HISTORY OF ESSEX BOTANY. 63
Trifolium fragiferum.
Astragalus glycyphyllos.
Comarum palustre.
Rosa spinosissima.
Eryngium maritimum.
Peucedanum officinale.
Dipsacus pilosus.
Aster tripolium.
Solidago virgaurea.
Diotis maritima.
[Senecio saracenicus.]
Serratula tinctoria.
Campanula glomerata.
Plantago maritima.
Euphorbia paralias.
Paris quadrifolia.
Listera ovata.
Epipactis latifolia.
Asparagus officinalis.
Convallaria majalis.
Ruscus aculcatus.
Actinocarpus damasonium.
Sagittaria sagittifolia.
Osmunda regalis.
Botrychium lunaria.
Ophioglossum vulgatum
Convolvulus soldanella.
Of these Ruscus aculeatus and Tilia parvifolia (T. platyphyllos)
were previously recorded by Turner. Anagallis coerulea and
Actinocarpus damasonium are not in Gerard's work, but occur for
the first time in Johnson's "emended" edition (1633);
Sisymbrium polyceratium is certainly not indigenous and Senecio
saracenicus is, as Johnson points out,17 probably a blunder. Mr.
Gibson's Appendix professedly includes only the less common
species. In the body of the Flora, the following 10 additional
records from Gerard are alluded to ; but unfortunately Mr.
Gibson does not distinguish his quotations from Gerard's own
work from those taken from Johnson's additions:—
Glaucium luteum. Gentiana cruciata.
Cochlearia anglica. Plantago Coronopus.
Matthiola sinuata. Populus alba.
Saxifraga granulata. Crocus sativus.
Scabiosa Succisa. Poa annua.
Of these Matthiola sinuata and Gentiana cruciata are probably
blunders. In addition to these 53 species, I find about 20 other
Essex records in Gerard's original work, including :—
Lepidium latifolium L. Prunella vulgaris L.
Coronopus procumbens Gilib. Atriplex laciniata L.
Thlaspi arvense, L.
[Lunaria biennis.]
Sherardia arvensis L.
Pulicaria dysenterica Gaertn.
P. vulgaris Gaertn.
Digitalis purpurea L.
Gyrostachis autumnalis Dum.
Scilla festalis Salisb.
Scolopendrium vulgare Symons.
Asplenium marinum L.
17 Gerard's Herbal "emaculatus," p. 275.