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AUTUMN BOTANY AT CLACTON.
S. ramosissima forma prostrata or S. appressa, Dum. I incline
to the belief that the plant is the first of Dr. Moss's alternatives.
Another Glasswort is considered to be either S. appressa, Dum.
or S. smithiana, Moss. By St. Osyth Creek, some interesting
Glassworts grow. One, marked by the extreme facility with
which the segments separate at maturity, and by the fact that
the flowers are solitary, instead of being in groups of three, I
am confident is S. disarticulata Moss, described as a new species
in 1911. Unfortunately, the only example that Dr. Moss has
seen is suggested by him to be a hybrid—S. disarticulata x
gracillima. On the other hand, the Revd. E. S. Marshall, who
knows the genus well, and has seen other examples of the same
gathering, considers them to be excellent and very typical speci-
mens of S. disarticulata.
Another Glass-wort from this locality is identified by Dr.
Moss as his S. dolichostachya, published as a new species in the
New Phytologist, Dec. 1912.
Surnia fruticosa, Forsk.—Clacton Cliff. Saltings, Brightling-
sea Creek. Shore below Beacon Hill, St. Osyth.
S. maritima, Dum.—Shore west of Clacton, etc.
Ulmus major, Sm. (The so-called "Dutch" elm).—The
very fine elm that stands near the hamlet of Bocking's Elm, by
the road leading to Little Clacton, belongs to this species. Is
this tree "Bocking's" Elm itself?2
Occasionally, the Dutch Elm is seen as a planted tree about
Great Clacton.
U. glabra, Mill. (The smooth-leaved elm).—Seen in many
places about Great Clacton, etc., but as before noted, U. sativa,
Mill (the small-leaved elm) is the prevailing hedge-row tree.
Humulus lupulus, L.—Near Sacketts Grove. Great Clacton
to Little Holland.
Salix fragilis, L.—Near Little Clacton. Great Clacton.
S. alba, L.—Great Clacton to Little Holland.
S. cinerea, L. and S. caprea, L.—Great Clacton.
Populus tremula, L.—Great Clacton.
Quercus pedunculata, Ehre., is the common Oak of the district.
2 On the authority of Mr. F. Archer, of Block-house Wick, I can state that this is so.
The local tradition is that the tree grew from the stake thrust through the body of one
Bocking who had committed suicide, and was in consequence buried at the cross-roads.
Stakes from the commoner elm of the country-side do not readily take root and grow.
—W. Cole.