FLOWERING PLANTS. Ill 



SPARGANIUM, Tour. 



S. ramosum, Curt. Branched Bur-reed. 6, 7. Abundant in 

 the marsh ditches and streams. 



S. neglectum, Beeby. Sharp-fruited Branched Bur-reed. 7. 

 Banks of the Waveney at Needham, and in the Wey- 

 bread Beck, K. This is a new plant, and has only recently 

 been named. Cf. Introd., p. 26. 



S. simplex, Huds. Unbrancked Bur-reed. 7. Frequent in 

 ditches and streams : Redenhall Gate House ; Wort well ; 

 Dickleburgh ; Brockdish ; Scole ; Pulham Mary, etc. 



ABOIDE M, 

 ARUM, L. 



A. maculatum, L. Common Cuckoo-pint. 4, 5. Common in 

 hedge-banks and shady places. Occasionally with a 

 yellow spadix. Poisonous. Popular name Lords and 

 Ladies. 



ACORUS, L. 



A. Calamus, L. Sweet Flag. 6. Now rare : waterside, Hoxne 

 (JO). St. Margaret's Moat (introduced, EAH). The 

 Waveney, near Bungay (WA). It still grows at Bungay 

 Staithe (Mr. F. Spalding). Till very lately the floor of 

 Norwich Cathedral was strewn with this sweet-smelling 

 rush on certain festivals according to the general custom 

 of the Middle Ages. 



LEMNACE.E. 

 LEMNA, L. 



L. trisulca, L. Ivy -leaved Duck-weed. 6, 7. Frequent in 

 ponds and slow ditches : The Wilderness, Harleston ; 

 Shotford Dykes ; Gawdy Hall Wood, etc. 



L. minor, L. Lesser Duck-weed. 6, 7. Common in pools 

 and ditches. 



L. gibba, L. Gibbous Duck-weed. 6 8. Not uncommon : 

 in the beck at Redenhall, F. Ditch near Wortwell Low 

 Street, CD. 



