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PLANTS OF DOVEK, &c. 



List of Plants collected about Dover, TValnier, Folkestone, and 

 Sandgate, from the middle of May to the beginning of July, of 

 the past year, 1860. By H. C. 



riLlCES. 



Onl}'^ the following common species were observed : — Lastrea 

 Filix-mas, Polystichum aculeatum. 



Athyrium Filix-fcem^ina. On banks near St. Radigund's. 



Aspleniutn Ruta-tnuraria. Ou a wall at the foot of the Castle 

 hillj Dover ; also on the wall leading to the entrance of Walmer 

 Castle. 



Scolopendrium officinale. Common on banks, but only the 

 normal form. — I did not meet with any of the varieties so fre- 

 quent at Torquay. 



Pteris aquilina. Not common, and very stunted. 



GUAMINE^. 



Phalaris arundinacea, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Phleum pra- 

 tense, Arrhenatherum avenaceum. 



Melica unifiora : Combe Wood. Milium effusum : the same 

 locality. 



Kcele^'ia cristata, Pers. Shakspeare's Cliff. 



Avena prcBCOX [Aira, L.). Downs near St. Radigund's. 



Poa annua, P. nemoralis, P. pratensis. 



Catabrosa aquatica. Ditch near Charlton church, with Gly- 

 ceria aquatica and G. fluituns. 



Sclerochloa maritima, Lind. (?) Very abundant on the cliffs 

 within reach of the sea spray. — The locality given in the British 

 Floras is " salt-marshes." 



Sclerochloa rigida. Link. Common, especially on the beach at 

 Walmer. 



Briza media, Cynosurus cristatus, Dactylis glomerata, Festuca 

 pratensis. 



Bromus asper. Grounds of Walmer Castle. 



Bromus sterilis, B. mollis, Lolium perenne, Hordeum muri-. 

 num. 



I devoted little time to the study of the Grasses, and none to 

 that of the Carices and other Cyperacece, etc. 



N. S. VOL. v. F 



