86 PLANTS OP DOVER, WALMER, [February, 



CALLITRICHACE.E. 



Callitriche verna. Var. /3 of the Illustrated Handb. B. P. In 

 the Dour and other streams. 



PLANTAGINACE^. 



Plantago media, P. major, P. lanceolata, and P. Coronopus, all 

 very abundant. I looked in vain for P. maritima, which is so 

 common on the south Devon coast. 



PLUMBAGINACE^. 



Armeria maritima grows in large patches on the sandy cliff 

 near Sandgate. Not observed on the chalk. 



Statice spathulata. On the cliffs on both sides of Dover. — 

 Round the margin of the saltmarsh at the foot of Abbott's Cliff, 

 already mentioned, a Statice formed quite a turf, but whether 

 spathulata or Limonium I was not able to determine, as it was 

 only in bud. According to Benthara, one is only a variety of the 

 other. 



PRIMULACEjE. 



Primula veris and P. vulgaris. Both more abundant and lux- 

 uriant than I have ever seen them elsewhere. The latter especially 

 decked every hedgebank and copse with innumerable tufts of its 

 pale yellow stars, occasioning a constantly recurring delight to 

 me, for it does not figure in the Belgian Flora, and it was many 

 years since I had seen it blooming " a I'etat sauvage."' 



Primula elatior ? was brought to us from the neighbourhood 

 of Mount Ararat (near Dover), where I was told it was common. 

 This is the plant known locally as the " Cowslip," while P. veris 

 bears the euphonic appellation of " Horse-buckles." 



Lysimachia nemorum. In copses. — The only one of its genus 

 met with. 



Anagallis arvensis. Cornfields and waste ground. 



VERBENACE^. 



Verbena officinalis. Common, but not in flower. 



LABIAT.«. 



Mentha aquatica. Marshy ground beyond Eiver, and in the 

 Dour. 



