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247. HONKENYA peploides, Ehrh. (ARENARIA PEPLOIDES, L.) 

 69. A halophyte. 

 1. Grain Spit. M. 

 a. Reported by A.D.W. in Greenwich Park, '01. 



(69) SAGINA, L. (PEARLWORTS). Small herbs gen. with soli- 

 tary, inconspicuous, sometimes apetalous fls., either 

 self -fertilised or only visited by small insects. 



249. S. maritima, Don. (under PROCUMBENS, B. ; under APETALA, 



H.), 5 7, A. A seashore plant ; rare. 

 1. Stone marshes, '03. W.H.G. 



250. S. apetala, Ard. 58, A. Walls, paths, dry fields ; common. 



var. b.) prostrata, Bab. In a garden at Woolwich. Dod. 



251. S. ciliata, Fries, (under PROCUMBENS, B. under APETALA, H,), 



5 9, A. Dry sandy ground ; local. 



1. Chislehurst Com. ; Lane End ; Dartford ; W. side 



Daren th Wood ; wall at Darenth. Dod. 



2. Between Port Victoria and Grain. M. 



3. Greenwich Park, A.D.W. and Mrs. Luxford (first 



record '49). 



253. S. procumbens, L. 510, P. Dry sandy and gravelly soils ; 

 v. abundant everywhere. 



var. b.) spinosa, S. Gibs. Ashpits, Woolwich Arsenal 

 (Dod) and Blackheath (Britton). 



257. S. subulata, Presl. 5 8, P. Dry sandy soil ; very rare. 



a. Blackheath, Reeves. 



b. Reported in district by Gr.N.H. Club, '57. 



259. SPERGULA arvensis, L. (CORN SPURREY), 610, A. Dry 



arable fields ; very common. 



var. b.) sativa, Boenn (ordiff. sp. Brit. Mus. Cat. and Bab.). 



1. Arable field, Catford, '00. W.H.G. 



2. Fields about Swanley Junction. M. 



(71) ALSINE, L. (BuDA, Adans. : SPERGULARIA, Presl. ; 

 LEPIGONUM, Fries.) 



260. A. rubra, Crantz (S. RUBRA, Pers.), 69, A. Dry sandy 



places, a not uncommon cornfield weed, freq. on gravelly 

 paths, roadsides, etc. 



1. N. of Eltham ; Plumstead Com. ; Bexley ; Bostall 



Heath ; Mottingham ; Dartford Heath. Dod. 



2. Dartford Heath gravel-pit, '04. R.H.C. 



3. Hayes Gravel-pit. F.M.R. 



