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two miles beyond the bounds of the port of London, the end of 

 which is marked by an upright stone called the Crowstone. It is a 

 very small place, but so pretty that it is surprising it is not more 

 frequented. Met Mr. and Mrs. Forster and Miss Terry, also Mr. 

 Borrer, by appointment at the Royal Hotel. Found this evening 

 Laduca Scariola and L. Salicjna, Medicago maculata and M. denticulata, 

 Vicia hithynica, Grepis biennis, etc., to the west of the town. 



June 21. Sunday. Went to church at Southchurch, about a mile- 

 and-a-half off, then walked down to the sea by a footpath, and on 

 the shore found Coriandrum sativum. 



June 22. Took a car, to botanize. First at Hadleigh Castle, 

 an old ruin, of which only part of two towers remains standing and 

 the foundations of the walls ; it is in a fine situation, on the top of 

 a low hill overlooking the fiat marshes on the banks of the river. 

 Found amongst the bushes, just below the castle, Lathyrus hirsutus ; 

 within the walls Rosa micrantha. By South Benfieet, across the 

 water to Canvey Island. Found what W. Borrer says is a new 

 Glyceria. Passed the chapel, built of Avood ; and not far from the 

 south side of the island, in a marshy place by the road-side, found 

 Polypo(jon iTwnspeliensis in plenty, and in the fields Tragopogon porri- 

 folius. The church at South Benfieet is curious, particularly the 

 east window, which is divided by such large mullions as to almost 

 form a number of separate lancet-shaped windows. 



June 23. Borrer and I returned to London by the coach through 

 Rochford, Billericay, Brentwood, etc., and I returned to Cambridge 

 that evening. 



June 24. Power told me that the number of Sturmia Loeselii in 

 Burwell Fen was enormous. 



June 27. Returned to Henfield. 



Jtme 29. Went to Changtonbury, a lofty chalk hill near to 

 Steyning ; the view from it is very fine, saw Chichester Cathedral 

 on one side, and the hills above Hastings on the other. Looked for 

 Herminiiim M&norchis, but could not find it. Found Pterogonium 

 Smithii in fruit on trees near the hill. 



June 30. Gathered Lotus tenuis in plenty in fields near to Hen- 

 field, distinguished at sight by its long, prostrate, much branched 

 stems. Wrote the greater part of my paper on 0. bifolia Linn., 

 which is intended for the Linnean Society; I give it to that Society 

 at the request of Mr. Edward Forster. 



July 1. To Slinfold. Found plenty of Euphorbia corraldides ; and 

 returned by Horsham. Found in St. Leonard's Forest Spergula 

 subulata, and Erythraea pulchella on the road-side. G-athered also in 

 the hedge near Cowfold a semi-double Hose, mentioned in Hooker, 

 ed. 3, under B. arvensis. 



July 2. Went in a large party to see the Roman pavement at 



