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THE ESSEX NATURALIST. 
Mentha gracilis [ M.gentilis ], found “ at the edge of tho River at Higham- 
Hill. This I called M. vegeta before Sole published it as M. gracilis." 
Myagrum sativum [ Camelina sativa ], “ one specimen found this day 
amongst corn in the Church Common-field, Walthamstow, in fl. and pod, 
22 June 1805/' 
Iberis nudicaalis [ Teesdalea nudicaulis], “ found this day 25 May 
1804 on the Flat of the Forest, between Wansted and the Ilford Road 
not far from opposite the road which leads to East-ham, found a great 
many plants. Some in flower and some stems with pods.” Forster 
adds : ” I looked for it 25 April 1825 but did not find it.”. 
On the other hand, Forster deletes Warner’s record of Alcea 
(sic) vulgaris, which he stigmatises as “a mistake for ye 
Mlalvapnoschata," the Musk Mallow, which is, he adds in MS., 
“ not uncommon in meadows,” and notes that this plant occurred 
“ in our southern field Hoe Street Aug. 1808 in Flower.” 
Similarly, he rejects Warner’s record of Asperugo procumbens 
as being “ a mistake for the Ly cop sis arvensis ,” which he notes 
as growing “ in the Lane leading from Angel-lane to Maryland- 
point.” 
He comments on Warner’s record of Fagus castanea [ Castanea 
vulgaris], the Sweet Chestnut Tree, as growing on the Forest 
near Wanstead House, that these trees are “ planted in rows.” 
Forster accuses his predecessor of an act of botanical van¬ 
dalism in removing a rare plant from its natural habitat ; he 
comments upon Warner’s record of the Royal Fern (Osmunda 
regalis) as found on the side of a gravel-pit behind Mr. Moxon's 
House, thus “ This I hear was taken away by Mr. Warner ” ! 
But the accuser is himself not above reproach in such matters, 
seeing that he admits, in the case of Rhamnus frangula, that he 
“ brought home a shrub of it from forest between Whips-Cross and 
Wanstead. Th : 7 May 1807. “ But Forster was not a vandal, 
since in 1808 he found several plants of Ophrys spiralis \Spiran- 
thes spiralis] and he adds “ I took up one specimen, left believe 
seven ” ; and again he records that he “ found Sund. 4 Aug. 
1799 several (about 12) plants [of the Wild Larkspur, Delphinium 
ajacis ] in the Common-field behind our field, i.e. the Church- 
common fid.—in flower—brought home 8 for specimens.” These 
two rarities, it is interesting to note, are duly present, from the 
exact localities described, in the Forster Herbarium at the British 
Museum. 
In the case of certain of Warner’s local records, as Asperula 
odorata, Asplenium Ceterach [Ceterach officinarum] and Scabiosa 
