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Polygonum rurivagum Jord. ex. Bor., Cornfield Knotgrass. Tunstall, on Suffolk Wildlife Trust protected verge, TM35, v.c. 25, ALB, 16/7/91. Several plants flowering on verge, close to tarmac. Conf. Dr. B. T. Styles. Hb. E & MH. First confirmed record for v.c. 25, East Suffolk. Chenopodium hybridum L., Sowbane. (i) Worlington, edge of farm track, TL67, v.c. 26, EMH, 12/9/86. (ii) Herringswell, abundant in fallow field, TL76, v.c. 26, DJL and YJL, 13/10/91. Conf. E. J. Clement. Manyofthese plants were astriking deep crimson throughout. (iii) Tuddenham, edge of field of flax, TL77, v.c. 26, EMH, 17/9/91. (iv) Sudbury, waste ground in Quay Lane, TL84, v.c. 26, A A B , 13/8/86. (v) Bury St. Edmunds, arable field, TL86, v.c. 26, EM-R, 18/8/87. (vi) Stowmarket, on dumped sand in grounds of Museum of East Anglian Life, TM05, v.c. 26, EMH, 19/9/89. This species can be found in most years in the Breckland, but is rarely seen in East Suffolk. All the above records are for v.c. 26, West Suffolk. Montia fontana L. agg., Blinks. (i) Icklingham Plains, about 30 flowering plants in short grassy Breck, TL77, v.c. 26, DJL and YJL, 18/4/91. Det. by Dr. S. M. Walters as ssp. variabilis Walters. (ii) Southwold, near Buss Creek, TM47, v.c. 25, JWP, April 1991. About 50 plants in dry grassland (wet in winter) in shallow pit. These plants were identified by Dr. Partridge as ssp. chondrosperma (Fenzl) Walters, which is thought to be the most frequent form in Suffolk. Other post-Flora records, not determined to subspecies, include: Holbrook Gardens, at edge of heath, TM13, EWP, 11/4/91; Woolverstone, in lawn, TM13, E M H , 1984; Nacton, marshy meadow, TM24,1.N.H.S. Field Meeting, 1985. Comm. PMB; BungayTM38, BecclesTM39, WalberswickTM47, all on dry heath, GWM, 1984. All v.c. 25. Corydalis bulbosa (L.) DC., Tuberous Corydalis. Haiesworth, two colonies in a large, very old garden, TM37, v.c. 25, E G , 1991. Conf. FWS. Clearly planted at some time in the distant past, these plants have survived without attention for many years. One colony grows on a bank, competing for space with Allium paradoxum (Bieb.) G. Don, whilst the other, in a far corner, long undisturbed, apart from occasional tree planting, grows happily among the roots of the trees. Corydalis solida (L.) Sw., Purple Fumitory, Purple Corydalis. Tattingstone, one flower spike in churchyard,TM13, v.c. 25, FE, April 1989. An early-flowering species, able to flower and set seed before mowing begins. Known from only one other site in Suffolk, as reported in T.S.N.S. Vol. 27, 1991.
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