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43. H. viridis, L. (HELLEBORE), 3 5, P. woody below ; woods 



and copses, chiefly on the chalk. A v. specialised fl., though 

 green and therefore primitive in colour. Fl. spiral all 

 through (another primitive character), protogynous, and 

 only infrequently visited by bees. 



1. Gad's Hill, abundant. Cherry. 



2. Coppice betw. Farnborough and Down, '04. W.H.G. 



3. Wood south of Upper Hailing. Dod. 



4. Wood in Chevening Park. Miss Worship. 



5. High Elms, '93. A.D.W. ; '95, Sp. 



6. Meopham. H. 



a. Wood nr. Eynesford (Reeves) ; Down (Darwin) 



44. H. foetidus, L. 4 4, P. In bushy places on the chalk ; rare 



and local. All old records, no recent ones received. 



a. Wood in Chevening Park (Miss Worship). 



b. Greenhithe (Wollaston) ; nr. the large chalk pit, 



Hailing. H. and M. 



45. ERANTHIS hyemalis, Salisb. (WINTER ACONITE), 23, P. 



naturalised in thickets. 



1. Abundant in avenue, at Cobham (planted), '90. Dod. 



46. AQUILEGIA vulgaris, L. (COLUMBINE), 67, P. Woods 



and thickets on the chalk ; locally abundant, but decreasing. 

 Humble bee fl. 



1. Cobham (Ridley) ; Hailing, Cuxton. (Miss Wickham.) 



2. Shoreham (Wollaston) ; Kingsdown (Cole) ; Swan- 



ley, H. 



3. Common in woods on N. Downs. Shepherd. 



4. Boarer's Wood, Abbey Wood, '04. R.H.C. 



a. W. Wickham Woods, '93. Kennard. 



b. Colony nr. Elmstead Lane, '94 ; destroyed, '95. Sc. 



47. DELPHINIUM ajacis, L. (LARKSPUR), 68, A. Alien or 



colonist, rare except in Cambridgeshire ; humble bee fl. 



a. Charlton Sandpit, one pi., '03. C.H.G. (escape). 



b. Dartford Gravel-pit, one pi., '88 ; rubbish heap in 



cornfield near Gravesend, one pi., '75. Dod. 



c. Old gravel-pit, Beckenham, one pi., '96. Sc. 



d. Waste ground, Bromley Hill, '84. Dr. Playfair. 



48. ACONITUM napellus, L. (MONKSHOOD), 6 7, P. River 



banks ; very rare. 



1. Avery Hill, '06, and Greenwich Park, '01. (both introd.) 



NOTE. The Peony and Nigella are cultivated in gardens. 



