THE WILD FLORA OF KEW GARDENS. 71 



THE WILD FLORA OF KEW GARDENS AND PLEASURE 



GROUNDS. 

 By Geoege Nicholson. 



{Concluded from page 49.) 



Verbena officinalis, Z. Mound behind House No. 1. Two or three 

 plants near Palace. 



Lycopus europaeus, Z. B. Common about pond. P. Abundent 

 all round lake. 



Mentha birsuta, Z. P. Several patches near edge of lake. 



Thymus Chamsedrys, Fries. Common in every dry piece of turf 

 within the limits of our Flora. Frequent on wall facing river. 



Nepeta Cataria, Z. A few plants near Winter Garden. 



N. Glecboma, Benth. Common under trees, and in shrubberies. 



Prunella vulgaris, Z. P. Two or three plants by side of Irish 

 Yew Avenue leading from Pagoda to Arbour. 



Scutellaria galericulata, Z. Strip. Plentiful by moat near Isle- 

 worth Gate. 



•Ballota nigra, Z., var. foetida. P. A few plants on waste ground 

 near " Spar," Strip. Three or four by towing-path. 



* Stachys palustris, Z. Strip. Three or four plants by moat 

 100 yards north of Isle worth Gate. 



S. sylvatica, Z. P. A few plants in wood near large cedar (the 

 one so conspicuous from behind Palm House). Q. A large plot con- 

 taining 20 or 30 plants. 



Lamium amplexicaule, Z. Strip. In turf by side of towing-path 

 about 150 yards south of Brentford Ferry; Not seen within the 

 Gardens. 



L. purpureum, Z. Common in all bare places. 



L. album, L. Very frequent in Strip. Uncommon in the other 

 divisions. 



Ajuga reptans, Z. Here and there on most of the lawns in B. 

 Much less frequent elsewhere. 



Teucrium Scorodonia, Z. P. About " Old Ruined Arch," and 

 *• Merlin's Cave." 



Myosotis palustris. With. P. Here and there near edge of lake. 

 Strip. Rather frequently by moat. 



M. arvensis, Hoffm. B, Pal. and P. Common in bare places in the 

 turf about lake, also in beds. 



M. versicolor, Reich. P. About lake with last-named. On wall 

 skirting moat. 



Anchusa arvensis, Bieh. P. A couple of plants at lake end of 

 Juniper collection. Here and there on waste ground about Temperate 

 House. 



Symphytum officinale, Z. This and its var. patens grow abun- 

 dantly on the Palace side of the wooden fence stretching from the 

 *' Princess's" to Brentford Gate. Not uncommon on Strip. 



Primula vulgaris, Huds. Pal. A few plants in turf midway be- 

 tween Herbarium and Palace. 



P. veris, Z. In company with the last, but rather more common. 



