688 MR. A. BENNETT ON EAST ANGLIAN PLANTS. 
Others show such remarkable modes of growth and constitu- 
tion (if such a term is allowable), that they can be identified by 
the first radical leaves that appear. For instance, in such a 
critical genus as (Enanthe , the radical leaves of CE. silaijolia, 
Bierb, always appear at the end of autumn, while those 
of CR. pimpinelloides, L., do not until the spring. The 
former bi'eak through the ground with upright growth, the 
latter in a gyrate manner, i.e., like a fern with its unopened 
frond laid sideways on the ground. The former cannot stand 
the wind if not protected by grass around it, the latter will 
do so. The former grows in grass meadows, the latter on 
dry hard ground. 
You cannot get some species, such as Hierochloe borealis 
(the Holy-grass), or Calamagrostis strigosa (the Stiff-haired 
Reed) to flower, unless you confine the roots by planting them 
in a flower pot. And Equisetiim littorale will burrow under 
a gravel path five feet wide, and reappear on the other side. 
Although hundreds of British plants have been grown in 
Botanical Gardens for many years, yet beyond a record of 
their flowering, there seems nothing else noticed in Reports 
of the Gardens. 
The proposal in the last issued part of the ‘ Transactions,’ 
as to a Survey of the Broads is an excellent one. As yet 
we have no records of the Aquatics, such as are produced in 
America, or M. Magnin’s “ Recherches sur la Vegetation des 
Lacs du Jura ” * where he discusses the altitude, temperature, 
chemical constitution, congelation, statistics of the Flora, 
biological conditions, depth, &c.” 
I had the pleasure of seeing all the critical plants he gathered, 
of which several were new records for the French Flora. 
FOUR EAST ANGLIAN SPECIES OF PLANTS. 
I have here brought together the names, habitats, &c., ot 
Rcemeria violacea, Dianthus prolifer, V erbascum pulveridentwn 
and Air a canescens, as a further contribution to the botany 
of East Anglia. 
* Revue Generate de Botanique v. 1893. 
