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190. P. amara, L. 



Form a.) austriaca, Crantz, 6, P. Rough chalky banks ; 

 very rare. 



1. Downs near Otford, '97. Bruce. (Magpie Bottom). 



2. This rare and beautiful little plant should be looked 



for on the N. Downs above Shoreham and Otford, 

 where it has been recorded. A new station was 

 found in '06 between Maidstone and Lenham by 

 Mr. Elgar, of the Maidstone Museum. W.H.G. 



N.O. 8. EUPHORBIACEM. 



(367) EUPHORBIA, L. 



1359. E. helioscopia, L. (SuN SPURGE), 6 9, A. Fields, gardens, 



and waste ground ; very abundant. 



1360. E. platyphyllos, L. 6 8, A. Fields ; not common. 



a. Dartford Heath, '77. 



1366. E. amygdaloides, L. (WOOD-SPURGE), 3 4, P. Woods and 



thickets ; very common. 



1367. E. esula, L. 67, P. Woods ; rare. 



1. Hayes gravel -pit, '06. B. T. Lowne. 



2. E. Wickham brickfield, '07. J.F.B. and W.H.G. 



(These form a new county record.) 



1371. E. peplus, L. (PETTY SPURGE), 7 10, A. Cultivated and 



waste places, near houses ; a common weed. 



1372. E. exigua, L. (DWARF SPURGE), 6 8, A. Common in chalky 



arable fields. 



1. Occurs yearly in the lower Warbank field, Keston 



Court Farm, '06. W.H.G. 



2. Charlton Chalk-pit, '03. Poly B.C. 



1373. E. lathyrus, L. (CAPER SPURGE), 6 7, B. Denizen in two 



or three woods ; elsewhere a garden escape. 



1. Wood near Bromley, strong colony, '95-6 ; only a 



few pis. in '97. Sc. 

 a. Plentiful in Randall Wood, Cobham. Lady Bligh. 



(369) MERCURIALIS, L. (DOG'S MERCURY). 



1375. M. perennis, L. 4 5, P. Damp shade pis. ; very abundant. 

 Wind pollinated. 



