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193. D. armeria, L. (DEPTFOBD PINK), 7 8, A. Native, on dry 



sunny banks ; local, but decreasing ; butterfly fls. (see art. 

 by Mr. James Britten in /. of Bot., 1892). Records chiefly 

 of historical interest. 



1. Nr. Xorthfleet, betw. Lane End and Green Street 

 Green. Dod. 



a. Deptford (1633) ; Plumstead ; Charlton Wood (1762). 



b. Eltham, Bromley, Chislehurst ('35-'37) ; St. Mary 



Cray (c. '55) ; nr. Farningham ('42). 



c. Paul's Cray Common, St. Mary Cray Stn., '75. Dr. 



Playfair. 



194. D. deltoides, L. 6 9, P. V. rare ; dry sunny pastures and 



gravelly banks ; honey accessible only to Lepidoptera. 

 1. Cobham. Ridley, 

 a. First record, 1597 : Deptford. 



(61) SAPONARIA, L. (SOAPWORT). 



199. S. vacearia, L. 7 8, A. A continental corn weed, estab- 



lished on ruins, etc. 



1. Gravelly railway bank nr. W. Wickham Station, '01. 



A. Verrall teste W.H.G. 



2. Woolwich Ars. ; Wrottesley Road, Plumstead. Dod. 



3. Charlton Pit, '03, Poly B.C. '07, J.F.B. and W.H.G. 



200. S. officinalis, L. (SOAPWORT). Denizen : hedges, banks, bor- 



ders of woods ; local. Fls. sweet-smelling at night, pol- 

 linated by Lepidoptera, especially hawkmoths. 



1. Banks of S.E. & C. Railway between New Cross and 



St. John's, '01. P. Cochrane. 



a. Abundant in hedge forming the S. boundary of grounds 

 of Morden College, '57. Gr.N.H.C. 



(62) SILENE, L. (CATCHFLY) ; chiefly Lepidoptera fls. 



201. S. latifolia, Comb. nov. (CUCUBALUS, Wib.), BLADDER CAMPION, 



6 8, P. Common, esp. on the chalk. Fls. bi- or uni-sexual 

 or both ; pollinated by butterflies and humble bees. 



var. oleracea, Boreau, with v. narrow leaves, reported by 

 Dod from ashpits in Woolwich Arsenal ; and 



var. angustifolia, Tenore, from Charlton Chalk-pit. 



202. S. maritima, With. (SEA CAMPION), 6 8, P. Seashore pi. 



1. On some river gravel in Woolwich Arsenal. Dod. 



203. S. armeria, L. 7 9, A. An alien ; v. rare. 



1. Established in the enclosure of Observatory Hill, 



Greenwich Park, '01. A.D.W 

 a. Nr. Dartford. Reeves. 



