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Genista anglica, L. This plant has been found by Mr. W. H
Harwood at West Donyland, and the observation has since been
confirmed by myself. The locality was formerly a heath, and in all
probability the plant was widely distributed in former times. The
few patches of the Genista now remaining, with those of Eriophorum
polystachyon mentioned below, are the last representatives of a more
or less varied heath and bog flora which once flourished on the spot.
G. anglica has also been found by Miss M. Gripper at Layer Breton
Heath.
Medicago sativa, L. Purple Medick is occasionally found in
District 8; it is doubtless here, as in other parts of the county, an
escape from cultivation.
Lathyrus macrorrhizus, Wimmer. Previously unrecorded
for this district, has been found at Birch by Miss M. Gripper.
I have commenced collecting material for a list of Roses in my
district, but will defer any remarks upon this very difficult genus
until a later report. The following forms have been found in Essex
by the Rev. J. D. Gray :—
Rosa tomentosa, Sm. Ardleigh.
R. rubiginosa, L. Boxted, frequently.
R. lutetiana, Leman. Boxted.
R. andegavensis, Bast. Great Horkesley.
R. sphaerica, Gren. Great Horkesley, 1884 (Rev. E. F. Linton).
R. verticillacantha, Merat. Great Horkesley, 1884 (Rev. E.
F. Linton).
R. collina, Jacq. Hedge by road leading from Colchester to
Nayland.
R. decipiens, Dumort. Great Horkesley.
R. arvensis, Huds. Boxted.
Poterium sanguisorba, L. I have found this on railway
banks near Colchester.
Fragaria vesca, L. The wild strawberry is a very common plant
with us, occurring in almost all our woods. I am quite at a loss to
explain how it came to be overlooked in this district by Gibson's co-
workers.