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329. R. frangula, L. 5 6, shrub, not thorny ; rare. 



1. Sidcup. Holmes. 



2. Farnborough Common, '01. W.H.G. 



a. One pi. is said to grow on Hayes Common. 



b. Charlton Wood, Erith ; Hayes Common (1793). 



c. First record, 1746 : " In the long bog at Chislehurst." 



N.O. 2. VITACEM. 



Vitis vinifera, L. is the Grape Vine. 



Ampelopsis hederacea and Veitchil (with suckers on the 

 tendrils), the Virginia Creepers. 



ALLIANCE XIII. MALVALES. 



N.O. 1. T I LI AC Eft. 



(81) TILIA, L. 68, D. Trees. Fls. sweet-scented with honey, 

 visited by many insects (bees), but though the trees 

 flower freely, seeds are v. rarely ripened in this country. 

 Leaves in the autumn covered with Honey dew (see 

 Maple). The indigenous form of N. Europe is TILIA 

 CORDATA, Miller (PARVIFOLIA, Ehrh., v. rare), but the 

 form gen. planted is one with much larger leaves, 



T. PLATYPHYLLOS, L. (GRANDIFOLIA, Ehrh.). T. EURO- 



P^:A, L. (INTERMEDIA, DC. ; VULGARIS, Heyne) is 

 also v. commonly planted. The sp. are ill-defined, 

 and it is often hard to distinguish between them. 

 According to So., '97, a single specimen of T. parvi- 

 folia occurred at the top of Homefield Road, Bromley 

 (planted). 



N.O. 2. MALVACEM. 

 (78) ALTHAEA, L. 



285. A. officinalis, L. (MARSH MALLOW), 79, P. A beautiful 



marsh plant decreasing with drainage. 



1. By river between Strood and Cuxton. H. 



a. Greenhithe, Gravesend, and Erith, 1st records, 1597 



286. A. hirsuta, L. 6 8, A. Native or denizen ; very rare. 



a. Cobham. A.D.W. 



b. First record, 1798 : Cobham, in Kent. 



A. ROSEA, Cav., are the cultivated Holly-hocks. 



