324 NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK BOTANY. [November, 



about their margins, or in the two rivers, or on the heathy por- 

 tions of the Fen. 



The plants which 1 noted down were the following : — Cladium 

 Mariscus, frequent ; Schcenus nigricans, very abundant ; Lemna, 

 the four British kinds ; Chara hispida, Menyanthes trifoliata, My- 

 riophyllum verticillatum, Rumex Hydrolapathum, Lythrum Sali- 

 caria, Alisnia ranunculoides, Hydrocharis Morsus-rana, Hottonia 

 palustris, Sjjarganium ramosum, Samolus Valerandi, Calluna vul- 

 garis, Sium angustifolium, Eupatorium cannabinum, Scabiosa suc- 

 cisa, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Epipactis palustris, Comarum palustre, 

 Lycopus europoRus, Pinguicula vulgaris. Ranunculus Flammula, 

 Potamogeton, several kinds, but these were mostly too far decayed 

 to distinguish them ; Utricularia vulgaris was plentiful, and U. 

 minor equally so, Anagallis tenella, Drosera rotundifolia, D. longi- 

 folia, (I am not quite sure whether D. anglica is there or not,) 

 and (Enanthe Lachenalii. These are all that I found on my late 

 visit to Lopham Fen. I have no doubt that a botanical expedi- 

 tion to the locality earlier in the season would be amply rewarded. 

 I believe several of the Orchid family are to be found there. I 

 gathered the pretty little Genista anglica there some years since, 

 and I have seen a specimen of Lysimachia vulgaris which came 

 from thence. 



A walk through the beautiful Park of Redgrave would agree- 

 ably vary, though somewhat lengthen, the return to Mellis sta- 

 tion; but the gratification of seeing the fine old Oaks which 

 abound in the Park, M^ould alone, in my opinion, compensate one 

 for the extra exertion. The way to the Park is opposite to Red- 

 grave church. 



In conclusion, I may state that the following are some of the 

 scarcer plants to be found in the parish of Burgate : — Ophrys 

 muscifera. Orchis pyramidalis, Erigeron acris, Senebiera Curono- 

 pus, Orchis conopsea. Spiraea Filipendula, Erysimum cheiran- 

 thoides, Hottonia palustris, Lithospermum officinale, Galeopsis 

 Ladanum, Linaria minor, and Caucalis nodosa. Sambucus Ebulus 

 some time since grew in Burgate churchyard, but I believe is now 

 lost there. I have a specimen of Delphinium Consolida marked 

 " Wheat-field, Mellis, Sufi'olk, September, 1841 ;" and another of 

 Conyza squarrosa, marked " Hedgebank, Mellis, Suffolk, July, 

 1841.^' Hottonia palustris grows more luxuriantly, and with 

 more numerous whorls of blossoms, in pits about Mellis Green, 



