THE ALIEN PLANTS OF ESSEX. 41 C. pallescens Delile var. typica Gugler and Thellung forma hyalolepis Gugler.—Malting refuse, Hythe Quay, Colchester. Carthamus tinctorius L (Abyssinia).—Grays, R. Melville, collector. Rhagadiolus edulis Gaertn. (Europe).—Malting refuse, Hythe Quay, Colchester. Crepis taraxacifolia Thuill. (Europe). Now abundant through- out N. Essex. Lactuca Serriola L. (Europe).—Malting refuse, Hythe Quay, Colchester. L. sativa L. (Orient).—Victoria Road and Middlewick, Col- chester. Tragopogon porrifolius L.—Cornfield, Great Tey. CAMPANULACEAE. Campanula Rapunculoides L.—Refuse tip, Middlewick, Col- chester. PRIMULACEAE. Cyclamen hederifolium Ait. (Europe).—Well established in plantation at Inworth, Canon Vaughan, collector. Anagallis femina Mill. (Europe).—Malting refuse, Hythe Quay, Colchester. APOCYNACEAE. Vinca major L. (Mediterranean Region).—Boxted, Donyland Heath. POLEMONIACEAE. Gilia squarrosa Hook and Arnott (America).—Malting refuse, Hythe Quay, Colchester. HYDROPHYLLACEAE. Phacelia ciliata Benth. (N. America).—Romford, Lady Davy, collector. BORAGINACEAE:. Benthamia lycopsioides I.indl (America).—Chicken food alien, Lexden Road and Northgate Street, Colchester. B. Menziesii (Lehm.) Druce (America).—Malting refuse Hythe Quay, Colchester. Symphytum peregrinum Ledeb. (Caucasus).—Virley, Fordham Heath, Elsenham. Borago officinalis L. (Europe).—Great Tey. Anchusa sempervirens L. (Europe).—Stanway.