]8G.2.] EAST ANGLIAN BOTANY. 3G7 



the path between Gorleston and Burgh, and at last resigned our- 

 selves to the inevitable necessity of walking along the Suffolk 

 side of Braden, — the broad, tlie enlarged expanse of the Yare 

 above the harbour, where we had been several times before, and 

 did not much like it, and therefore would have gladly had more 

 than " Hobson's choice," if this had been practicable. 



This time we confined ourselves to the river bank, and after 

 reaching the confluence of the Waveney Avith the Yare, Ave soon 

 saw and reached Burgh Castle, where we found the Sonchus 

 palustris just beginning to show blossom ; for it is nearly a 

 fortnight later than S. aivensis, and its flowers are not nearly so 

 large and showy, fewer appear at once, and its stem is about 

 twice the height of that of the common species. 



From Burgh Castle we skirted along the river's brink for a 

 short mile, and then turned off to the left over the marshes, with 

 the intention of reaching a heath or common which we could see 

 across the bogs, and which we had seen while coming by rail from 

 St. Olave's on the 19th. 



In the ditches here there was great abundance of (Enanihe 

 Phellandrium, a plant not rare in these fens. On the borders of 

 the marsh, i.e. between the bog and the common, or what had 

 been recently common, a fine colony of Sidlaria glauca was ob- 

 served. This species should be frequent in Norfolk and Suffolk, 

 and probably is so; our visit was rather early, and the season was 

 rather late, consequently we did not see much of this plant. 



At the Belton station we learned that there would be no train 

 for Yarmouth till veiy late in the evening ; our only means of 

 getting back in time was by taking the train at St. Olave's. — 

 A'o/e. Several trains stop at this station by signal. Few stop 

 at Belton. 



From the Belton station we traversed this barren heath and 

 marsh lying between the heath and the river Waveney. The 

 only rarities worth mentioning were Stratiotes, Hottonia, one 

 or two spikes with a few of the uppermost flowers ; many Pota- 

 mogetons, of which the most abundant was P. gramineiis, which 

 in this part of Suffolk is as plentiful as P. jjectinatus. One form 

 with very long leaves and without fruit was thought to be P. 

 zosterafolius, but it is not yet determined. The botanists re- 

 sident in these parts are requested to observe these aquatics, and 

 to send the result of their observations to the ' Phytologist.' 



