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Flora of Rochester District. 



(lo Mile Radius). 



IN the Flora of Keyit, by Hanbury and Marshall, the number of 

 species of plants found in the county is given as i,i6o. The 

 following list of plants found in our limited District includes 783 

 species, i.e., slightly over f, or 67-5 per cent, of those recorded from 

 the whole of Kent. Mr. Hanbury, in his gigantic task, secured the 

 assistance of a large number of botanists selected from every part of 

 the county. In the introduction to his Flora he gives the names of 105 

 contributors — and therefore his list may be fairly looked upon as 

 practically complete. This list is the result almost exclusively of my 

 own researches, and there is consequently good reason to believe it 

 may be far from complete and that it may be considerably augmented 

 later on. As it now stands, however, it is sufficiently extensive to 

 show that our District is extremely rich in plant life and will amply 

 repay a more or less prolonged visit by the scientific botanist or the 

 general lover of wild flowers. 



The whole of the plants in this list have passed through my hands, 

 and have been carefully verified, except some sixty, which, although 

 never found by me, are given by Hanbury & Marshall as occurring in 

 our district. These are here indicated by the word " Hanbury " 

 following them. 



Abbreviatio7is. — The month or months mentioned in the description 

 of each plant give the time of flowering ; thus June-September means 

 that the plant will be found in bloom in June, July, August, and 

 September. 



The letter " A " means that the plant to which it is attached is an 

 Annual, i.e., that it grows, flowers, and dies in one year. 



The letter " B" means that plant is Biennial, i.e., flowers, seeds, and 

 dies in the second 5'ear." 



The letter " P" means that it is Perennial, i.e., flowers year after year 

 for a more or less lengthened period. 



The "number" given shows the number of divisions in which the 

 plant is found, out of 112, into which the countr}' has been 

 botanicallv divided. 



