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 A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK Species worthy of Special Noticb (^hose unique in Division in Larger Type) Vicia gracilis : Washdall Wood, Thurlow, and Nayland. Epilobium roseum : Near Nayland. Akhemilla vulgaris, var. filicaulis, Cockfield. Geum intermedium : Cockfield, Hitcham, and Bergholt. Pulmanaria officinalis: Recorded from Polstead, but with no particulars or evidence to show that it is native there as in Division i [Lithospermum purpureo-caeruleum: 'Bergholt' in Watson's Topographical Botany. This requires investigation, and should not be accepted until confirmed ; Mr. H. C. Watson could get no more information.) Veronica triphyllos : Little Thurlow. Melampyrum- cristatum : Hitcham and Stanstead. Primula elatior : Many localities, as Cockfield, Rede, Stansfield, west of Hitcham, &c. Statice Bahusiensis : Stutton. Salicornia radicans : Stutton. Urtica pilulifera : Clare. J uncus compressus : Hitcham. Luzula Forsteri : Polstead Wood. Carex strigosa : Brent Eleigh and Nayland. C. laevigata: Near Nayland. Spartlna stricta : Stutton. A lopecurus fulvus : Groton. Apera interrupta : Rede. Bromus madritensis : Rede. Equisetum hyemale : Hitcham. 3. Orwell This division, coloured pink on map, is in the south of the county, and includes a small piece of coast line which produces some very interesting maritime species ; it is well watered by the River Orwell (called the Gipping above Ipswich) and the Deben with its numerous side streams. North of a line drawn through Bramford, Ashbocking Green, Otley, Monewden, and Earl Soham this district is on the chalk mostly overlaid with chalky Boulder Clay, with patches of sand or gravel. South of this line the newer ferruginous shelly Red Crag formation crops up, but it is rarely exposed owing to the glacial sands and gravels overlying it ; along the rivers the underlying London Clay may be cut into. An isolated deposit of Coralline Crag occurs south-west of Shottisham, and Coprolite Beds have been worked near by and also at Sutton, Bawdsey, and Trimley, but are becoming worked out. The beds are pebbly, rich in phosphate of lime, and are used as manure. Species worthy of Special Notice (Those unique in Division in Larger Type) Brassica oleracea .* Felixstowe. Lepidium latifolium : By the River Orwell and a pond near Ipswich. Frankenia laevis, a plant typical of Eastern England, grows at Felixstowe. Silent conica : Wherstead. Medicago falcata : Landguard Common and Boulge. AI. minima and Trifolium suffocatum grow on Landguard Common and about Bawdsey. Vicia lutea : Between Landguard Fort and Felixstowe. Lathyrus maritimus occurs near Landguard Fort. Alchemilla vulgaris : Woodbridge. Pyrus torminalis : Helmingham. FilagO galHca : A rare Germanic cornfield weed, which has been found at Sutton. Essex is the county from which most British Herbaria are supplied, Berechurch and Castle Hedingham being its localities there. It formerly grew in Kent and Buckinghamshire, and in 1867 occurred near St. Martha's Chapel, Chilworth, Surrey. Pulicaria vulgaris : Bramford. _Diotis Catldi- Jissima^ a remarkable plant with woolly leaves and stem, has been found near Landguard Fort, but not recently. It is a decreasing species in England, and almost extinct now ; it possibly lingers in Cornwall, Hampshire, Suffolk, Anglesey, and Jersey, whilst it is still locally plentiful in Ireland (Waterford and Wexford)]. Primula elatior : Finborough. Statice Bahusiensis grows at Chelmondiston and Wherstead ; at the former spot, S. Limonium grows with it, and the hybrid S. Neumani may be observed (see Journ.Bot. 1904, p. 361). Veronica triphyllos : Shottisham and Barham Heath. Melampyrum cristatum : Clopton Park, Rattlesden, and Bramford. Salicornia radicans : Walton and near Landguard Fort. S. appressa : Chel- mondiston. Hippophae rhamnoides : Lane between Shottisham Church and Sutton Heath 56