228 HISTORY OF ESSEX BOTANY 



loco putrido «Sj palustii prope molendinum Machins inill dictum sesquimilliari a 

 W'ilham oppido versus Camalodunum. \Carex distans L.] 



p 1296. 4. Grameii cyperoides ex monte Ballon spica dividsa J.B. In pratis 

 prope Witham Colcestrensem in Essexia. {^Carex divisa Huds.] 



p. 1528. Pruiiiis sylvestris, fructii iuhro acerhOy^ ingrato 



The black Bullace-tree. 



A D. Dale obseivata est hcec arbor in sepibus secus viam publicam, uno 

 minus milliari trans oppidum Chelmesfordiam versus Brantriam in Essexia. Item 

 prope Bocking vicum, ad viam quce inde Coggeshalliam ducit. Tandem ad 

 dimidii milliaris distantiam a Clara SuftblciDe oppido itinere Brantriano, in sepibus. 

 {^Pruiius insititia Huds.] 



Of some 150 species described in the *' Fasciculus," 20 are 

 from Essex and most of these are due to the observations of 

 Dale. They are : — 



Allium oleraceiiJii, as above. 



Alfiplex liltoral/'s serratd, " 'Nanow-lea.yW Sea-Orrache, plentifully by the 

 river, and on the banks of the marshes about Maldon and elsewhere." 



At}iplex lacitiiata, "Jagged Sea-Orrache. On the Sea shore near little 

 Holland in Essex, found also by iMr. Dale in the Isle of Mersea, not far from 

 Colchester, plentifully." 



*Filix saxaf ill's jamosa maritinia ?iosfras. Branched stone-fern . . . .. 

 Mr. Newton once found it in a Well at Maldon in Essex." 



This appears to be a j^oung seedling ot Ptevis aquilina L. 

 Such seedlings growing in the chinks of damp walls have, as 

 Messrs. Trimen and Dyer point out,^ a delicate appearance very 

 unlike the usual form, and are barren." 



Halidvys siliquosa, as in the Histovia, quoted above. 



Ahufeltia plicata, here styled " Fucus," instead of the *' Alga" 

 of the Histovia, and stated to have been found '' prope 

 Walton " instead of " circa Hollandiam." 



Agvopyron junceum Beau v., as in the Histovia, quoted above. 



Cavex distans L., as in the Histovia quoted above. 



Cave.v divisa Huds., as in the Histovia quoted above. 



Gramen exile diiriusctduin maritiniuni Hist. nost. p. 1287, Small maritime 

 hard grass. In arenosis maris littoribus. I found it on the Essex shore by little 

 Holland between Walton and S Osythe. [^Festnca rottbeellioides Kunth] 



Lunula via vulgavis, as in the Histovia, 



Lichei} sive Lactuca inarina 'tubiilosa Hist. nost. p, 77. " In fluviis 

 Sc fossis majoribus (juas mari singulis oestuum accessibus influit : Prope Camalodu- 

 num in Essexia observata." \Enteromo) plia intestinnlis Link.] 



Silene anglica L. "Mr. Dale hath lately discovered among Corn in Essex. He 

 takes it to be the Lychnis arveJtsis niiilor Anglica Park., found among the Corn, 

 near Colchester." 



5 Floia of Middlesex, p 542. 



