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Lantium amplexicaule, L.—Field, Beacon Hill, St. Osyth. 
L. hybridum, Vill.—Seen with flowers much larger than usual, 
in a potato field near Coppens Green. Very much like plants 
that I have seen in Surrey, and I identify both 1 as the var. 
dissectum of Mutel. After seeing this larger-flowered form with 
its corollas in shape and size recalling those of L. amplexicaule, 
I can appreciate the point of view of those botanists who 
regard the cut-leaved Dead Nettle as a species derived from a 
hybrid between L. purpureum and L. amplexicaule. British 
botanists do not appear to be acquainted with the variations 
of L. hybridum. On the other hand, French botanists recognise 
three varieties, commune, decipiens, and dissectum, all probably 
occurring with us. 
Chenopodium polyspermum, L.—Near Sacketts Grove. 
C. rubrum , L.—Roadside near Blockhouse Wick. 
C. glaucum. L.—This rare Goose-foot was exceedingly abund¬ 
ant on a site where manure had formerly been deposited near 
Sacketts Grove. 
Atriplex littoralis, L.—var, marina (L.).—The only place I 
saw this, was on the sea-wall opposite Brightlingsea. Elsewhere 
the typical plant was the usual form. 
A. angustifolia, Sm.—Clacton. 
A. hastata, L.—Sandy shore west of Clacton. 
A. deltoidea, Bab.—Near Little Clacton. Sandy shore west 
of Clacton. 
A. babingtonii, Woods.—Sandy shore west of Clacton. 
Salicornia. —I paid a great deal of attention to this genus, 
collecting a great many plants, examples of which have since 
been seen bv Dr. Moss, the curator of the universitv herbarium 
at Cambridge, who, in recent years, has been engaged in 
elucidating the many puzzling forms of this difficult group, 
and is still working at these plants. 
The perennial Glass-worts to be found on the shore towards 
Lion Point, and beyond, are Salicornia perennis Mill. var. radi- 
cans (Sm.) Moss, and S. perennis, Mill. var. lignosa (Woods) 
Moss. Nearer Clacton, two annual Glass-worts grow in company. 
They are much-branched plants and I could see nothing but 
habit to separate them. The erect growing form is S. ram- 
osissima Woods, and the recumbent plant Dr. Moss names 
1 Jourtt. of Bot., Aug. 1913. 
