1862.] KENTISH BOTANY. 137 



?w Legummiferce, the Sea Pink (^4rj%'m&;'M(^n??mft),''SBen by 

 rard and Petivet covering: all the meadovrS ort tlie^r i-^iad from" 



Afe^ 



Sherard 



Rye toLydd (see ' Phytologist/ vol. vi. p. 117), and Siletie mari- 



tima, were the prominent plants of this bleak and dreary region. 



'^e^'^\ti'mt%^4'PiiM''k^Y^^^^ gVe#'fere iti th6 



rcigii of Qticeii Elizabeth ' three hundred years ago. ' The ori- 

 ginal authority for the location of this rare plant here is Camden 

 (Dr.Dillenius uniformly (r) writes the name of our gi'ieaJiJa'nt'iquary, 

 Cambden)j who in his ''Britannia' tells us that " it' grows arbong 

 the stones on the west side of Dengeness, near Lyd, in Kent, iii" 

 great plenty ''"{p^ 33 9^^^^ f^'^ ^^'"^ amiJii^oi ^^ •''^ 



We looked into the deep'clrain 'or cuftilig 'ttl^ui^ii ^tnfe great 

 shingle bed, a sort of canal, here called by the cacophonous name 

 of Gut. "''li&t^ Wii' tfeef-e wfel-S^ abiiiWdatibe' "bf'F'otaliiogetoris, and 

 similar coramdn" aquatic plants,' but rione "worth 'Siiimi:ie'rating. 

 The only rarity observed Avas Lepidium Smithil, and this was 

 so Ti'6ia^ "d' cultrVated nbld|,' that iii' Was only after sotti~6 cohsiderable 

 disCuf^^iori admitted to be something different ii'c^^fJi' cMipestre, 

 which did not appear in this tract. r •• 



After- bieih^ foot-sore with walking'^f6i^'hoiiVs"t(Ti "the; bare 

 rounded pebbles, and also wearied with b^r'cf^'y*s U'alkj' which 

 had continued, with little interruptiohyf6r twelve hours, we 

 adjotirft^'d 'tb^he'Doliihir^ ^Piiti^il;' 'i^f^^', ^C^f' rfest' ktid reft-eshmcnt. 

 This Wi^^uV' ^eeoiiti' liigM^allte^Ht^'t %MlSfer ^0^^ 

 Ports. ■' ^' .ibi;iibmv-'i i£an mo'/l jlaifiK Y9xia;o}I bnuu-i jitnbu- 



Next " mbrni^g^,' vi^.' Ihe ' 14th 'of Augii^t, tb^fe' btight and 

 bracing, putting on fill the appearances of a fine and Warm day. 

 Our plan for this day^s walk was to coast along shore as far as''''' 

 Dyfticlmreh, ahd to return to Lydd by the^ iiiteribi^.;;' Therefore 

 at an early hour our beds were quitted, and we sooii left both 

 inii and village far behind hs. Our way w''as along the sandhill 

 already described- in our \^^c'^r6miJl<?6v^^'B3rniiey tipliydd, o-li" 

 the 12thinstant. "-' ^^'^'^ ^■'-- -^^'''' •"■'---'^ --"''^' '' ' 



Before leaving Lydd, M"cf»'rt«/''ifem'^t;M/Yjfare was observed ; and 

 on the common, to the east, between Lydd and New Romney, 

 several maritime plants grow, seldom seen so far inland. This 

 extensive inland bank is of small elevation, probably not more 

 than twenty feet^ and there are both meadows and cornfields lying 

 between it and the sea. The sand, which is pure sea-sand, is 

 blown in heaps, but hindered from blow ing further by the usual 



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