Localities.— On the margins of ponds and ditches; rare. — Berks; Near 
Binfield : Mr. T. F. Forster. — Leicestersh. Pond near Whitwick: Kev. A. 
Bloxam. — Shropsh. About the eastern shore of Bomere Pool, near Condover: 
Kev. E. Williams. Mere, at Ellesmere : Rev. A. Bloxam. Ellesmere Mere 
between the House of Industry and Otley Park: J. E. Bowman, Esq. — Surrey ; 
Pond at Felbridge : Mr. Edward J enner. — Sussex; Maresfield Mill-pond; 
and Tilgate Ponds near Crawley: W. Borrer, Esq. — Warwicksh. Coleshitl 
Pool : Dr. Lloyd. — W A LES. Anglesea ; At the east end of Llyn Coron, with 
Elatine Hydropiper : Br. FI. In the ftlill-pond, Llyn Maelog, with Subularia 
aquatica ; N.B.G. — SCOTLAND. Perthsh. At Loch Ruisky, near Callan- 
der : Mr. G. Lyon. — IRELAND. On themuddy border of Casllewellan Lake, 
county of Down: Mr. Templeton. Abundant in Enagh Lough, near Derry ; 
and by the side of the river Bann, below Coleraine: Mr. D. Moore: FI. Hib. 
Annual. — Flowers in July, August, and September. 
Root of numerous long white fibres, proceeding from the base, 
and lowermost joints of the stem. Stems procumbent, 2 or 3 inches 
long, alternately branched, leafy, striated, smooth, pale and pelucid. 
Leaves opposite, on very short petioles, elliptical, or inversely egg- 
shaped, more or less blunt, entire, single-ribbed, or obscurely 
3-ribbed, scarcely a quarter of an inch long ; rough on the upper 
surface with minute prominent points. Peduncles ( flower-stalks ) 
axillary, solitary, alternate, simple, naked, single-flowered, about 
as long as the leaves. Flowers small. Calyx in 3, broad, rounded, 
fleshy segments. Corolla of 3, somewhat inversely egg-shaped, 
concave, reddish, or pale flesh-coloured petals, longer than the 
calyx. Stamens 6 ; filaments awl-shaped, incurved, not longer 
than the petals. Jlnthers at first purplish, afterwards yellow. 
Styles 3. Capsule of 3 cells, and 3 valves. Seeds oblong, blunt, 
very slightly curved, and most beautifully ribbed, and transversely 
striated. 
This is a curious little plant, having the general appearance of 
Montia fontana, t. 196. It is of rare occurrence, and was first ob- 
served wild in Britain, in 1798, by the Rev. Mr. Williams. 
For the specimen from which the drawing for the accompanying 
plate was made, I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Edward 
Jenner, of Lewes, Sussex, who sent it to me from its locality in 
Maresfield Mill-pond, Sussex, August 14, 1842. 
Elatine Hydropiper, Engl. Bot. t. 2670, differs from this species 
in the greater number of the parts of its fructification, in the strap- 
shaped, longer, segments of its calyx, and in its seeds being very 
much curved, not almost straight. 
“ The world is a glasse wherein we may comtemplate the eternal! power and 
majestie of God : it is that great booke of so large a character, that a man may 
run and read it ; yea, even the simplest man that cannot read, may yet spell out 
of this booke that there is a God. Every shepheard hath this Calendar, and 
every ploughman this A. B. C.” 
I’URCIIAS. 
