BURGESS: RARER PLANTS OF SPILSBY. 329 
Centaurea Calcitrapa. Star Thistle. 1890. Observed two 
seasons in a meadow at Low Toynton. Absentin 1892. A first 
record. 
Achillea Ptarmica. Sneeze-wort. 1886. Ina disused garden 
at Hundleby. 
Senecio sylvaticus var. auriculatus. Viscid Groundsel. 
1890. Large quantities in Halton Fen. First record. 
Aster tripolium. Sea Starwort. 1888. On the sea bank at 
Addlethorpe, also at Gibraltar Point. Common. 
Petasites fragrans. Fragrant Butter-bur. 1879. Growing 
quite wild in Spilsby churchyard. Observed at least twelve 
years. 
Cichorium intybus. Chicory. 1890. In Thorpe Fen. 
Picris echioides. Bristly Ox-tongue. 1390. Two or three — 
places in Hundleby. 
Campanula rapeneD ies, Creeping Bell Flower. 1890. 
Spilsby. Garden escap: 
Campanula mn ike 1881. Several plants cropped up 
for one season in a field of clover at Spilsby. A first recor 
Campanula patula. Spreading Bell Flower. 1880. A single 
Specimen was found on Blue Hill Side, Spilsby. A first record. 
Vinca major. Greater Periwinkle. 18381. In a hedge-row 
at Ashby. Most probably a garden escape. 
Vinca minor. Lesser Periwinkle. 1880. This little plant 
grows wild in a plantation bordering on the moat which formerly 
surrounded the old castle at Eresby, Spilsby. 
nia perfoliata. Perfoliate Yellow-wort. 1886. Two 
£ aake were found growing on the chalk near the Mavis ene 
Cross Roads, but only appeared one season. 
Gentiana amarella. Autumnal Gentian. — 890. Found in a . 
abundance on the penile of the see road leading from Brinkhill oe 
to Dexthorpe. 
Menyanthes trifoliata. Buck Bean, or - Marsh Trefoil. ae 
1689. Grows freely in some boggy ground on a hill-side at 
. on. 
- Polemonium ceruleum. Greek Valerian. 1330. A in 
_ plants grew for two seasons in a green lane at Spilsby. iene 
antes escapes. ee 
egia soldanella. Sea E B indy sed “1890. This elegant : 
S oral still grows: wild ona a limited portion of Me sea-bank ee : | 
