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Siratioies aloides was also in great plenty, and we were fortu- 

 nate enougli to find a few plants still in flower. 



After amusing ourselves in looking for Epipactis palustris, we 

 left this bog and went into a bit of heath terminating in another 

 swampy bottom, for most of the heaths hereabout have a marshy 

 fringe, and these quaking bogs are the most productive localities 

 in this district. 



Here we quickly perceived Carduus pratensis, OrcJiis latifolia, 

 several Carices which for the present must be nameless, and the 

 pretty Anagallis tenella. Lastrea Thelyj)teris was common, Os- 

 munda regalis not very rare ; and among these the rare Lathyrus 

 palustris. 



In another part of the same bog, but on the opposite side of 

 the road, and a hundred yards nearer the village, large plants of 

 Cicuta virosa were seen, and collected also, though at the ex- 

 pense of wetting both the small and great ends of both our 

 moggans. 



In the same bog, which was mere water covered with a thin 

 film of matted roots of Carices and other aquatics, and which, 

 being elastic, gave Avay below the feet like a water-bed, the 

 vegetation was chiefly such plants as root in water : Carex 

 ampullacea, Menyanthes, and the precious Cicuta virosa, which 

 fringed the deep ditch between the road and the marsh. 



Elated with this capture, we went ashore, sat down, and emp- 

 tied the water from our shoes, wrung or twisted it out of our 

 tibialia, and hung them up to dry on our collecting-apparatus, 

 and then trudged on to the village of Belton. 



On the roadside, close to the railway, viz. where the latter 

 crosses the road on an arch, and on the right side of the way 

 going from the marshes to the church, there was plenty of Bo- 

 rago officinalis, Erysimum cheiranthoides, some Camelina saliva P, 

 and the never-absent Sisymbynum Sophia. 



In the churchyard through which we passed there grew Smyr- 

 niiwi Olusatrum in great abundance. 



Our route was Fritton, and we were directed to take the De- 

 coy as a halfway locality. Here we were promised Lastrea 

 cristata and a rich collection of good plants, all obtainable 

 through the civilities of the gamekeeper, and the courteousness 

 of a lady who rented a farm at the Decoy, and also kept boats, 

 which were hirable by sportsmen, the followers of Izaak Walton, 



