86 Peacock : A Critical Catalogue of Lincolnshire Plants. 



Epilobium roseum Schreb. Native. S. Div. 16. Bourne, 1896; 

 Stow and Peacock (F. A. L.). Specimen in Mr. Arthur 

 Bennett's Herb. 



Erophila praecox DC. Native. N. Div. 7. Walesby, 1878 ; 

 F. A. Lees in Herb. Brit. Mus. S. Div. 15. Great Ponton, 

 April 1898; H. Fisher in Herb. Notts. Mus. 'On walls 

 with intermediates ; the true brachycarpa is rare.'— H. F. 



Eruca sativa Mill. Alien (Mediterranean countries ; Western 

 Asia). N. Div. 4. Grimsby, 1899 ; G. Parker. N. Div. 8. 

 Louth Flour Mill, 1896; J. Larder (F. A. L.). 



Erysimum perfoliatum Crantz. Alien (Europe ; the East). 

 N. and S. Divs. 3.7.13. 



Euphorbia portlandica Linn. Alien? N. Div. 9. Skegness, 

 1897. Mr. F. A. Lees saw and obtained a specimen for me 

 from a lady in a railway carriage returning" from this resort. 

 Dr. T. Howard confirmed the fact later, saying he had seen 

 the species there some years before. This seems to be the 

 first record for the East Coast, or, in other words, it is 

 a casual alien with us, I suppose, sown by some lover of our 

 native plants, who was too modest to leave a record of the 

 fact. I have as yet failed to discover this species growing 

 myself, and so can say nothing about its surroundings. 

 A seed may have dropped from the crop of a bird of passage 

 killed by a Peregrine (Falco peregrinus Tunstall) — I have 

 known such cases. But my experience is that birds of long 

 flight have generally empty crops ; and I know no bird 

 which feeds on the seeds of E. portlandica, never having 

 been on the west coast at the right time of year. Can any 

 brother naturalist make a suggestion from his own personal 

 observation ? 



Galium palustre Linn. var. elongatum Presl. This is the 

 common var. at Ingoldmells, N. Div. 11, and elsewhere 

 in the marsh where there are deep drains, in N. and S. 

 Divs. 11. 12. 17. In the parish named I found some speci- 

 mens nearly five feet long growing amongst Phragniites. 



Glaucium phwniceum Crantz. Alien (Europe ; Mediterranean 

 countries). N. Div. 6. Lincoln, West Parade Brick Pits, 

 14th July 1899; H. M. Hinchliff. 



Gypsophila porrigens Boiss. Alien (Asia Minor ; Persia). N. 

 Div. 6. Lincoln, West Parade Brick Pits, 1899 ; H. M. 

 Hinchliff. 



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