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an inch of stalk. I of course therefore drew my ideas of the species 

 from the Scottish plant. 



Chaeles C. Babington. 



St. John's Coll. Cambridge, 

 May 6, 1843. 



Art. CXLV. — A Flora of the Neighbourhood of Sandringham, 

 Norfolk. By James E. Moxon, Esq. 



Sandringham, a hamlet of western Norfolk, situate about seven 

 miles to the northward of Lynn Regis, and intermediate between 

 Castle Rising and Snettisham, offers many inducements to the bota- 

 nist on account of the number and intei'est of the productions of its 

 vicinity, mainly attributable to the variety of soils and situations. 



The geological features of this part of England are somewhat pecu- 

 liar. Firstly, there is the chalk ; which, after traversing various coun- 

 ties from Sussex, and being broken in upon by the extensive fens and 

 marshes of Cambridgeshire, and of that part of Norfolk, denominated 

 " marshland," again appears in the neighbourhood of Downham, and, 

 occupying the most elevated portions of this part of the county, termi- 

 nates at Hunstanton, its north-western extremity, situated at the en- 

 trance of the Wash, an extensive inlet of the German Ocean. Secondly, 

 the silt, a marine deposit, occupying all the lower parts and valleys along 

 the coast, and extending in some instances to a considerable distance 

 inland. And thirdly, between this latter and the chalk, occurs the 

 greensand fonnation, also a continuation of the Sussex beds, and ter- 

 minating likewise at Hunstanton. Behind the chalk, a series of non- 

 fossiliferous marls and clays extends in the direction of the interior of 

 the county. In addition to this series of strata, the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood of Sandringham offers a variety of localities. Heath, fen, 

 marsh, woods, cultivated lands, meadows and hedge-rows, all nourish- 

 ing their peculiar species, are spread around. Add to this the variety 

 of soils ; sand, clay, marl, loam, chalk and gravel, and likewise the 

 sea-shore, shingly, sandy, and muddy ; the salt marshes and ditches 

 at Wolferton, Babingley &c. ; and the river at Castle Rising ; — all 

 combine to render this a district abounding alike in rare and uncom- 

 mon plants, as (considering its limits) in the number of species. Nor 

 is this all ; for lastly, the undulating character of the country in gene- 

 ral, adds further to all these desiderata. 



The size of the district examined, and to which the accompanying 



