50 Botany. 



261. A. marina, Wahl., 6 9, A. Muddy shores and salt marshes. 

 Var. neglecta common ; var. media, noted by Dod in the 

 Thames Marshes. 



(350) SCLERANTHUS, L. (N.O. ILLECEBRACE^, B. & H. ; 

 PARONYCHIACE.E). 



1290. Scleranthus annuus, L. (KNAPWELL), 6 8, A. or B. Freq. 

 on heaths, and in dry sandy fields and gravelly roads 

 where the traffic is small. 



1. Bellingham R. Stn.,'03 ; Crofton, Hayes Common and 



W. Wickham, '04. W.H.G. 



2. Bexley. Holmes. 



3. Fields S. of Darenth Wood. Dod. 



var. b.) biennis, Reuter. On heaths. 



1. Paul's Cray Common. Dod. 



2. Dartford Common and Heath. Dod. 



NOTE. To this order also belong the Pinks and Carnations 

 and Gypsophila. 



ALLIANCE VI. RANALES. 



N.O. 1. NYMPH&ACEM. All aquatics. 



55. CASTALIA alba, Greene (NYMPH^A ALBA, L. C. SPECIOSA, 

 Sals.), WHITE WATER-LILY, 7 10. No nectaries on petals. 

 An aquatic presumably extinct in the district. The fls. 

 rise above water about midday and expand, closing again 

 and sinking towards evening. 



1. Greenwich Park and Avery Hill (introd.). 



2. Pretty freq. in private waters : e.g. Bromley Hill and 



Keston, 3rd pond (introd.). Sc. 



53. NYMPH^A lutea, L. (NUPHAR LUTEUM, Sm.), Yellow 

 Water-lily, 6 8. Petals with nectaries. 



1. Ponds at Keston Com. (introd.), '05. W.H.G. 



2. At Eynesford, H. 



3. Avery Hill (introd.), '07. L.C.C. 



NOTE. To this order also belong Nelumbo (the Indian Lotus), 

 Cabomba, and the gigantic Victoria regia from the Amazon. 



N.O. 2. CERATOPHYLLACEM. An order of doubtful posi- 

 tion ; all aquatics. 



(385) CERATOPHYLLUM, L. (HORNWORTS). Water-pollinated. 



