THE EXISTINC FI,0\VER1NG PLANIS OF EPPINO FOREST. 3 



'lliere is a time, however, after the wild roses have bloomed, when 

 the Forest laeks eolour and looks somewhat hare of flowers. Later 

 on it is brightened again with Heather, Dwarf Furze, Blue Scabious, 

 Wood Betony and Yellow Composites. 



During the last eighteen years I have collected or noted over this 

 area nearly 520 of the species enumerated in the " London Catalogue 

 of British Plants." If we could add to these the fifty odd species of 

 Mr. Buxton's list (in his " Epping Forest") which I have not yet 

 found, we should have a respectable list of Forest plants. But this 

 it will not be safe to do. Some are doubtless old records needing 

 recent verification. AlyssJim inariti/nii/n, Atropa bellado)ina^ Poly- 

 i:;onatii!n nni/fijlorum, and others, have very slender claims to be 

 included with the " existing " plants of Epping Forest. Information 

 concerning some others, which certainly existed thirty to fifty years 

 ago, is desirable. 



In the following list only the names of the less frequent of the 

 plants found are given. It would occupy undue space to insert all 

 the common species. The nomenclature is that of the " London 

 Catalogue,'' eighth edition : — 



Clematis vitalba, Linn. Rare. Found only in one spot 

 near Chingford. It may still exist in A[r. Doubleday's Epping 

 station." 



Thalictrum flavum, Linn. River Roding, and by the back- 

 water near Buckhurst Hill. 



Ranunculus circinatus, Sibth. In the Roding, 



R. fluitans, Lam. River Lea, in several places. 



R. drouetii, C.otlr. Ponds near Chingford. 



R. peltatus, Schrank. Rather common. 



R. hederaceus, Linn. AA'althamstow, and near Fairmead. 



F'or the determination of these Acjuatic Ranunculi and other 

 difficult plants I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Arthur Bennett, 

 F. L.S., of Croydon. 



Berberis vulgaris, Linn. Near the Ching ; rare. 

 Cardamine flexuosa, With. Near Fairmeail. 



S It is plc.^sam to note dial llie "Traveller's Joy '■ (with tnany other chalk-loving species) is still 

 fairlv common in the lanes in northern districts of the Forest, where the Chalky lionldcr Clay 

 form, the surface soil.— W. Cdi.k. 



