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Vaccaria, the flax (Linum usitatissimum), Melilotus officinalis, the 
evening primrose (nothera biennis), the parsley, the teasel 
(Dipsacus sylvestris), Chrysanthemum Parthenium, the milk-thistle 
(Mariana lactea), the blue cornflower, and Mercurialis annua. 
Others which have not yet been dignified with a place, even in 
italics, in the ‘London Catalogue,’ are the Jerusalem artichoke 
(Helianthus tuberosus), and Nicotiana affinis. 
The following are some other noteworthy plants of the com- 
mon, and probably among its original inhabitants, viz. climbing 
fumitory (Corydalis claviculata) (West Wickham Common), Tilia 
cordata (small-leaved lime), a large tree by the road going up 
Coney Hill, Vicia angustifolia, Rubus suberectus, Epilobium angusti- 
folium, Saxifraga granulata, Hieracium tridentatum, Ruscus acule- 
atus (butcher’s-broom), Carea distans, and Bromus commutatus. 
Brambles are plentiful, but I have not been able to study them 
sufficiently to make a full list. The ordinary species of mosses 
and fungi which might be expected to occur in such a locality are 
fairly plentiful, but I have not observed any kinds worthy of 
special notice, nor can I make a list sufficiently complete to be 
worth putting on record. 
The total number of flowering plants which I have so far 
observed on Hayes Common is 320, and one fern; total 321. 
The following are plants which I have not as yet observed on 
Hayes Common, though they are found on other commons in the 
neighbourhood, and might be expected to occur there :—Clematis 
Vitalba, Nasturtium officinale, Oxalis Acetosella, Trifolium sub- 
_terraneum, Lathyrus pratensis, Potentilla anserina, Cornus san- 
guinea, Poterium sanguisorba, Pyrus Aria, Apium nodiflorum, 
Viburnum Lantana and Opulus, Tussilago Farfara, Carduus 
crispus, Centaurea scabiosa, Vaccinium Myrtillus, Lysimachia nem- 
orum, Myosotis versicolor, Melampyrum pratense, Origanum vulgare, 
Populus tremula, and Juniperus communis. 
The following plants are recorded in Hanbury’s ‘Flora of 
_ Kent’ from Hayes Common, though I have not seen them there, 
viz. Berberis vulgaris, Erysimum perfoliatum, Lepidium Smithii, 
_ Hypericum elodes, Trifolium subterraneum, Rubus fissus, Rogersit, 
carpinifolius, pulcherrimus, foliosus, and rosaceus var. infecundus, 
Potentilla recta, Alchemilla vulgaris, Rosa rubiginosa and micrantha, 
Drosera rotundifolia, Senecio viscosus, Jasione montana, Wahlen- 
_ bergia hederacea, Menyanthes trifoliata, Cuscuta Epithymum, Nar- 
_thecium ossifragum, and Osmunda regalis. Some of these have 
been previously mentioned under the heading of bog-plants ; 
others are casuals, which, as I have already said, are uncertain 
in their appearance. Others, again, as Senecio viscosus and 
_Jasione montana, are still found in the neighbourhood, if not on 
the common itself. 
I do not profess to have fully explored Hayes Common and its 
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