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Scirpus setaceus L., Bristie Club-rush. An uncommon species, but perhaps overlooked, as it grows very close to the ground and may be mistaken for a grass. (i) Thelnetham, a few specimens on Fen path, TL97, v.c. 26, FWS, 6/7/86. (ii) Newbourne, by small reservoir, TM24, v.c. 25, MTW, 10/7/86. (iii) Leiston, frequent on ride, Minsmere Reserve, TM46, v.c. 25, FWS, 25/8/86. Carex curta Gooden., White Sedge. Dunwich, many plants growingin Bog Moss (Sphagnum sp.), TM46, v.c. 25, E B & G W M , 21/5/86. Now very rare. No longer at Snape, where its former habitat is now too dry. Carex rostrata Stokes, Bottie Sedge. (i) Tostock, edge of small pool, TL96, v.c. 26, R A , 27/7/85. (ii) Market Weston, in Fen pool, TL97, v.c. 26, FWS, 22/6/86. Carex distans L., Distant Sedge. Thrandeston, in marshy meadow, TM17, v.c. 25, AC, 21/6/86. An interesting record. All but a few of the Suffolk sites for this species are coastal marshes and pastures. Dactylorhiza maculata (L.) Soรถ ssp. ericetorum (Linton) P. F. Hunt & Summerhayes, Heath Spotted Orchid. (i) Benacre, small colony in old overgrown pasture, TM58, v.c. 25, FWS, 17/7/86. (ii) Barnby, several specimens in acid cattle pasture, TM49, v.c. 25, FWS, 1985-6. Key to contributors Abrahams, Miss D. M. Addington, Rev. R. Ashton, Miss F. Beaumont, Dr. E. Brinkley, P. M. Bull, A . L . Coe, Mrs. E. M. Coombe, Dr. D. E. Copping, A. Crompton, Mrs. G. Daniels, E. T. Digby, J. W. Harris, Mrs. J. Heap, Miss J. Hyde, Mrs. E. M. Ireland, Miss E. Kershaw, Mrs. M. Lambert, Miss S. Lang, Miss B.
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Last, J. Lawson, P. G. Maybury, G. W. Milne-Redhead, E. Palmer, T. W. Pemberton, J. E. L. Rutterford, M. G. Sanford, M. N. Sheppy, Mrs. O. O. D. Sheppy, P. F. Simpson, F. W. Thompson, Mrs. H. Townsend, Mrs. G. Trist, P. J. O. Tusting, Miss J. Vaughan, Mrs. I. M. Wilson, P. Wright, M. T.
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