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nexion with it. In the two latter counties perhaps D. pilosus is less 

 common than in Essex. 



Filago gallica, L. Reported in the ' British Flora' as growing at 

 Castle Heveninghani, Essex. The Castle Heveningham of the time 

 of Ray is known by the more modern name of Castle Hedinghara. 

 In this place the ' Old Botanist's Guide' informs us that Filago gal- 

 lica has been sought for in vain, and since the 'Guide' was published 

 there does not appear to have been any record of the rediscovery of 

 the plant in the locality. 



Veronica Buxhanmii^ Ten., has become plentiful in corn-fields and 

 cultivated land about Kelvedon. 



Orohanche minor, Sutt., is as abundant in clover-fields in Essex as 

 in the counties thought worth mentioning under this head in the 

 ' British Flora.' 



Mentlia indegium, li., grows on Tiptree and Bergholt Heaths. 

 This plant has the character of being the smallest of the British 

 mints. However correctly this may be considered generally to be 

 a diminutive weed, it is not always so. Certainly, when it has no 

 more soil than what is merely sufficient to cover the surface of the 

 gravelly common it grows upon, it is small enough in dry summers, 

 but when placed under more favourable circumstances as to soil and 

 moisture, as for instance on the sides of a shady ditch, Mentha pule- 

 gium will attain the height of two or three feet, and be propor- 

 tionally bushy. In this condition, however, the flowers are not so 

 abundantly formed as in the smaller and more common variety. 



Marruhiu invulgare, L. " Frequent in England," ' British Flora,' p. 

 321. A very different idea of the frequency of this plant in England 

 will be found in the ' Cybele Britannica.' For myself, I can only say 

 that I have never yet met with the horehound in a really wild state. 



Centunculus minimns, L. Tiptree Heath : met with on spots 

 where the turf has been pared. 



Statice BaJin.siensis, Fries. On the Essex bank of the Stour, at 

 Manningtree. 



Chenopodiiim hyhridum, L., was in great profusion in a gravel-pit 

 at Feering last autumn, where it was allowed to grow undisturbed, a 

 rare circumstance for a weed in this part of Essex. When luxuriant, 

 Chenopodium hybridum is the largest and most stately of our Eng- 

 lish representatives of the genus, being ujiwards of four feet high, and 

 branching out in all directions. 



Schoheria fruticosa, Mey. Banks of the Blackwater, between 

 Maldon and Mersea Island. Sir W. J. Hooker and Dr. Arnott omit 



