Welsh Journals

Glamorgan Botanical Notes 1963-66 By A. E. WADE An asterisk indicates a record new to the county and a section mark following a record that a voucher specimen is in the Welsh National Herbarium, National Museum of Wales. The mosses, liverworts and lichens are all new to the county. I am indebted to Mr. S. G. Harrison for his assistance in compiling the following list. FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS Osmunda regalis L. Royal Fern. Brynmenyn Common, 1966, B. Wicks. Ynysmeudwy, Cwm Sion near Pontardawe, 1965, D. Davies. Onobrychis viciifolia Scop. Sainfoin. By railway sidings, Porthcawl, 1965, Miss P. Bewlay. Epilobium nerterioides A. Cunn. Naturalised on roadside, on hill between Rhondda and Ogmore Valleys, 1966, S. G. Harrison§; scree in a stream, Craig-y-llyn, 1966, A. S. Jones. Bupleurum lancifolium Hornem. Roadside verge, Penmark, 1965, Miss D. J. Sully. Casual, a Mediterranean species. Carum verticillatum (L.) Koch. Whorled Caraway. Penyfai Common, 1966, B. Wicks. Pyrola rotundifolia L. sub.-sp. maritima (Kenyon) E. F. Warb. Merthyr Mawr sands, 1965, Mrs. G. Campbell. Verbascum nigrum L. Dark Mullein. Roadside near Unit Superheater Works, Morfa Road, Swansea, 1965, Miss M. H. Sykes. Veronica filiformis Sm. Llantwit Major churchyard, 1964, and Peterston-super-Ely, 1964, Arthur Jones. Petasites japonicus (Sieb. & Zucc.) F. Schmidt. Near Margam Abbey, 1966, Miss D. Munro Cape§. Erigeron mucronatus D.C. Naturalised on an old stone wall, St. Fagans, 1966, S. G. Harrison §. Cichorium intybus L. Chicory. Waste ground, Hafod, Swansea, 1966, Miss M. H. Sykes. MOSSES *Amblyodon dealbatus (Hedw.) B. & S. Whitford Burrows, 1964, P. W. Richards. *Bryum micro-erythrocarpum C. Mull. & Kindb. Cliff-top Pwll-du, 1963, A. C. Crundwell; ant hills, Ogmore Down, 1964, A. J. E. Smith. Rare, but previously overlooked as Bryum erythrocarpum. *B. bornholmense Winkelm & Ruthe. Llangennith Burrows, 1963, A. C. Crundwell. New to Wales. *B. rubens Mitt. Arable field near Penmaen, Gower, 1961, Taf Fechan, mole hills, Ogmore Down, 1962 and flower beds, Botanic Garden, University College, Swansea, 1962, A. J. E. Smith; cliffs south-west of Rhossili, soil in a field, Bishopston Valley, 1962, A. J. E. Smith§; Pwll-du Head, 1963, A. C. Crundwell; Landimore, 1963, Mrs. J. A. Paton. Very under-recorded, having been overlooked as B. erythrocarpum. ruderale Crundw. & Nyh. Tor-gro, Landimore, 1963, A. C. Crundwell; sea wall near Cheriton, 1963, Mrs. J. A. Paton; Pwll-du Head and churchyard, Pennard, 1963, E. W. Jones and A. C. Crundwell. Rare but probably previously overlooked as a form of B. erythrocarpum. obconicum Hornsch. Cliffs near Port Eynon, 1963, E. F. Warburg. nblystegiella confervoides (Brid.) Loeske. On lumps of limestone on steep wooded slope, Ewenni Park, 1965, A. J. E. Smith.