BOTANICAL REPORT FOR 1964
303
Eleogiton fluitans (L.) Link. Floating Scirpus.
Little Wake Valley Pond, 49. A.J.S.; Gaynes Park Pond,
40. In June last year the pond was covered with a red
floating mass. It was so colourful in its young state that
identification at first eluded me.
Filicales
Osmunda regalis L. Royal Fern.
Grounds of Danbury Palace, 70; Warley Place, 59.
J. C. Shenstone (1912) in The Essex Naturalist, 17, tells us
that this plant and the Marsh Fern originally came from
Warley Woods.
Azolla filiculoides Lam.
Near Stone Hall, 51. R.D. Known for several years, now
gone. Romford Golf Course and Bedfords Park, 59. A.J.S.
Asplenium trichomanes L. Maidenhair Spleenwort.
Blake Hall Station, 50. E.S., R.M.P. & J.W.D.
Ceterach officinarum D.C. Rustyback Fern.
Blake Hall Station, 50. E.S., R.M.P. & J.W.D.
Onoclea sensibilis L.
Warley Place, 59.
Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth. Hard Shield-fern.
Warley Place, 59; Blake Hall Station, 50. E.S., R.M.P. &
J.W.D.
P. setiferum (Forsk.) Woynar. Hard Shield-fern.
Blake Hall Station, 50. E.S., R.P.M. & J.W.D.; Warley
Place, 59; small wood, Danbury Palace, 70; Copperas
Wood, 23.
P. aculeatum x setiferum.
Warley Place, 59.
P. setiferum var. cristatus.
Warley Place, 59.
P. setiferum var. compositum.
Warley Place, 59.
Thelypteris palustris Schott. Marsh Fern.
Warley Place, 59. See note on Osmunda regalis.
Warley Place records by J.E.L., J.W.D., R.M.P. & S.T.J.
Geraniaceae
Geranium endressii Gay
Grays Chalk Pit, 67. For the past two years.
Gramineae
Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. Orange Fox-tail.
Romford Golf Course and Bedfords Park, 59. A.J.S.;
Wanstead Park, 48; pond, Great Waltham, 61. J.I.-W.;
Great Garnetts Wood, 62. J.I.-W.; gravel pond, Ballards
Gore, 99.
Bromus inermis Leyss.
Disused pig-run, Bartlow, 54.