446 Natural History in the Efiglish Counties. 



about the spot with a pole, and a sheet under to receive the insects and 

 larvae ; yet not one of the above fell into the sheet, nor did I ever see one 

 on the wing. 



Saturnia Pavonia minor. The larvae of Satumi« Pavonia minor feed on 

 the heath, and are not confined to the withy tribe, i. e. the osier species of 

 the genus A^alix. On the 14th of June, 1822, at Fishguard, on a rocky 

 mountain near the sea, I found upwards of fifty of them feeding on the 

 heath (^rica) where no other shrub or tree, except the furze ( U^lex eu- 

 ropae^a), was growing within a mile of the spot. 1 fed them exclusively on 

 that plant (heath ), and they all produced fine moths. 



Callimorpha dominula. In a valley two miles from the above mountain, 

 I observed, a few days after taking the above-named larvae, a number of the 

 males of the Callimorpha dominula flying about at twelve o'clock on a 

 bright sunny day, and captured six males which were surrounding a female 

 at one time. I am. Sir, yours, &c. — Charles Blomer. Wellington Place^ 

 Clifton, Bristol, March 17. 1831. 



Essex. 



A Catalogue of Plants collected in Essex, with Remarks on some of the other 

 Natural Productions of the Countt/. — Essex appears to have been as little 

 botanically explored as perhaps any part of England ; and of the neighbour- 

 hood of Chelmsford, in particular, scarcely any thing is recorded in works 

 on our indigenous plants. A residence of some years in this count}', and 

 repeated visits to its coasts, have, however, served to convince me that it 

 is by no means destitute of rarities. My own labours, together with those 

 of a botanical companion by far more efficient than myself, were amply 

 rewarded by the discovery of the following habitats : — 



Verdnica montkna. In a wood near Broom- Campanula hf brida. In corn fields near 



field, a village about three miles from Chelms- Chelmsford. 



ford, on the Braintree road. Flola hf rta. Very frequent near Chelmsford, 



Utricularia vulgaris. In an old clay pit near where the soil is clay, 



Broomfield. Bht^ maritima. 7 a «■ -iaj u r. 



Valeriana dentita. In corn fields near Broom- Salsbla Kali, j ^^ vvaiton. 



field. £ryngium maritimum. On the sandy shore 



5clrpus sylv&ticus. In a bog near Danbury. near Walton, along with Psamma aren&ria. 



Milium lendigerum. 7 In woods near Great Arenkria /jeploldes, &c. 



Jf ilium eff'tisum. j Leighs, about half-way Peucedanum officinale. Near Walton.* 



between Chelmsford and Braintree. .Buplefirum tenulssimum. In 1828 it grew on 



.^lopectirus fulvus. In swampy places near the sea walls at Walton, but had totally dis- 



Great Leighs. appeared in the summer of 1830. 



M ^lica uniflora. In woods at Great Leighs. jBupleilrura rotundifolium. Near Broomfield. 



Spartlna stricta. In the salt marshes at Walton, Sambiicus £'bulus. Near Danbury. 



on the Naze, a village about ten miles south St^tice Z<im6nium. 7 t., \XT„^^^^ ^o.„u«„ 



of Harwich. St&tice Armferia. j ^" Walton marshes. 



Psamma arenaria. On the sandy shore near Drusera rotundifolia. On Danbury, Little 



Walton. Baddow, and Galleywood Commons. 



Rotb611«a incurvata. In Walton marshes. Myosurus mfnimus. In many of the corn fields 



fl6rdeum maritimum. At Walton, on the sea near Chelmsford. 



walls. .Narcissus Psefido-iVarcfssus. In a wood near 



Triticum Jdnceum. At Walton, on the sandy Broomfield. 



shore. Convallkria majklis. Very abundant on Little 



i61ium temul^ntum. 7 Com fields near Broom- Baddow Common ; bespangling the barren 



iblium arv^nse. 3 field. waste with its snow-white blossoms, and 



Dipsacus pilbsus. Between Coggeshall and " wasting its sweetness on the desert air." 



Braintree. .4'corus C&iamus. This plant is frequent on the 



Primula elktior. At Broomfield. banks of the Chelmer, I 



Menyanthes trifoliJlta. In boggy ground on Frankdnia IjeVis. 7 . . -Walton 



Galley wood and Little Baddow Commons. Triglbchin maritimum. $ ^^ ^'''•i""- 



Hottbnia pal6stris. In ponds near Galleywood Chlora perfoliata. Near Broomfield. 



Common. Daphne Laurfeola. In woods and hedges near 



.4naga.llis cserulea. In com fields near Broom- Chelmsford. 



field. Poly^gonumJ Bist6rta. By the side of the 



^nagfellis ten^lla. On boggy ground near Dan- Chelmer, about two miles above Chelmsford. 



bury. Pkris quadrifolia. In a wood near Broomfield, 



Calystfegia Soldanella. On the sand near WaU and in the Thrift Wood, near Chelmsford. 



ton, in one place covering a space of many In this latter station it thickly covers the 



square yards with its large and delicate sloping sides of a pond, which is filled with 



■flowers. Hottbnia palustris, and grows to a very un- 



Campanula iJaplinculus. On a dry bank at usual size : many of the specimens have five 



Danbury. leaves. 



* The habitat of this plant and that of Trifolium maritimum have, I 

 believe, been previously discovered ; but I think the plants had not been 

 seen in them of late years. 



