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he should leave the Chertsey and Chobham road at the beer- 

 shop ; he should pass close by this solitary, small house, having 

 it on his left ; then he should cross over the common to the ex- 

 tremity or horn of the plantation, which is the second on the left 

 of the road, not forgetting to cross the rushy part of the common 

 between the two narrovv plantations. After passing the end of 

 the plantation and a well, which supplies very indifferent water, 

 keeping the plantation on the left, having Mr. Tringham's house 

 and wooden gate in sight, the visitor should look for the Gentian, 

 which appears here and there (sparingly, this season, I860,) all 

 along, not much more than fifty or a hundred yards from the 

 plantation. 



We sought for it beyond the flaming red house, just within 

 the ring-fence, and did not see it. Also we" looked for it further 

 up the hill at a greater distance from the plantation, but with no 

 success. The few plants seen were between the spring-head, near 

 the upper end of the plantation, on the left, and the wooden gate 

 leading to Mr. Tringham^s house from the heath. 



The distance to the locality of this Gentiana is three miles 

 from Chertse}^ station. The botanist may find them long miles, 

 especially if the temperature be high ; and if he is familiar with 

 London cabmen and their estimates of distance, he will learn 

 that the rustics of Surrey give more liberal measure than Mr. 

 Cabby allows when you settle with him for the hire of his 

 vehicle. 



From this place we struck across the extensive moor at right 

 angles to the Chertsey and Chobham road, and made for Win- 

 dlesham. On our way thither, just upon the verge of the heath, 

 nearly opposite the first of the cottages which is sprinkled here 

 and there upon the left, there is a peaty, spongy bog abounding 

 with the plants common to such places. 



Hypericum Elodes was seen in the ditch by the roadside. The 

 writer was reminded that the specific name should be Helodes, 

 if the recommendation of a critic who proposes to substitute 

 Heleocharis for Eleocharis is to be carried out. In print it would 

 appear more consistent to retain the aspirate, but for cockneys 

 who, as a rule, omit the h when printed or written, and give the 

 rough or aspirated breathing when there is none, Elodes will be 

 pronounced, Graco more, Helodes. If it were written or printed 

 Helodes, which is the right form, the genuine cockney wotild pro- 



