286 THE ESSEX NATURALIST. Silaus flavescens Bernh. 18. Roadsides near Writtle and Norton Heath. I did not find this as commonly as Gibson's Flora would lead one to expect. Peucedanum officinale L. 19. Still plentiful in salt marsh at Beaumont Quay and on roadside between there and Landermere House. Coriandrum sativum L. 19. In two fields near Coggeshall, where it was recorded by Ray, appearing well-established in one of them (G). By roadside at Marks Tey, a casual only. Sambucus Ebulus L. 18. By roadside at Little Baddow (G). Dipsacus pilosus L. 19. Wood by Roman River near Layer- de-la-Haye. Erigeron Karvinskianus DC. var. mucronatus (DC) Asch. 19. Naturalised on roadsides, etc. Frinton. Filago gallica L. 19. In small quantity in a dry open place in a wood near Berechurch (G). It appeared quite native, being associated with F. minima, Potentilla argentea, Spergularia rubra, etc. Inula crithmoides L. 19. Salt-marshes at the Strood and E. Mersea (G). Bidens tripartita L. 18. Galleywood Common. Some of the plants, only 2 inches high, had not developed characteristic leaves and appeared to be flowering in the seedling stage. Silybum Marianum Gaertn. 19. Lawford Mill. Lactuca virosa L. 19. Roadside at Weeley. 18. Waste clayey ground at Woodham Walter Common. L. Serriola L. Common in many places on roadsides, railway banks, etc., Lexden, Colchester, Abberton, Chelmsford, Sandon, Tilbury. Tragopogon porrifolius L. 19. Abundant at roadside near Coggeshall. One plant, probably the hybrid x T. pratensis, which was also abundant there. Campanula Rapunculus L. 19. Grassy railway bank near Kelvedon (G). Plentifully naturalised. Vinca minor L. 19. Plentiful in lanes about Colchester. Anchusa sempervirens L. 19. Heckford Bridge (G). Birch Hall. Myosotis collina Hoffm. 19. Roadside bank near Layer- de-la-Haye. Datura Stramonium L. 19. Cultivated ground at Chelmsford. Linaria spuria (L) Mill. 19. Dist. 8. Crockleford Heath. Antirrhinum Orontium L. 19. Allotments at Kelvedon (G). Not seen elsewhere. Scrophularia vernalis L. 19. Lane near Lawford Mill (G), plentifully.