mcnts at Caesar’s Camp, East Hampstead : Mr. W. A. Dflamotte. — Bed- 
fordsh. On the hanks of t he Ouse above Bedford: Rev. C. Abbot. — ('am- 
bridyesh. Chesterton, Tiumpington, and Teversham Moors; and in the Isle of 
Ely: Rev. R. Reliian. — Cornwall ; Near Fowey, Ruan Langhorne, and in 
the Vale of Menachan: Rev. J. 1’. Jones, in Bot. Tour}. Band’s End near 
Penzance: Rev. W. T. Brfe, in Loud. Mag. Nat. Hist. v. iv. p. 161. On the 
coast between Sunderland and Byhope: Mr. Winch, in With. Arr. — Devonsh. 
Clyst Marshes, Branscombe Cliffs, Kxminster Marshes ; about Starcross and 
Kenton. Marychurch : Rev A. Neck, in FI. Devon. Braunton Burrows: Dr. 
Waveli., ibid. Torquay : Rev.R.P. W elland, ibid . — Essex ; In a little bog 
2 miles from East Horndon Church : Mr. Hill. — Hampsh. 1 n the salt marshes 
about Lvmington: Dr. Withring. — Kent ; In Brent Marshes near Faversham, 
Mr. E. Jacob. Sides of wet d itches about Woolwich, Charlton, and Greenwich; 
more particularly on the road leading from New-cross Turnpike to the Island of 
St Helena, Rotherhithe: Mr. W. Cum is. — On oozing clay between Sandgale 
and Folkslone; In Eastwear Bay; and on the banks of dykes in the Marsh : 
Rev. G. E. Sun h. — Lancash. About Southport near Liveipoo). and Westbech : 
Mr. Christy. — Middlesex ; In the large ditches leading from Poplar to the Isle 
of Dogs, opposite to Greenwich: Mr. Jones. Northurrberland ; In bogs at 
Millington Quay, and Prestwick Carr: Mr. Winch. — Surrey ; In a marshy 
spot on the left of the footpath leading from the Red House to Battersea: Mr. 
W. Pamci.in, jun. — Warwicksh. Banks of the river Alne, above Oversley, and 
in some boggy ground near Bidford Grange: Mr. Pvuton. Near the river 
Beam, in front of Flora Cottage, Leamington: Mr. Smith. Near Itchington : 
Rev. W. T. Bree. — Wilts; In Bouood Patk, near Caine: Dr. Stokes. — 
Worcestersh. On the side of the brook running from the brine-pit on Defford 
Common: Mr. Ballaiid. — Yorksh. Baydales near Darlington: L. E. O. in 
Loud. Mag. Nat. Hist. v. iii. p. 168. — Upon Stockton Moor, by the side of the 
turnpike road, near Castle Howard: Mr. R. Tkesdai e. — Beruicksh. On the 
coast at Bamborough : Mr. Wincii. Low moist spots on Holy Island Links : 
Thom p • — W et rocks on the sea banks near Gunsgreen: Mr. A. Baird. — 
WALES. In marshes and near springs : Rev. H. Davies. — SCOTLAND. In 
marshy places in the Island of Gigha: Rev. J. Light foot . — On the banks of 
the Clyde, and Bowling-bay, near Glasgow, plentiful: Mr. Hoi-kirk. — Largs, 
Bute, and Arran: Mr. Murray. Lime-kilns, Fifeshire, and Guillon Links, 
near Edinburgh: Mr. Maughan. South Queensferry : Air. Neill. — Links 
near St. Germains : Air. D. S i t oAnT.- — IRELAND. Salt marshes near Sandy- 
rnount, Ringsend, &c. : AJr. J. T. AJackay. — I t is said to be an inhabitant of al- 
most every part of the globe. 
Perennial. — Flowers in June and July. 
Root fibrous, white. The whole herb smooth, of a pale green 
colour, and somewhat succulent. Stem upright, from 6 to 1 2 inches 
high, round, leafy, more or less branched in the upper part. Leaves 
alternate, inversely egg-shaped, quite entire, lower ones on leaf- 
stalks, upper ones nearly sessile. Clusters ( Racemes ) many- 
flowered, flowers small, white, scentless. Partial Flowerstalks 
(Pedicels) solitary, one-flowered, bent upwards about the middle, 
with a small, egg-spear-shaped, deciduous Floral-leaf ( Bractea ) 
at the bend. Calyx hell-shaped, 5-cleft. Corolla salver-shaped, 
with a short cylindrical tube, and a spreading border of 5 blunt 
equal segments, alternating with which are 5 small, spear-shaped 
scales, which are bent inwards, and are supposed by some authors 
to be abortive stamens. Stamens shorter than the tube. Fila- 
ments awl-shaped. Anthers roundish, two-lobed. Germen half 
inferior, nearly globular. Style short, upright. Stigma capitate. 
Capsule upright, globular, opening at the top with 5 recurved 
teeth. Seeds many, small, angular, of a rusty brown colour. Re- 
ceptacle ( Placenta ) on a short stalk, globose, spongy, loose. 
t “ A Botanical l our through various Parts of the Counties of Devon and 
Cornwall.” By the Rev. John Pike Jones. Published by Treadwin, Exeter ; 
and Whittaker and Co. London, 1820. 
