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found at Billericay in a barley field with a clover bottom, on 

 Saturday, July 25th. 



Peiroselinum segetnm occurs just out of Witham on the side of 

 the main road to Colchester, but in the parish of Faulkbourne 

 (a narrow strip of this parish crosses the road here and joins 

 Little Braxted). I have also found it sparingly on the bank of a 

 pasture adjoining Witham Vicarage. It would be of interest ta 

 have records of the present distribution of this plant in the 

 county, as, no doubt, it is often passed by for Sison amcmnmy 

 which is very common is the surrounding parishes. 



I have also had two plants sent me by the Rector of 

 Belchamp Otten, one of which. Orchis pyvamidalis, may be added 

 to the county flora as occurring in District 2 ; and the other^ 

 Geranium sylvaticum, does not appear to have been recorded before 

 for any district in Essex. — Edwin E. Turner, Coggeshall,. 

 August loth, 1903. 



"Alien" Plants at Manningtree. — At Manningtree, ort 

 July iSth, 1903, on the margin of the pond near the railway 

 station, I found, in addition to the usual flora, the following 

 plants : — Matthiola hicovnis (not in the British flora) Asperuga 

 prommhens Linn., Phalaris canaviensis Linn., Cynosurus echinatus 

 Linn., and Torili<: nodosa Gaert., while some plants of MedicagO' 

 saliva Linn, were close b3\ These are, of course, with the 

 exception of Tovilis nodosa Gaert., so far as my experience goes,. 

 a somewhat uncommon plant in this county) aliens in the 

 district, and were probably introduced with foreign seeds, but 

 the interest of the matter will be to see whether they will 

 maintain themselves in the position, and if so how far they will 

 spread. In the near neighbourhood two plants, which it seems 

 reasonable to suppose are not really natives of this county, 

 although frequently met with, viz. : Melilotus officinalis Desr.. 

 and Evypinmni cheiranthoides Linn., are abundant and have been 

 so for a considerable time. Perhaps some botanist in the 

 district will next year be good enough to examine and report 

 upon their occurrence or otherwise then. — Fred. J. Chittenden, 

 Biological Laboratory, Chelmsford. 



New Essex Fungus Pests. — Very recently, a large, fleshy 

 fungus, called Hydmim schiedermayeri, has been developed on an 

 old apple tree at Maldon, bursting through the bark in a long 



