132 NOTES—ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.
found at Billericay in a barley field with a clover bottom, on
Saturday, July 25th.
Petroselinum segetum occurs just out of Witham on the side of
the main road to Colchester, but in the parish of Faulkbourne
(a narrow strip of this parish crosses the road here and joins.
Little Braxted). I have also found it sparingly on the bank of a
pasture adjoining Witham Vicarage. It would be of interest to
have records of the present distribution of this plant in the
county, as, no doubt, it is often passed by for Sison amomum,
which is very common is the surrounding parishes.
I have also had two plants sent me by the Rector of
Belchamp Otten, one of which, Orchis pyramidalis, may be added
to the county flora as occurring in District 2; and the other,
Geranium sylvaticum, does not appear to have been recorded before
for any district in Essex.—Edwin E. Turner, Coggeshall,
August 10th, 1903.
"Alien" Plants at Manningtree.—At Manningtree, on
July 13th, 1903, on the margin of the pond near the railway
station, I found, in addition to the usual flora, the following
plants:—Matthiola bicornis (not in the British flora) Asperugo
procumbens Linn., Phalaris canariensis Linn., Cynosurus echinatus
Linn., and Torilis nodosa Gaert., while some plants of Medicago
sativa Linn, were close by. These are, of course, with the
exception of Torilis nodosa Gaert., so far as my experience goes,.
a somewhat uncommon plant in this county) aliens in the
district, and were probably introduced with foreign seeds, but
the interest of the matter will be to see whether they will
maintain themselves in the position, and if so how far they will
spread. In the near neighbourhood two plants, which it seems
reasonable to suppose are not really natives of this county,
although frequently met with, viz.: Melilotus officinalis Desr.
and Erypimum cheiranthoides Linn., are abundant and have been
so for a considerable time. Perhaps some botanist in the
district will next year be good enough to examine and report
upon their occurrence or otherwise then.—Fred. J. Chittenden,
Biological Laboratory, Chelmsford.
New Essex Fungus Pests.—Very recently, a large, fleshy
fungus, called Hydnum schiedennayeri, has been developed on an
old apple tree at Maldon, bursting through the bark in a long