336 GENTiANA PNEUMONANTHE. [November, 



nounce the word Elodes. But if we be wise, we shall concern our- 

 selves more about our plants than about grammatical niceties. 

 There are readers of the ' Phytologist' who love plants well, and 

 want to have information about the things themselves rather than 

 subtle disquisitions about their names. 



The pretty Anagallis tenella, Scutellaria minor, Drosera rotun- 

 difolia, D. intermedia, Rhyncospora alba, and many other more 

 common plants, abounded in this locality. We only observed 

 these en passant, but were flying at higher game, which we had 

 the good hap to bag an hour at least ere the sun became invisible 

 behind Aldershott Hill. 



We went on through Windlesham to Bagshot, by the church 

 of the former, which was on our right. The way to the not very 

 small portion of Bagshot Heath where we discovered the prize, 

 is as follows : — 



The road from Windlesham church joins the Bagshot and 

 Guildford road at a right angle ; the right-hand way is to 

 Bagshot, not half a mile distant, and the left is to Guildford, 

 probably a dozen miles off. To reach the part of the heath 

 where Schoenus nigricans grows, the botanist, after arriving at 

 the junction of the Windlesham with the Bagshot and Guildford 

 road, should take the road to the left, as if going to Guildford. 

 At about half a mile's distance from the junction, or, perhaps, 

 three-quarters of a mile, there is a plantation of firs on the right, 

 and there is a gate at the Bagshot side. Here you, whoever you 

 be, may enter, and pass through the little wood, cross the fence 

 beyond, steer across in the direction of the Bagshot or Frimley 

 ridges, and you will first come to a very wet depression, or 

 boggy hollow, with a path across. This hollow may be distin- 

 guished by the name of Bogmyrtle Hollow, not Sleepy Hollow, 

 where you may replenish your herbarium with specimens of 

 Myrica Gale in all states, except in flower. Ascend the next 

 eminence, keeping the same track, having the heights rather on 

 the right than right ahead, and in the second depression, which 

 may be named Schoenus nigricaiis Hollow, you will perceive little 

 else but Sphagnum, Drosera, and large tufts of Schoenus nigricans, 

 enough to supply all the botanists of Europe with specimens of 

 this, to us, rare species. 



A dozen years ago, one of us knew another station, which has 

 disappeared, and probably turnips, barley, and clover — we will 



