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THE ESSEX NATURALIST
Orchidaceae
Epipactis sessilifolia Peterm. Violet Helleborine.
Two colonies in the Earls Colne area, 82, in different parts
of a wood.
First group observed in 1963, second in 1964.
Hatfield Forest, 52. J.F. & J.I.-W.
E. palustris (L.) Crantz. Marsh Helleborine.
Grays chalkpit, 67. D.H.
Orchis praetermissa. Druce Southern Marsh Orchid.
Marsh, Cranham. V.J.E.
Papaveraceae
Papaver lecoqii Lamotte. Babbington's Poppy.
Great Chesterford, 54. J.F.; Cutlers Green, 53; Rayne rail-
way sidings, 726 Great Dunmow, 62. J.I.-W.
P. rhoeas L. var. wilkesii Druce
In a cabbage field at Chignal Smealey, 61. There was a
large area with flowers ranging in colour from deep to pale
red, pink, white and shaded forms. It was the Rev. W.
Wilkes who produced the Shirley Poppy of the garden by
a painstaking selection from our own native P. rhoeas in
the early part of this century. There was no hybridization
to get the colour variation of the Shirley Poppy which
takes its name from where he lived.
Rubiaceae
Asperula arvensis L.
Woodham Mortimer, 80. P.S. (comm., J.I.-W.).
A. cynanchica L. Squinancy Wort.
Great Chesterford, 54. J.F.
A. odorata L. Sweet Woodruff.
Berwick Hall Wood, 73; Shardlows Wood, 73. C.H.;
Copperas Wood, 23.
Galium palustre L. ssp. elongatum (C. Presl.) Lge.
Hazleton Wood area, near White Notley, 71.
Resedaceae
Reseda alba L. Upright Mignonette.
Dunton Hill, 62. J.I.-W.
Ranunculaceae
Eranthis hyemalis (L.) Salisb. Winter Aconite.
Warley, 59.
Ranunculus lingua L. Greater Spearwort.
Abundant in roadside pond, Hill Green, Clavering, 43;
pond, Wrights Green, Little Hallingbury, 51. J.F.; Warley,
59.
Rosaceae
Agrimonia odorata (Gouan) Mill Fragrant Agrimony.
Railway line, Althorne, 99; near Great Bendysh Wood, 64.