264 BOTANICAL RAMBLES IN WEST NORFOLK. 
‘ The Norfolk Tour ’ (1808), p. 377, R. Wigham said : “ For 
the honour of Norfolk this plant was found in 1769, on 
Felthorpe bogs near Norwich, the place of its former growth 
in England being very doubtful”; and it has since been 
recorded for Cawston Heath, Holt Lows, Edgefield Heath, 
Stratton Strawless, and Roydon Fen, near Diss, the last- 
named by Miss Barnard in 1884. On Roydon Common, 
near Lynn, we found at least fifty specimens in bloom in a pool 
in an old peat-working, containing about 3 ins. of water 
above the mat of vegetation and 8 or 9 ins. of ooze below. 
The vegetation consisted largely of Hypnum , and the plants 
were growing on Hypnum stellatum and Hypnum scorpioides, 
with many specimens of Drosera anglica, Drosera longifolia, 
and Hypericum elodes. Four inches seems to be the maximum 
height mentionecLhy various authors, but our specimens all 
exceeded this, ranging from 4! to 6 ins. Six plants which 
were minutely examined had an average of 18 expanded 
flowers and 8 buds, the largest having 22 expanded flowers 
and 11 buds. This species is usually considered to be an 
epiphyte upon Sphagnum , but although there was Sphagnum 
in the vicinity, all (as already noted) were growing upon 
Hypnum. 
Another re-discovery which keeps Artemisia campestris on 
the list of plants still living in the county was made by one 
of us in August. This species was last found in Norfolk 
by Mr. H. D. Geldart in July, 1885, and in 1901 Dr. Williams* 
doubted its occurrence in the county. Search in 1909 at 
Blickling, Thetford, and Cranwich (where it was found in 
1840) failed to reveal any specimens. After two attempts 
in the last-named locality one of us was successful, noting 
39 tufts on the western side of the Devil’s Dyke, and two 
on the eastern side in a space of about 200 yards. Some of 
the tufts were exceedingly fine, one being two feet across, 
with at least 200 stems. In such a situation it is likely to 
maintain its position as a Norfolk plant for many years to 
come, a fortunate thing when it is remembered that it has 
only been found in four vice-counties. 
* Quoted Trans. Norfolk and Norwich Nat. Soc. vol. viii. p. 343. 
