Anagallis tenella (L.)L. Conservation status: C First record: Corbyn,1656 Nummularia minor fl. purpurascente G.630. Corbyn,1656. Nummularia minor flore purpurascente Small purple-flowered Money-wort. Ray,1670:221. Nummularia minor flore purpurascente Martyn,1727,72. Cambridgeshire, n.c., Hb CM Lemann, n.d., CGE. 25 Gamlingay. In the Bogs. Martyn,1763,Herbat.XI. Lysim tenella G(amlingay) B(ogs). Fisher ann. Berkenhout,53. Gamlingay Bogs. Relhan,1785;1802;1820. Gamlingay, JS Henslow, 4.8.1828, CGE. Gamlingay Bogs. Bab.ann.Relhan,88. Gamlingay. Bab.1860,190. Fruiting, shiny nuts, longitudinaly striate, Gt Heath Meadow, 22-51-, DE Coombe, 26.7.1952, DE Coombe Card index. 34 Croydon; Newbould. Bab.1860,190. 38 Doddington Turf-fen, Cambridgeshire, Hb. CC Babington, 1.9.1853, CGE. Doddington Turf-fen. Bab.1860,190. Turf fen, AF.cat. 44 At Ickleton, Spurgin & Clarke, Walden Fl. 1832. SWN. Anaga ten Sawston Moor; SW Wanton Bab.1860,190. Ickleton; GS Gibson. Bab.1860,190. SAWSTON Sawston. Spurgin & Clarke, Walden Fl. 1832. SWN. Sawston; GS Gibson. Bab.1860,190. Sawston Moor:SW Wanton. Bab.1860,190. Still on Sawston Moor; extinct in the other localities in Districts 1 and 2. West,1898,254. Local but abundant vegetative, damp clay ground by side of dug dtches in wet meadow, Sawston Hall, SM Walters, 3.9.1949. A few leaves were seen, Sawston Moor, CNT exc.3.9.1960, [R]. Sawston Moor, 491.490, DA Wells, 21.8.1973, [R]. Two small patches by a shallow ditch adjacent to main ride at 490.489, , M Meade & G Crompton, 1977. THRIPLOW Anagallis tenella Specimen: 'Peat Holes, Triplow More, in June 1840 Gathered by Nathan Maynard.' It formerly grew in the boggy and peaty places upon Triplow Moor near Ninewells... The writer has found it in boggy places growing sparingly upon Middle Moor... It formerly grew on Sawston fen, where the writer has gathered it plentifully, but the drainage... caused it to disappear.... Maynard MS.13:355. CRO. Peat-holes, Triplow; Newbould. Bab.1860,190. On tussocks of rushes, Thriplow Meadows A & C, G Crompton, 1957–1975. plentiful, Thriplow, PJ Bourne, 6.7.1959. Thriplow meadows, CNT Exc.26.6.1965, [R]. Flowers fully open in the sunshine, Thriplow Meadows, [437.470], CNT exc.3.7.1971, [R]. Thriplow meadows, G Crompton, 1975. 45 HINTON Nummularia minor flore purpurascente Little purplish-flowered Money-wort. On Hinton, and... moors. Ray,1660,104(87). Deleted 'On...moors'; 'In palustribus frequens' inserted. JM. ann. Nummularia minor flore purpurascente. (Hinton) On the moor and in the water there. Ray,Index Loc.JM.ann. Lysimachia tenella. Cherry-Hinton In and about the Moor. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII. Lysim tenella Cher: Hint. Moor. Fisher ann. Berkenhout,53. Anagallis tenella Bog Pimpernel. Hinton, Relhan,1785;1802; [omitted] Hinton. Relhan,1820. Hinton Moor; Relhan. Bab.1860,190. Ditch by Hinton road, 1818; Job Watson. Bab.MS.Fl.2:601. Ditch by Hinton road; Job Watson. Bab.1860,190. TRUMPINGTON Trumpington,... moors. Ray,1660,104(87). Deleted 'On... moors'; 'In palustribus frequens' inserted. JM. ann. Anagallis tenella Bog Pimpernel. Trumpington, Relhan,1785;1802;1820. Trumpington Moor; Relhan. Bab.1860,190. CAMBRIDGE Cambridge, JS Henslow, 17.7.1823, CGE. 1st milestone from C. to London. Henslow ann. l:88. On the Common at one mile on London road, Cambridge!; Henslow. Bab.1860,190. Open Common; H. Bab.MS.Fl.2:601. Cambridge, 17.7.1873, Bent.ann. Hobson's Stream, Cambridge, in plenty, Hosking,1903. Finch's Walk, Foster's side of brook, 1906, A Hosking ann.Bab. SHELFORD Shelford Common, JS Henslow, 26.6.1826, CGE. Shelford Common. 1835,Coleman(a),45; Coleman(b). Shelford Common; WH Coleman. Bab.1860,190. DERNFORD FEN Dernford fen, RI Lynch, 28.8.1881, CUBG 127/81. Dernford Fen, AS Shrubbs, 8.1888, CGE. Dernford fen, HD.ann. Dernford Fen, A. Malins Smith, 20.7.1905. Dernford Fen–Sawston Moor AS Shrubbs, 7.1919, CGE. 55 TEVERSHAM ...Teversham moor. Ray,1660,104(87). Nummularia minor fl. purpurascente Teversham Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.(f.)5. Teversham. On the Moor. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII. Lysim tenella T(eversham) M(oor). Fisher ann. Berkenhout,53. Anagallis tenella Bog Pimpernel. Teversham Moor. Relhan,1785;1802;1820. Teversham Moor; Relhan. Bab.1860,190. Teversham Moor; Ray. [sic.] Bab.MS.Fl.2:601. FUBOURN Fulbourn Moor. 1835,Coleman(a),45; Coleman(b). Fulbourn Moor; WH Coleman. Bab.1860,190. veg. growth only luxouriant, near Alnus incana grove, Fulbourn Fen, J Scholer, 19.5.1938. WILBRAHAM N of Coles bridge, [Wilbraham Common] 52-57-, MO Hill, c.1963. None found, Coles bridge, after careful search of first 200 yards of ditch with Carex serotina, AC Leslie, 3.9.1978; and likewise, R Payne, 1982. 56 BOTTISHAM Bottisham fen. Jenyns ann.Relhan,1802. Bottisham Fen. Jenyns ann.Relhan,1820. Bottisham fen. Henslow ann. l:88. Bottisham fen appears to be an excellent place for Moor & Bog plants.... we found several other species today which I never met with before in this neighbourhood. These were the Anagallis tenella... Jenyns,NHJ,4.7.1825. Bottisham Fen, L.J., 4.7.1825, BATHG. Bottisham Fen. Bab.1860,190. QUY Quy, 1901, A Hosking ann.Bab. Quy Fen, Hosking, J.Bot.1903. Quy Fen, 8.8.1920, Mills ann. Quy Fen, SM Walters, 23.7.1946, CGE. Still there in small quantity, SM Walters, 1947. Sparingly among Hypnum cuspidatum on margin of big pit., Quy Fen, 513.637, DE Coombe, 9.5.1949, DE Coombe Card index. One corner of coprolite pit, Quy Fen, 516.609, CNT exc.6.7.1957, [R]. Not found, Quy Fen, SM Walters & G Crompton, 26.7.1977. BURWELL Burwell Fen, n.c., 1835, CGE. [not found.] On tussocks of rushes, marshy meadow, The Weirs, Burwell [a new Plantation, 1999], JW Clarke, 1961. 57 Grunty fen, W Marshall, AF.cat. WICKEN Wicken Poor's Fen; I.H.Burkill. West,1898,254. 58 Downham West Fen, but I fear gone, Marshall, Bennett,1899,245. Ely West Fen, but lost I fear though lately, WM in AF.ann. 66 CHIPPENHAM FEN Chippenham Fen, RI Lynch, 6.9.1884, CUBG 109/84. Chippenham Moor, AF.ann. Chippenham Fen, sparingly, 1895. West,1898,254. Chippenham Fen, n.c., [RH Lock].7.1900, CGE. Chippenham Fen, RI Lynch, 20.9.1904, CUBG 192/04. On droves (as with Pinguicula) flowering, Chippenham Fen, SM Walters, 27.6.1953. Chippenham Fen, (Compt. 8), 651.694, (Compt 4) 642.693, M Musgrave, 1977. [Abundant] on track, Snailwell Poor's Fen, PH Oswald, & CFG exc.17.6.1995, [R]. Under boggy broadwalk, Chippenham Fen, 644.695, JCA Rathmell, 20.6.1993, [R].
