36 Botany. 



1401. S. capraea, L. 4 5. " Palm." Woods and hedges ; common 



S. capraea X viminalis, 4 5. Damp meadows and river 

 banks ; usually planted. 



S. cinerea X viminalis. Damp copses and osier beds. 

 1. Wood nr. Northumberland Heath. Dod. 



1402. S. repens, L. 4 5. A very low shrub ; sandy heaths. 



1. Abundant in certain of the damp parts of Keston 



Common. W.H.G. 



2. Chislehurst Common. Dod. 



a. W. Wickham (1813), Hayes (1877), St. Mary Cray ('77). 



1405. S. viminalis, L. (OSIER), 4 5. Wet places, but nearly 

 always planted. 



1. Banks of Ravensbourne, nr. Southend, '05. W.H.G. 



2. Ditchside, Farnborough, '02. A.D.W. 



3. Bickley, Beckenham ; Sundridge Avenue (planted). Sc. 



1411. S. purpurea, L. 3 4. 



1. Wet meadows, Northfleet ; by the river above Darenth. 



Dod. 



a. Catford Bridge, '77. 

 S. babylonica is the Weeping Willow from the Levant. 



(383) POPULUS, L. (POPLAR). Wind-pollinated catkins ; no 

 honey, but sometimes visited by insects for pollen. 



1412. P. alba, L. (WHITE POPLAR), 3 4. In moist places, generally 



planted. 



1. Roadside, Blendon Park. Dod. 



2. Shortlands, Cole. Joyden's Wood, Jackson. 



3. Avery Hill (/.), Greenwich Park. 



1413. P. canescens, Sm. 3 4. Native or denizen, but generally 



planted. 



1. Bexley. Holmes. 



a. Ash Lane nr. Lee (John Stuart Mill) ; Catford Bridge 

 (m.), '77. 



1414. P. tremula, L. (ASPEN), 3 4. Native ; woods, copses, bor- 



ders of heaths ; not common in the district. 



1. (m.) Keston Common, '03. W.H.G. 



2. (/) Hedge close to stile by footpath from the Scrubs, 



Bromley Common, to Crofton, '05. W.H.G. 



1415. P. nigra, L. (BLACK POPLAR), 3 4. Alien, alw. planted ; v. 



com. Var. pyramidalis, Spach, (fastigiata, Desf.) is the 

 Lombardy Poplar. 



P. balsamifera, L. from N.Am. is the Balsam or Tacamahac 

 Poplar, with long catkins, sometimes planted. 



NOTE. The Walnut (Juglans regia) from the Medit. is often 

 planted (Juglandaceae). 



