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EEPOKT OF AN ADDITION TO THE 



FLORA OF S0UTH=EA5T KENT AND OF NEW LOCALITIES FOR PLANTS 



FOUND IN THIS DISTRICT. 



The .est notewo.th. plant I have CO e ™^^^^ tLTL^Zl- 



Lathyrus tuhero.us (Peas Earth-Dut ™ ^f^J"^'/^; Miss Baggallay. who sent it to me as .he was 

 where in Britain except in Essex^ It was t^st touna oy gs ^. ^ ^^^^ ^ specimen to 



not sure of its identity I identified i^b a iaf/^Y^^'^^^^'f^^^^^^ .^ ^^^^^. „^ j,,, 30 in the 



Sa^itrXrT^MSty^a^TaVhrdT^nTl^ brow otVe Downs to the north of E.n.s 



Va*e On Au-ust 10 I dug up a plant and found the tuber 

 In the ?th edition of Hooker and Arnott's"Br:t.sh Flora 

 Bubli^hed in ISCO, pp. 606-7, it is stated that this plant 

 Cws at Fyfield, near Ongar, Essex, in the borders of fields 

 It intervals for several miles The authors of this flora got 

 the information regarding this plant f'^o'^/;,^^-^^;^^"'?": 

 of Saffron- Walden. It had been observed, Mr. (ribson in- 

 tmedThem, growing in the same f ^l^s for -ty J^^^^^^^ 

 There the flowers were noticed to fall off ^itho"\ ^^f "f^ ^ 

 fruit Hooker and Atnott further state that this plant was 

 ormerly much cultivated in Holland (and Probably also in 

 some pa'rts of Eagland) for the sake of the excellent^uber 

 about the size of a walnut, which were sold in the marKec 

 under the name of "Macus^on." Where V?«=Vh'1 f "^n 

 Yale it was not growi.g in the border of the field but n 

 the Middle of it. A farmer, who examined the field, tola 

 me tTat this field had not been ploughed for twenty years 

 Tt least The plant bad tubers a little less than the size of 

 a walnut and its roots were creeping extensively under- 

 ground It is pretty well established in the locality where 

 I found it I went out to see it three or four times On 

 be last occadon the petals had all fallen off but I did no^ 

 find any fruit, though I made diligent search for it. I am 

 convinced that the plant does not bear fruit here. In this 

 respect it agrees with the Essex plant. The nearest house 

 tX localfty where it was found is a shepherd's co tage. 

 which is down in the valley about a quarter of a mile oQ 

 Th accompanying print cf'the plant is from a photo^J-Pb 

 of a water-colour sketch by Miss Baggallay. It gives a 

 very correct representation of the plant. The illustration 

 is about a third of the size of the actual plant. 



The following are believed to be ne. localities for the plants mentioned :- 

 Prunus cerasus, to the north-west of Hythe. 

 ThalMrxim flavum, near Frogham. 

 Carex nirta, Hythe. 



Cochlearia danica, near the Mouth of the Stour. 

 Oph^ ys aivfera. The Warren, Folkestone. 

 Juncns acut^florvs. The Warren. Folkestone 

 Festuca u'vi(/«unns. Bind dunes north of Sandw.ch. 



Carex echinata, near Bridge (identified at Kew). 



Lepidium ruderale. Pegwell Bay. 



Senecio viscosiis, north of Stonar. 



Salvia pratensis. Elms Vale. . -c j t v^^\ 



Lotus Ljustisdmus, Pegwell Bay (identified at Kew). 



Asparaqus officinalis, north of Stonar. g. ^ j ^ ^^1^. 



I pm inclined to believe that Franlceni.a L. vis is d'^app^^^'^f /i^^i^^olld find one or two large 



by a botanist who knows the flora of thi. f «;«^b°"^^°^<i;^^^e^,f3^1n^^^^^^^ When it is in fl>wer 



patches of it at the mouth of the Stour, but I found only one very smau ^a c ^^^ ^^^^ 



ft s a very str.king object, and if there had been ^^ J^^^^ P^Jt*^fft;; to find it at a place where he 

 failed to see them. I went out with Mr. Moring to Lydden Spout to t^^^^^^ circumstance that 



h\tttrfi:°n.CrwC\^ Ih^fpU^t^t^'trpp^rnTirthatthl dosely allied species-.,-an..n. 

 puheruUnta-hsiS died out from Britain altogether. 



JOHN TAYLOR, M.A., B.D. 



11, Guilford Terrace, Dover. 

 October 22, 190G. 



