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32. R. acris, L. (MEADOW BUTTERCUP), 5 7, P. V. abundant 



in damp pastures, grassy roadsides, etc. 



33. R. repens, L. (CREEPING BUTTERCUP), 5 10, P. With acris 



the commonest of our Buttercups, growing in all places, 

 waste and cultivated. 



var. flore-pleno (double-flowered variety). V. rare ; arable 

 field Crofton, '02. W.H.G. 



34. R. bulbosus, L. 4 6 ; tuberous rooted P. ; in open grassy 



(not too damp) and waste places v. abundant ; partridges v. 

 fond of the young " bulbs." 



35. R. sardous, Crantz, (HIRSUTUS, Curt.), 510, A. Damp 



meadows and cornfields, esp. nr. the sea ; local. 



1. Woolwich Arsenal. Dod. 



2. Downs and meadows about Snodland. H. and M. 



3. Also at Kidbrook (Jackson), Higham, Cliffe, Cux- 



ton, etc. (H.) 



36. R. parviflorus, L. 5 7, A. Fields, dry banks ; rare. 



1. Chislehurst Com., '06. L.C.C. (and Wollaston). 



37. R. arvensis, L. 6 8, A. Colonist ; somewhat rare in the 



dist., but occasionally found estab. in arable fields. 



1. Betw. Cudham and Chelsham, on Kent side of the 



County Boundary, '02. W.H.G. 



2. Bank of Medway, Cuxton, '04. W.H.G. 



3. Beckenham, Hayes Ford, '06 ; Bickley, '97. Sc. 



39. R. fiearia, L. (LESSER CELANDINE), 3 5, P. V. abt. in wet 



places, by streams and in shady thickets. In more open 

 and sunny spots it flowers more freely and produces less 

 tubers. 



40. CALTHA palustris, L. (KiNG-Cur, MARSH MARIGOLD), 



4 6, P, Wet meadows ; com., but getting scarcer in the 

 district. 



r 1. Southend, Catford, '01 ; Crofton, '01 ; Eynsford, 



'03. W.H.G. 



2. Woods nr. Barnhurst Stn., '03. R.H.C. 

 / , 3. Hayes Ford, '97. Sc. 



a. By pond, Greenwich Park, '01. A.D.W 



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