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Verhascum nigro-Lychnitis. At Green-street, Green, near Farn- 

 borough, Kent, along with V. nigrum and V. Lychnitis. V. Lychni- 

 tis also occurs near Cuxton. 



Linaria vulgaris^ var. speciosa, Ten. A plant agreeing pretty 

 nearly with that found in the Isle of Wight by the late Dr. Bromfield, 

 grows in a chalk-pit near Northfleet. 



Melissa officinalis. L. Between Richmond and Kew, in conside- 

 rable quantity. 



Lithospermum purpureo-caruleum, L. In an excursion to Da- 

 renth Wood, last July, Dr. J. A. Power and I found this plant in 

 considerable abundance, but mostly without any signs of having 

 flowered. 



Chenopodium ruhrum^ L. A prostrate form, with entire leaves 

 and large seeds, is common below Gravesend. This is probably the 

 same as that found by the Rev. W. A. Leighton, recorded in the 

 * Manual of British Botany.' 



Chenopodium hyhridum, L. Still abundant near Northfleet ; 

 Charlton ; Battersea. 



Chenopodium ficifolium, Sm, Very plentiful near Notting Hill ; 

 Battersea; Greenwich. In 1850 I saw it about Harapstead. 



Atriplex littoralis, L., and A. marina^ L. The former below 

 Gravesend, and the latter all along the banks of the Thames from 

 Greenhithe to Stroud. There seems to be no character by which 

 these plants can be distinguished, except the leaves, as open and 

 closed perigones occur on the same specimen. 



Polygonum, mite^ Schrank. Battersea. Here I also found a plant 

 intermediate between P. mite and P. Persicaria. 



Rumex pratensis, M. & K. Near Cuxton, Kent ; about Thames 

 Ditton and Moulsey, Surrey ; between Hampstead and Camden Town. 



Rumex maritimus, L. Putney Heath ; Battersea fields ? on the 

 mud taken from the bed of the river; (the plant was rather too young 

 to be determined quite satisfactorily). 



Rumex palustris, Sm, Still grows at Hampstead ; Notting Hill ; 

 Isle of Dogs ; Battersea ; Thames-side near Charlton. 



Populus canescens, Sm. Epping Forest, at Wanstead. 



Orchis militarise L. This fine species still grows, but very spa- 

 ringly, between Pangbourne and Streatly, Berks. 



Orchis simia, Lam. Edges of fields between Goring and Maple- 

 durham, Oxfordshire. Babington says, " Helmet dark purplish.^'' 

 It was pure white in all the specimens I found. Neither this nor O. 

 militaris appears now to grow in the vicinity of Cavesham. 



