360 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
on the Norfolk shore, where = Species still holds its ground 
under less fluctuating conditio 
meet wit it aya in Lincolnshire, I fear it will 
have to be considered a natural colonist from the other side. of 
the Wash. This is where we must class Cochlearia danica, which 
has been sought for fifty years without result on the best worked 
und in Sepa cece he and has at last turned up in a natur 
locality on marine sand this season; I have specimens from 
Page éollecteit by Mr. Bernard Reynolds. In conclusion, I 
can only hope t ee no lover of plants will sow L. bellidifolium, 
for s sant purpo snasle introductions are the utter confusion of 
scientific soil peiliee 
E. A. WooprurFre-PEACOCK. 
Tus di of Cochlearia danica for the first time in Lincoln- 
shire having aroused some interest, I append a few notes. Visiting 
di ides 
with Prunus spinosa and Crategus Sapecrsdeees a veri Gabe is tho orny 
thicket,” I at once noticed C. danica growing in several spots 
rather freely together with quantities of Valertanella olitoria over 
at least two acres of ground. The plant seemed rather more dwarf 
than that which I had found previously on the shingly beach at 
Shoreham, Sussex, due probably to the dense overgowth. During 
a long visit to Skegness this summer I made a list of over five 
on. 
been overlooked, RP a the fact that the district has 
been very closely scrutinized for many years. The spot is very 
ae and, being quite fifty yards inside — sandhills and a 
undred from high- exis mark, the theory of the seeds having 
i washed ashore seems to me untenable, nor does the scattered 
occurrence of the plant suggest a recent establishment 
BERNARD REYNOLDS. 
RICHARD VERCOE TELLAM. 
Ricnarp VERCOE TeLLAM was born at Tregustick, in Withiel 
parish, Cornwall, on Feb. 9th, 1826, and died at Wadebridge on 
' Sept. 18th. With such enthusiasts as Ralfs, James Cunnack, 
William Curnow, and T. R. Archer Briggs, all of ar had long 
36 Pes him, Mr. Tellam did no end as use ful field work, 
and it may be questioned whether there is a single parish in the 
county which he had not visited. This douncietaaben of method 
