46 Botany. 



205. S. anglica, L. 6 10, A. ; col. or casual ; gravelly fields ; rare, 

 a. Old records only : Blackheath (1838), Bromley (1857) 



210. S. italica, Pers. 6 7, P. A casual found occasionally in 



the chalk districts of Kent. The only recent record is : 

 a. Roadside betw. Dartford and Lane End, '88. Dod. 



211. S. noctiflora, L. 7 10, A. Colonial or casual ; fields and 



waste ground, esp. in the chalk dists.; rare ; nocturnal moth fl. 



1. Plum Lane Brickfield, Plumstead one plant, '92. Dod. 



2. Roadside, Bostall Heath ; E. of Darenth Wood. Dod. 

 a. One pi. Orpington, '94. Spooner. 



(64) LYCHNIS, L. Bee and Lepidoptera fls. ; anthers often 

 filled with Smut (USTILAGO) instead of pollen. 



213. L. alba, Miller (VESPERTINA, Sibth.), WHITE CAMPION, 6 9, 



B. or P. Fields, roadsides, hedges ; v. com. There are 3 

 forms of the fl., bi-sexual, m. and /. ; fl. opens at 6 p.m. and 

 closes at 9 a.m. (Lubbock), but in dull or damp weather it is 

 open all day ; pollinated by night-moths. The pink- 

 flowered form noted at Keston by W.H.G. in '03. 



214. L. dioica, L. (DIURNA, Sibth.), ROSE CAMPION, 5 7, P. 



Damp hedge-bottoms and copses ; occasionally with white 

 fls. Bee fl. opening by day and closing at night. It has a 

 shorter tube than L. vespertina. 



1. It is curious that this species is not met with in the 

 chalky dists. of W. Wickham, Keston, and Cud- 

 ham, whereas on similar soil in adjoining localities 

 on the Surrey side of the county border (Chelsham, 

 Tatsfield) it is v. freq. '07. W.H.G. 



215. L. flos-euculi, L. (RAGGED ROBIN), 5 7, P. Moist 



Meadows, hedges, etc. ; common. 



218. L. githago, Scop. (AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO, L.), CORN COCKLE, 

 6 8, A. Colonist. A handsome cornfield weed, straying 

 into fields and waste ground. Not uncommon, but always 

 scattered and uncertain in its appearance. Pollinated by 

 butterflies and moths. 



L. fulgens, Fisch, 6 7, P. A garden escape in gravel-pit, 



Hayes, '06. W.H.G. 

 L. coronaria, Desr. A garden escape, foot of Coney Hill, 



W. Wickham, '02. W.H.G. 



NOTE. To this order belong the garden pis., Aubretia and 

 Matthiola (Stock) and the curious Asiatic desert plant, Anastatica 

 hierochuntica, Rose of Jericho (the plant often sold as such is only 

 a'Selaginella). 



