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SUB-ORDER II. ALSINOIDE^E. Fls. of a lower order, wide 

 open, polysepalous, honey accessible to short- to ngued 

 insects (small bees, flies). 



220. MOENCHIA erecta, Gaert. (CERASTIUM QUATERNELLUM, 



Fenzl.) 5 6, A. Dry stations ; local. 



1. Hayes Com. and Holwood Park, '03. W.H.G. '98. 82. 



2. Paul's Cray Common. H. 



3. Dartford Heath, Reeves. 



a. Blackheath (c. 1673), Chislehurst Common (1838). 



(66) CERASTIUM, L. White fls. with half-concealed honey. 



221. C. tetrandrum. Curt. 5 6, A. Dry places nr. the sea ; very 



rare inland. 



1. Between Port Victoria and Grain. M. 



a. Noted in Blackheath in 1836, but not seen since. 



223. C. semidecandrum, L. 3 5, A. In dry open places, loc. abt. 



1. Woolwich and Chislehurst Commons ; Lane End ; W. 



side Darenth Wood ; Northfleet. Dod. 



2. Common near Bromley Hill, esp. in the new roads, '03. 



W.H.G. 



3. Cobham, Farningham, Keston, Hayes. 



4. Bostall Heath, '04. R.H.C. 



a. Blackheath and Greenwich Park (1787). 



224. C. viscosum, L. (GLOMERATUM, Thuill.), 4 8, A. Banks, road- 



sides ; very common indeed. 



var. b.) apetalum, Dum. 



1. One pi. Hayes Common. Britton. 



2. Lane End, Darenth. Dod. 



225. C. vulgatum, L. (TRIVIALE, Link), 4 9, P. Fields, mea- 



dows, banks, waste places ; extremely common 



NOTE. C. viscosum, vulgatum, semi-decandrum and tetran- 

 drum, are all regarded by B. & H. as varieties of C. vulgatum 

 (mouse-ear chick-weed), a protean sp. sometimes divided into as 

 many as 20-30 sp. 



228. C. arvense, L. 4 8, P. Fields, banks, especially on the 

 chalk ; local. 



1. Cutting, E. of Northfleet. Dod. 



a. Dartford, 1680, 1st record ; chalky banks nr. 

 Sutton, '77. 



