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Listera ovata. Common in all the copses. 



Cephalanthera grandiflora. Plantation to the left of tlie road 

 in going to Waldershare, and woods of Kersney Abbey, at the 

 root of the Fir-trees. 



lllIDACEjE. 



Iris fcetidissima. On banks along the Folkestone road, and 

 in Kersney Wood, etc. (not in bloom) . 



ELvEAGNACEiE. 



Hippophae rhamnoides. Waste ground at the foot of Shak- 

 speare's Cliff, and on ascent to Abbott's Cliff. — In both places I 

 only found plants with male flowers. 



EUPHORBIACEiE. 



Euphorbia helioscopia. Common in waste ground. 



Euphorbia Peplus. Common. 



Euphorbia amygdaloides. Abundant in woods and copses. 



Mercurialis perennis. Not uncommon. 



Mercurialis annua. A troublesome weed in cultivated ground. 



URTICACE^. 



Parietaria officinalis. On old walls, and on the East Cliff, 

 growing luxuriantly in the chalk. 



POLYGONACE^, 



Of the following genera. Polygonum, Rumex, Chenopodium, 

 there were many representatives, but not sufficiently in flower to 

 be determined, with the exception of — 



Chenopodium Bonus -Henricus, which grew about the Priory, 

 Poulton, and St. Radigund's farms. 



Beta maritima. Abundant along the shore and on the cliffs 

 east and west of Dover. 



Atriplex. Several species {varieties according to Bentham), 

 but these also, not being in flower, could not be determined. 



Obione (Halimus) portulacoides, Wall. Little saltmarsh be- 

 tween Shakspeare's and Abbott's Cliffs. 



Salicornia hei'bacea. In the same place, not in bloom. 



