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stony situations, and also of woods in Dalmatia, and 

 a common weed of cultivated ground throughout 

 Europe, including England. Messrs. Hanbury and 

 Marshall think it may be native in Kent, where it 

 grows in open places in woods. The whole question 

 of the status of the species in Europe requires in- 

 vestigation. At present English botanists are hardly in 

 a position to claim it as a native. 



Valerianella eriocarpa, Desv. Native of dry hills and 

 fields in the west and south of Europe, and a weed 

 of cultivated ground in many parts of the Continent. 

 It has been found in one or two places in England in 

 waste ground. It may have been introduced with grain, 

 but it is more likely the result of the cultivation of 

 the species in gardens under the name of Italian Corn 

 Salad. 



[Valerianella olitoria, Pollich. A weed of cultivated 

 ground throughout the whole of Europe. The species 

 was considered by De Candolle to be indigenous only 

 in Sardinia and Corsica, but its distribution in 

 natural habitats was not fully known to him. In 

 Belgium, as well as in more southerly countries, 

 it is now recorded from woods, bushy places, and sea- 

 sands, as well as from artificial habitats. The authors 

 of the Flora of Kent regard it as native on the seashore 

 of that county, and there are indications that this is 

 the case in other parts of the coasts of Southern 

 England. Inland, though thoroughly naturalised in 

 hedges, banks, and walls, it is chiefly found in the 

 neighbourhood of villages, and appears to be de- 

 pendent on artificial conditions in the great majority 

 of cases.] 



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