MR. W. A. NICHOLSON ON BOTANY OF SUTTON. 287 
Five Fenland plants are quoted by the late Mr. W. Marshall 
as now probably extinct in the Fens. They are 
Senecio paludosus, L. 
S. PALUSTRIS, D. C. 
SONCHUS PAI.USTRIS, L. 
Malaxis paludosa, Sw. 
*Liparis Loeselii, Rich. 
Of the above plants, it is somewhat doubtful if Senecio 
paludosus, L., has ever been found in East Norfolk. Senecio 
palustris, D. C. is recorded in Trimmer’s Suppt. to Flora of 
Norfolk, as occurring at Stalham in 1875, but it is evidently 
very rare now. Sonchus palustris, L. has not been recorded 
from the Sutton district, and is probably almost extinct in 
East Norfolk. The same may be said of Malaxis paludosa, 
but Liparis Loeselii, Rich, is still to be found with us. 
Teucrium Scordium, L., formerly a common Fenland 
plant, though now disappearing, has only been recorded 
once for East Norfolk, at Horning, many years ago. Similarly, 
Ranunculus Lingua, L. which is a very common plant in the 
Ant district, is stated by the late Mr. W. Marshall as “ once 
common, now rare,” in the Fenland. Under the same heading, 
Mr. Marshall includes the following species. 
Castalia speciosa, Salisb. 
Nymphea lute a, L. 
Carduus palustris, L. 
Utricularia vulgaris, L. 
Alisma ranunculoides, L. 
SciRPUS FLUITANS, L. 
Carex rostrata, Stokes (C. ampullacea, Good). 
All these plants may be described as very common in the 
Sutton district. It is probable, that the late Mr. Marshall, 
in calling these plants once common, now rare,” was thinking 
of the much more restricted area, in which, owing to increased 
drainage, it was possible for them to lind a habitat in the 
Fenland. 
* • Fenland,' p. 304. 
