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would be case, and geologically considered, it would offer an interest- 

 ing problem with regard to geographical distribution. 



I never before noticed so clearly the creeping character of C. are- 

 naria : along the even ground are seen long streaks of green continu- 

 ing in a straight line for four yards or more, the rhizoma creeping on- 

 wards and throwing up its numerous shoots along the whole length. 



In the corn-fields immediately around Mildenhall I found sparingly 

 Veronica triphyllos, though every plant was so burnt up as to crumble 

 in the hand ; and on the heath, under the shade of the furze, Veronica 

 verna, also withered, and in this state difficult to distinguish from 

 dwarf specimens of V. arvensis, whose habit it closely resembles. It 

 must be understood I am speaking of the north, east and south sides 

 of Mildenhall, occupying a space of about three miles as a radius, and 

 as yet principally of the low land. 



There still exists here and there in patches, some bog land and fen, 

 although at a former period there must have been much more, parti- 

 cularly near the river. Beneath the village of Eriswell, east of Mil- 

 denhall, there is some good fen land and sandy bogs: in these 1 

 sought earnestly for Sturmia Loeselii, but without success ; those 

 plants that I met with will be found in the list below. 



On the high land principally, I gathered Silene Otites and conica, 

 Phleum Bcehmeri, Artemisia campestris, Scleranthus perennis, with 

 others. I had no time to search the ponds and ditches. 



I have already swelled these notes to a greater extent than I had 

 intended, and will now give the list of plants worthy of notice ; but 

 I hope the above remarks may not prove without interest, indepen- 

 dent of the verification of localities of the rarer plants. 



Thalictrum minus. Sparingly. 



Papaver Argemone. 



Fumaria Vaillantii. 



Teesdalia nudicaulis. 



Arahis hirsuta. 



Sisymhrium Sophia. 



thalianum. 



Erysim urn ch eiran Ih o ides. 



Sinapis alba. 



Reseda luieola. 



lutea. 



Silene Otites. Common. 



conica. Rare ; waste, sandy fields. 



Stellaria glauca. 



