More rare Plants growing wild in Suffolk.
Abrotanum campestre C. B. Park. Ger. Artemisia tenuifolia S. leptophyllos, aliis Abrotanum sylvestre. J. B. Wild Sothernwood or fine-leav'd Mugwort. At a place call'd Elden in Suffolk, twelve miles beyond New-market in the way towards Lynne, on the balks of the Corn-fields, and by the way sides abundantly for a mile in length and breadth. Also a mile from Barton-mills, where a mark standeth in the way to Lynne to direct pas∣sengers, and among the Furze-bushes under the hill plenti∣fully. Though this plant be very common beyond Seas, yet hitherto I have not heard of any other place in England where it grows spontaneously.
Agrifolium baccis luteis nondum descriptum P. B. Yellow berried Holly. At Wiston in this County not far from Buers.
Carduus tomentosus Corona fratrum Park. erioce∣phalus Ger. Woolly headed Thistle. Near Clare in Suf∣folk plentifully. See the Synonimes in Cambridge-Catalogue.
Caucalis tenuifolia flosculis subrubentibus Hist. nost. arvensis echinata parvo flore C. B. Fine-leav'd bastard Parsley with a small purplish flower. Amongst the Corn here at Notley, and in many other places.
Crithmum chrysanthemum Park. Ger. maritimum flore Asteris Attici C. B. marinum tertium Matthio∣li, flore luteo Buphthalmi J. B. Golden-flower'd Sam∣pire. On the bank of the river just above Fulbridge at Maldon in Essex.
Gramen dactylon latiore folio C. B. Ischaemon sylvestre latiore folio Park. Plentifully in the plowed-fields about Elden aforesaid.
Lychnis viscosa flore muscoso C. B. Sesamoides Sa∣lamanticum magnum Ger. Muscipula Salmantica ma∣jor Park. Muscipula muscoso flore seu Ocymoides Belliforme J. B. Spanish Catchfly. In and about the gravel pits on the north side of New-market town: also by the way sides all along from Barton-mills to Thetford in Norfolk.
Lychnis noctiflora C. B. Park. Ocymoides non speciosum J. B. Night-flowering Campion. Among corn about Saxmundham, and between the two Windmills and Warren-lodge at Mewell.
Militaris Aizoides Ger. Stratiotes s. Militaris Aizoi∣des Park. Aloe palustris C. B. Aizoon palustre sive Aloe palust. J.B. The Freshwater-Soldier or Water-Aloe. In the lake in Loving-land.
Pisum marinum Ger. aliud maritimum Britannicum Park. Our English Sea-pease. On the stone-baich between Orford and Alburgh call••d the Shingle, especially on the fur∣ther end toward Orford abundantly. Gesner. lib. de Aqua∣til. 4. p. 256. from the Letters of Dr Key; and from him Jo. Stow in his Chronicle tells us, That in a great dearth which happened in the year 1555. the poor people in this part of the Country, maintain'd themselves and their children with these Pease, which, saith he, to a miracle, sprung up in the Autumn, among the bare stones, no earth being intermixt, of their own accord, and bare fruit sufficient for thousands of people. That these Pease did then spring up miraculously for the relief of the poor, I believe not: that there might be then, Providence so ordering it, an extraor∣dinary crop of them, I readily grant. Yet do they not grow among the bare stones: but spread their roots in the sand below the stones, wherewith there may also perhaps be some ouze mixt, and are nourish'd by the Sea-water pene∣trating the sands, as are many other maritime plants. Nei∣ther did they owe their original to Shipwracks or Pease cast out of Ships, as Camden hints to be the opinion of the wi∣ser; but witbout doubt sprung up at first spontaneously, they being to be found in several the like places about England. See Kent and Sussex.
Sium alterum Olusatri facie Ad. Lob. Ger. Emac. majus alterum angustifolium Park. Erucae folio. C. B. q. Ci∣cuta aquatica Gesneri J.B. Long-leav'd Water-Hemlock or Parsnep. In the lake of Lovingland.
Trifolium cum glomerulis ad caulium nodos rotun∣dis. Knotted Trefoil with round heads. I found this in gravelly places about Saxmundham in this County.
Trifolium flosculis albis, in glomerulis oblongis aspe∣ris, cauliculis proximè adnatis. An Trifolium rectum flore glomerato cum unguiculis J. B? White-flower'd knotted Trefoil with oblong rough heads. At Newmarket, where the Sesamoides Salamanticum grows, and in other places.
Trifolium cochleatum modiolis spinosis. Hedge∣hog Trefoil with rundles resembling a thin segment of a cone. At Orford in Suffolk on the Sea-bank close by the Key plentifully.
Veronica erecta, foliis laciniatis. Alsine foliis he∣deraceis Rutae modo divisis Lob. recta triphyllos sive laciniata Park. triphyllos caerulea C. B. recta Ger. folio profundè secto, flore purpureo seu violaceo J. B. Up∣right Speedwell with divided leaves. At Mewell between the two Windmils and the Warren-lodge: And in the gra∣vel-pits two miles beyond Barton-mills on the ridge of a hill where a small cart-way crosseth the rode to Lynne, and in the grass thereabout plentifully.
Urtica Romana Ger. Park. Romana seu mas cum globulis J. B. urens, pilulas ferens, prima Dioscori∣dis, semine lini C. B. Common Romane Nettle. A∣bout Alburgh, and elsewhere on the Sea-coast plenti∣fully.
Sedum minimum non acre flore albo. Small mild white flower'd Stone-crop. In the more barren grounds all along between Yarmouth and Donewich. This differs specifically from the common Pepper-wort, and not in the colour of the flower only.