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roadside bank, suckering freely and forming a dense thicket. The bushes were a mass of orange-yellow flowers in April. Papaver lecoqii Lamotte, Babington's Poppy. Hitcham, one specimen on a heap of brick rubble, TL95, v.c.26, ALB, 17/7/80. Papaver atlanticum (Ball) Cosson Four new sites for an increasing species of garden origin. (i) Ten plants near the Chalk Hill Quarry. Barton Mills. TL77. v.c.26. FWS. 29/5/80. (ii) Capel St. Mary, roadside bank, TM03, v.c.25, FWS, 7/2/81. (iii) Roadside verge, Westleton, TM46, v.c.25, PGL, 19/8/78. Still there, FWS, 24/8/80. (iv) Four plants, very closely cropped by rabbits, in a dry open sandy ride, Dunwich Forest. TM47, v.c.25, FWS, 8/8/80. Sisymbrium volgense Bieb. ex E. Fourn. Hadleigh, several extensive patches on the disused railway line, TM04, v.c.26, 12/5/80. Seen by MAH et al. on a joint meeting of the Bury St. Edmunds, Stowmarket and Hadleigh Natural History Societies. Conf. EJC, 5/80. Hb. E&MH. First Suffolk record. This plant is a yellow Brassica-like crucifer with glaucous leaves. It is distinguishable from the majority of common yellow crucifers in Britain in being a glabrous perennial which forms large patches. Noted, but not recognised, by other local naturalists in the past. For a fĂźll description of this species and its status in Britain, see E. J. Clement (1979). Cochlearia danica L., Early Scurvy-grass. Barton Mills, TL77, v.c.26, EMH, 27/4/80. Hb. E&MH. Normally seen on the coast, this plant was found, surprisingly enough, on the verge of the dual carriageway of the A l l at Chalk Hill for about 350 metres. Probably introduced with rock salt. Potentilla recta L., Sulphur Cinquefoil. Bentley, one plant in a pasture, TM13, v.c.25, CJH, 1979. An alien, uncommon in Suffolk and always in small quantity. Spartium junceum L., Spanish Broom. Brantham, originally planted alongside the perimeter fence of Bexford Ltd. and now seeding itself, TM13, v.c.25, MAH, 8/9/79 and 1980. Astragalus hamosus L. Ipswich, on a recently cleared area of waste ground alongside the R. Gipping, TM 14, v.c.25, FEC, 23/11/80. Conf. EJC, 11/80. Many plants, some flowering, but none fruiting. This species is an annual which grows in the Mediterranean region. It has insignificant, pale yellow peaflowers and is unusual in having medifixed hairs. First Suffolk record. Lathyrus aphaca L., Yellow Vetchling. Earl Stonham, on roadside verge, TM15, v.c.25, EM-R, 11/7/80. First
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