. 8. Bruton, W. Watson. Shapwick Moor. Highbridge. 9. Marsh ditches near Weston-in-Gordano ; ditch on Dray- cott Moor ; Nailsea Moor {D. Fry), Fl. Bristol. Near Worle Station. Ditches, south of Brean Down. Be- tween Bleadon and Uphill. 10. Portbury {C. Bucknall), Fl. Bristol. Var. Godronii (Gren.). 9. Drain in the moor between Yatton and Kenn, Fl. Bristol. The stations given on my own authority are, I think, correct but the line between this and the previous species is not always easy to draw. R. HETEROPHYLLus, Weber. 2. Ditches near the Decoy, Porlock Weir. 3. Taunton, W. Watson. West Monkton. Northmoor, near Maunsel. 5. Langport, W. Watson. Dunball. 8. Bruton, W. Watson. Near Glastonbury (D. Fry), Fl. Bristol. 9. Ditches on Kenn Moor, and on other moors about Nailsea, Claverham, and Yatton pond on Dial Hill, Clevedon ; {Miss Livett), Fl. Bristol. Var. triphyllus (Hiern). 9. Marsh ditch between Clapton and Portishead, Fl. Bristol. Var. submersus (Hiern). 9. Between Portbury and the Channel towards Portishead ; Kenn Moor, Fl. Bristol (confirmed by H. and J. Groves). I understand from Professor Hugo Gllick, of Heidelberg, that what we call R. heterophyllus is named R. radians, Revel, by most German botanists. , KANUNCULACEAE. 3 R. PELTATus, Schrank. 8. Edington Burtle {Herb. Clark, 1845), Fl. Bristol. 9. In three pools on the high ground (Potter's Hill, 600- 650ft.) between Barrow Hill and Brockley Combe ; pond on Mendip near Priddy Nine Barrows, at 1,000ft., Fl. Bristol. Var. floribundus (Bab.). 8. South Brent, Fl. Bristol. 9. Flax Bourton ; Nailsea Moor ; Loxton ; Clevedon {D. Fry), Fl. Bristol. 10. Between Pill and Portbury ; Emborrow {Miss Livett), Fl. Bristol. Var. jpenicillatus (Hiern), including R. pseudo-fiuitans Hiern. 1. I think that the River Barle plant, referred to var. elon- gatus in Fl. Som., should be placed here. 9. The Cheddar mill-pond form was in good flower and fruit on Sept. 19th, 1913 ; even in still, shallow water the leaves were flaccid and collapsing, and I could see little divergence from the ordinary penicillatus of swift streams. R. Baudotii, Godr. 4. A small form is plentiful in Chard Reservoir. 9. Uphill. Blean. Rhines near Weston-super-Mare {Mrs. Gregory) ; ditches between Portbury and the Channel shore, and along the sea-bank towards Portishead, Fl. Bristol. Var. confusus (Godr.). 8. Near South Brent {D. Fry), Fl. Bristol. 9« Weston-super-Mare {Babington, 1855 ; 31rs. Gregory, 1890), Fl. Bristol. R. Lenormandi, F., Schultz. 1. Near Exford, W. Watson. Between East Anstey and Brushford. 2. Dunkery, W. Watson. Crowcombe Heathfleld. 3. Near Taunton and Crowcombe, W. Watson. Clean Moor, between Wiveliscombe and Bathealton. 4. Curland. Staple Common. R. HEDERACEUS, L. "Not noticed on any of the calcareous soils of the county." Dr. G. E. Moss. My own experience is the same. 4 HA XU NCI LAC KA E. Iv. s('KiJ-:iiATns, L. '1. MiiicluN'Ki. ( \\. Wcsl. JVIonkton. 'licddoii Fitzpaiiie. Kingston. WiveJ- iHcoiiil)o. Siola; St. Mary. West Sod gem oor. Durston, W. Watson. f). ()th(;ry. (!}io(Jz()y. S. (^xrnnon about Highbridge. 9. Uphill. 10. About the Malago-stream near Lock's'^ills, and in Bed- minster Meads ; here and there along the course of the Avon between Hanham and Twcrton, Fl. Bristol. " Not noticed on any of the calcareous soils of the county." Dr. C. E. Moss. R. Flammula, L. I have seen this in districts 5 and 6, for which notes were lacking. ' Var. pseudo-reptans, Syme.' 10. Well marked in a swamp by the Chew a little way above Pensford {D. Fry), Fl. Bristol. I doubt whether we have (var. radicans, Nolte) in southern England Syme's plant ; he describes the flowers as being nearly solitary, but what I have seen, so called, from Kent, etc., only differed from the type in being prostrate and rooting, and hardly deserved a special name. R. Lingua, L. 8. Witham, W. Watson. 9. Churchill {Herb. Lawrence, 1852) ; still there in 1910, Fl. Bristol. R. AumcoMus, L. 3. West Monkton. Hatch Beauchamp. Stoke St. Mary. Corfe. Quite local, I believe, in the south-west. 8, 9, 10. More common in N. Somerset than on the Gloucester side of the district, Fl. Bristol. Neither Dr. Moss nor Mr. Watson mentions it as occurring near Bruton. R. Acms, L. An excellent account of the forms which grow around Bristol, based on his own and Mr. Cedric Bucknall's observations, is given by Mr. White in Fl. Bristol, pp. 121-5. I have not paid special attention to those of the southern districts ; but R. Boraea- nus, Jord. (including R. tomophyllus, Jord., which is very near it) appears to be by far the most general. The N. Somerset stations given by Mr. White are appended. RANUNCULACEAE. 5 Var. Friesianus (Jorcl.), or vulgatus (Jord.). 8. Peat moor, Shapwick. 9. Clapton. Rodney Stoke. 10. Markham Bottom. Keynsham. Saltford meadows {D. Fry). Var. Boraeanus (Jord.). 9. Roadsides near Congresbury and Churchill. Clapton Moor. Cheddar Gorge. Roadside waste near Charlton Lodge, and about Tickenham Hill. 10. Beggars' Bush Lane. Lane to the Ferry, and the Avon- side meadows at St. Anne's Brishngton. Saltford {D. Fry). Hedgebanks, etc., between Priston and Combe Hay. Var. tomophyllus (Jord.). 8. Peat moor, Shapwick. 9. Near Charlton Lodge and thence to Tickenham Hill by the roadside. Meadows and salt-marsh between Port- bury and Portishead. Naish Hill. Clapton-in-Gor- dano. Winscombe. Wavering Down.