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1417. C. demersum, L. 6 8. A fairly common aquatic. 



1 Eynesford. H. 



2. Avery Hill (introd.), '06. L.C.C. 



1418. C. submersum, L. (under DEMERSUM, B. & H., 6 8). 



1. Ditches in Stone Marshes, '01. W.H.G. 

 a. Formerly reported in the Thames Marshes, but prolx 

 now extinct. Dod. 



N.O. 3. RANUNCULACEM. 



1. CLEMATIS vitalba, L. (TRAVELLER'S JOY, OLD MAN'S 

 BEARD), 7 8. Woody climber, climbing by means of 

 sensitive petioles. Com. in hedges throughout the district. 



7. THALICTRUM flavum, L. (MEADOW RUE), 68, P. Wet 

 places, rather rare. Fly-pollinated ; other sp. of T. 

 (minus) are still more degraded, being wind-pollinated. 



1. Nr. Swanley, '06. L.C.C. 



2. Meadows round Darenth ; wet osier bed nr. North- 



fleet. Dod. 



a. Nr. Viaduct of L.C. & D.R. betw. the Grays and 



Farningham (c. 1860). 



b. a small colony on Cator Estate, Beckenham, '97. Sc. 



c. First record, 1629 : " Between Erith and Gravesend." 



9. ANEMONE nemorosa, L. (Wooo ANEMONE), 3 5, P Com, 

 in damp shady woods and hedges, often in company with 

 Adoxa, whose leaves resemble it. One of the few pis. able 

 to grow beneath Beeches. 



12. ADONIS annua, L. (AUTUMNALIS, L.), PHEASANT'S EYE, 5 10 r 



A. A rare colonist, occuring as a weed of cultivation. No 

 honey ; the only recorded visitor is the honey bee. 



1. Arable field, Swanley, '83. Jas. Groves and H. 



2. War Bank, Keston, '92. A. S. Kennard. 



3. Abundant in certain arable fields between Ash and 



Kingsdown, 'Ofc L.C.C. 



4. Chelsfield. Spooner. 



5. Plentiful on other side of the Darenth, rare on this ; 



'57. Gr.N.H.C. 



a. Old records show the pi. once more or less plentiful 

 nr. Dartford, Gravesend, Greenhithe, Northfleet, 

 and Cuxton. 



13. MYOSURUS minimus, L. (MOUSETAIL), 56, A. In arable 



fields ; local and uncertain in its appearance. 

 1. Shorne ; Cuxton. Miss Wickham. 

 a. Betw. Blackheath and Eltham (Reeves) ; Kidbrook 

 (Wollaston) ; Eltham (1673). 



