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in company with his friend Aubrey, tells us they found it " inter segetes.''^ 

 In other counties I have observed it under similar aspects, and more 

 or less distributed in some seasons than in others. This was more 

 especially the case in Kent, during the summer of 1846, when it was 

 of frequent occurrence in the neighbourhood of Gravesend, Rochester, 

 Canterbury, Sandwich, Walmer, Dover, and Folkstone ; and most, if 

 not all, of these stations were amongst corn-fields. In 1849, when I 

 visited the same line of coast, I could find but few specimens. It 

 had now become a rare plant; and under similar circumstances, no 

 doubt, it has been observed by most of the botanists of the present 

 day. 



T. B. Flower. 

 Seend, Melksham, 

 January, 1852. 



Occurrence of Ruppia mariiima, Linn., in the North of England. 



By John G. Baker, Esq. 



Whilst examining the maritime plants of the neighbourhood of 

 the Tees' mouth last autumn, I met with the true Ruppia maritima of 

 Linneus and Babington's Manual, in the broad salt-water ditch bor- 

 dering the inland bank of the Redcar and Middlesborough Railway, 

 for about a mile, between the village of Coatham and Lazenby Sta- 

 tion. I have not before heard of its occurrence on any but the south 

 coast of England, though most likely, when better known, it will be 

 found to be not uncommon, at least on the east coast, as it grows in 

 that neighbourhood in great abundance, and was the only species I 

 found on the Yorkshire side of the estuary of Redcar. It may be 

 readily distinguished from R. rostellata, Koch, even before the fruit is 

 matured, by its much larger size, elongated peduncles, inflated sheaths, 

 and the perceptible breadth of the leaves. I shall be glad to furnish 

 specimens to any botanist that is not acquainted with it. 



John G. Baker. 



Thirsk, January, 1852. 



