Montia fontana subsp. chondrosperma (Fenzl)Walters (subsp. minor WR Hayw.) Conservation status: C First record: Ray, 1662 Last record: H Gilbert-Carter & SM Walters, 1945 25 Alsine fontana credita Ger. Gamlingay...Ray litt.1662b,221. Alsine aquatica surrectiori J.B. forté. Olantula Portulacae affines. Small upright water Chickweed, called by some Blinkes. On the boggy grounds about Gamlingay. This is very frequent in many other places of England, in watery grounds, and bogs, especially where the ground is sandy. Ray,1663,3. Alsine palustris Portulacea aquaticae similis Alsine aquaticae surrectior Small water-Chickweed, by some called Blinks. In agro Cantabrigiensi non alibi quam in palustribus circa Gamlingay observavimus. Ray,1670,17-18;1677,17. Alsine palustris Portulacea aquaticae similis J.B.similis non idem. Small water Chickweed by some call'd Blinks. Flos hujus parvus pentapetalos, albus In the boggy grounds about Gamlingay. Ray,1685,1-2. Alsinoides palustris vulgaris. Small Water Chickweed, or Blinks. In the boggy grounds about Gamlingay. Cat.Cant.App. Martyn,1727,70; JM.ann.Meth. Alsinoides Gamlingay. JM.ann.Index Loc. Gamlingay Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.7-8. Gamlingay. In the Bogs. Martyn,1763,Herbat.XI. G(amlingay) B(ogs) Fisher ann. Berkenhout,30. Montia fontana Blinks, or Water-chickweed. In wet Places. On the moist Parts of Gravelly Heaths, where the Water stagnates in Winter. Gamlingay Bogs, &c. Relhan,1785;1802;1820. Near ye village & about the margins of pools in G. heath. 27 April 1827 Henslow ann. l:52. Gamlingay, JS Henslow, 27.4.1827, det. SM Walters 1958, CGE. Gamlingay Heath, CC Babington, 18.5.1830, det. SM Walters 1958, CGE. Montia fontana Whitewood and the Heath near Gamlingay, 18.5.1830. Henslow Exc. Gamlingay, J Downes in Hb Mrs Casborne, 19.5.1831, det. SM Walters 1958, CGE. Gamlingay, CC Babington, 19.5.1832, det. SM Walters 1958, CGE. Gamlingay J.D., 24.5.1832, NTM. Gamlingay, J Sharp, 16.5.1833, Huntly Hb,ABO. On dry land at Gamlingay, CC Babington, 24.5.1849, det. SM Walters 1958, CGE. GamlingayBogs Heath, in the newly enclosed fields. Bab.ann.Relhan,52. In the newly inclosed fields on Gamlingay Heath, very abundant there formerly. Bab.1860,8. (var. minor) Gamlingay, CEM ann. Gamlingay Cinques, TG Tutin, 1931. 29 Border of county, Whittlesea, AF.ann. 37 Sutton Meadlands, H Gilbert-Carter and SM Walters, 23.5.1945, det. SM Walters 1958, CGE. 38 Turf Fen, AF.cat. 45 In the gravel pits at How's hill. JM.ann.Meth. [Alsinoides] In the gravel pits at How's Hill. Th.M.ann.Meth.70. Howes Hill Th.M.ann.Meth.-Index Loc.10. Montia fontana. Cambridge. Hill of Health. Found there by Dr Martyn. Martyn,1763,Herbat.III. Hill of Health Fisher ann. Berkenhout,30. Hill of Health. Relhan,1785;1802;1820. Gravel Pits at How's Hill. Bab.ann. Hill of Health; J Martyn. Bab.1860,8. 48 Chatteris, AF.cat. Chatteris, A.F., Bab.ann. Chatteris, Fryer. Bennett,1899,245. [48?] Old Lynn Drove, AF.cat. Coveney, AF.ann. Honey, AF.cat. Block Fen, AF.cat., AF.ann. Langwood Fen, AF.ann. Bushland, AF.cat. Rushbeach, AF.ann. 49 Fire Lots, AF.cat. 58 West Fen, Ely, CC Babington, 5.7.1853, det. SM Walters 1958, CGE. Ely. Bab.1860,8. Nr Downham, AF.ann.
