4 THE EXISTING FLOWERING PLANTS OF EPPING FOREST. 



Erysimum cheiranthoides, Linn. Cultivated fields about 

 Walthamstow. 



Senebiera didyma, Pars. Seen in 1887 and 1888 near Hale 

 End, but not since. This plant appears and disappears in a very 

 capricious fashion. The other Wart Cress (S. coronopus) is quite 

 common. 



The Cruciferae are poorly represented in the Forest area. 

 Judging from former records, we have lost considerably in this 

 Order. 



Saponaria officinalis, Linn. Lark's Wood, Chingford, but 

 probably the remains of former cultivation. I have ascertained that 

 more than half a century ago a cottage stood there, with its garden. 

 Traces of the brick-work are still visible. 



Stellaria palustris, Ehrh. [S. g/auca, With.) Occurs also in 

 Lark's Wood. 



S. uliginosa, Murr. Not very uncommon. 



Montia fontana, Linn. V. mi}ior tolerably common ; v. 

 rivularis comparatively rare. 



Hypericum elodes, Huds. In one or two of the northern 

 bogs. 



Linum catharticumi, Linn. So common elsewhere, seen only 

 in one spot near Monk's Wood. 



Euonymus europaeus, Linn. About Walthamstow, Buck- 

 hurst Hill, Chigwell Lane, &c. 



Rhamnus catharticus, Linn. In several places. On 

 " Ludgate Plain "' it grows almost to the size of a tree. 



R. frangula, Linn. Seen only in one station. 



Genista tinctoria, Linn. Occurred in 1878 near the highest 

 part of the Forest ; not seen there recently, but heard of in another 

 locality from a botanical friend. 



Melilotus altissima, Thuill. {M. officinalis, Willd), M. alba, 

 Desr., and M. officinalis, Desr. (J/, arvensis, Wallr). These have 

 been collected about Walthamstow ; the last by my friend Mr. R. 

 Paulson. 



Ornithopus perpusillus, Linn. Found in several places on 

 high sandy ground. 



Prunus insititia, Linn. Near Fairmead. 



The Rubi have been already recorded (Essex N.\turalist, 

 vol. iii., p. 20, and vol. v., p. 189), so that nothing need be repeated 



