38 PLANTS OF DOVER, WALMER, [February, 



OROBANCHACE^. 



Orobanche caryophyllacea. I suppose this species is peculiar 

 to Kent, as that county is named as its habitat in all our Floras. 

 It is certainly very abundant, almost covering the piece of waste 

 ground between the Shakspeare's and Abbott's Cliff tunnels, 

 and extending up the side of the latter nearly to the top. It was 

 so matted togf ':her with Lotus corniculatus and Galium Mollugo^ 

 that I had some trouble to find out on which it was parasitic. 

 After several ineffectual attempts with the trowel, I at length 

 succeeded in digging out one with the Galium attached to it, 

 thus leaving no doubt of its identity. It was new to me. 



VERBASCACE^. 



Verbascum Thapsus. On the cliffs at Sandgate, and about 

 Dover, not in bloom (July). 



SOLANEiE. 



Solanum Dulcamara. Common in hedges round Dover, but es- 

 pecially luxuriant on the shingly beach at Walmer, where it grew 

 in patches, the branches trailing on the ground and so intertwined 

 as quite to form a matting. The flowers too were in denser heads, 

 and of a darker purple, than I had ever observed them when 

 growing in hedges. 



BORAGINACEiE, 



Borago officinalis. A variety with pure white flowers (very 

 pretty) on the cliff at Folkestone, near one of the flights of steps 

 leading up from the Sandgate road to Albion Villas. 



Lycopsis arvensis. Waste ground close to the Sandgate 

 turnpike. 



Symphytum officinale. A variety with blue flowers, similar to 

 those of the Pulmonaria of our gardens. It was growing among 

 the grass at the foot of the enclosed part of the cliff, between 

 Folkestone and Sandgate. Thinking we had stumbled on a grand 

 prize, my youthful companion climbed over the invisible fence, at 

 the risk of being prosecuted for trespass, to secure it. We were 

 much disappointed to find on examination that, excepting in 

 brilliancy of colour, it did not in any way differ from the com- 

 mon Comfrey. 



