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Between paving-stones, on damp walls, gravel paths, and wet sandy- 

 places ; common. P. May — September. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Blackst. Fasc. 91. Eastcott. Near Potter's Bar. 

 II. Sunbury. Teddington Station. 



III. Bet. Ashford and Hounslow Heath; Curt. F. L. f. 3. Hounslow 



Heath, abundant. Walls at Harrow ; Herb. Harr. 



IV. North Heath; Hampstead. 



V. Walls at Cheswick ; Mcrrett, 109. Brick tombs in Chiswick church- 

 yard. Acton ; Tucker (v. s.). 

 VI. Edmonton, Hadley ! ; Warren. 

 VII. [River wall of Temple Gardens.] Hampstead. [Courtyard of Bur- 

 lington House.] Kensington G-ardens, near the Scotch Firs, 1868 ; 

 Warren {v. s.). 

 Yivst record : Merrett, 1666. 



96. S. apetala, L. 



Saxifraga anglica alsinefolia annua. Plot. (R. Syn. iii.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 210 ; Comp. 117. Syme E. B. ii. t. 246. 



On walls and dry ground, especially gravel walks ; common. A. May — 



September. 

 I. Eastcott; Mel v. 13. 

 II. About Sunbury. Hampton. 



III. Twickenham. 



IV. Near Harrow Station; Melv. 13. Harrow Weald churchyard. 



Edgware and Whitchurch churchyards. 

 V. Near Ealing ! ; Hanwell churchyard ! ; Newh. Chiswick. 

 VI. Edmonton. 

 VII. Common in nearly all garden- walks about London ; Dill, in E. Syn. 

 iii. 478. 

 First record : Billenius, 1 724. A variety is recorded by Mr. Hind/rom 

 Euislip (v. Melv. 13). 



97. S. ciliata, Fries. 



Cyb. Br. Supp. 52, 81 ; Comp. 118. Syme E. B. ii. t. 147. 



Roadsides and dry places, on a sandy soil ; rare. A. June — August. 



I. South side of Harrow Weald Common. 



II. Road from Staines to Hampton, in several places. 

 III. Hounslow Heath, abundant. Drilling G-round, Hounslow. 

 VII. Chelsea Hospital; Irv. H. B. P. 769. 



First record: Irvine, 1858. 



98. S. subulata, Wimm. 



Spergula saginoides, L. (Curt.). Spergula suhulata, Swartz (Sm.). 

 Cyb. Br. i. 212 ; iii. 393 ; Comp. 118. Curt. F. L. f. 4. 

 Damp sandy heaths ; very rare. P. June — August. 

 I. Mr. Lightfoot showed it me .... on Uxbridge Moor ; Curt. F. L, 



