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(85) ERODIUM, L.'Her. ((STORKSBILL). 



317. E. cicutarium, L'Her. 6 9, A. Waste sandy ground ; not 



uncommon. 



1. Keston and Hayes Commons, but dwarf. W.H.G. 



2. Darenth to Longfield, '99. C.H.G. 



3. Gravel-pit, Belvedere Park, '03 ; ditto, Holly Hill, '05. 



R.H.C. 



4. Among the grass and in the turf, A very Hill, '07. 



L.C.C. 



318. E. moschatum, L'Her. 6 7, A. Sandy waste places ; v. rare. 



a. One old and erroneous record. 



N.O. 2. 1ROP&OLACE&. 



TROP^OLUM majus is the garden Nasturtium, with 

 sensitive petioles like Clematis. 



T. aduncum, the Canary Creeper from Peru. 



N.O. 3. OXALIDACE& (under Gemniacea, B. & H.). 



320. OXALIS acetosella, L. (Wooo SORREL), 5, P. Damp shady 

 woods (esp. Beech woods) and hedges ; common. Self- 

 fertilization in cleistogamous buds occurs ; on dehiscence 

 the fruits are shot not only out of the capsule, but out of 

 their own arils. (The alien 0. FLORABUNDA is established in 

 Greenwich Park in the dell by the Ranger's House 

 '01. A.D.W.). 



N.O. 4. LINAGES. 



298. RADIOLA linoides, Roth. (MILLEGRANA, Sm.), 7 8, A. Damp 



sandy places ; rather rare. A minute annual, not native, 

 but sometimes found as an escape from cultivation. 



a. Old records from the Commons, but the pi. is so minute 

 that it easily escapes notice. 



(83) LINUM, L. (FLAX). 



299. L. cathartieum, L. 6 8, A. Dry pastures, chalk downs ; 



very common. 



301. L. angustifolium, Huds. 7, A. sometimes P. Sandy and 

 chalky places ; not uncommon. 



1. Railway embankment. W. of Northfleet. Dod. (Still 



there, '04. W.H.G.) 

 2 Dartford Heath brickfield, '03. R.H.C. 



