Botany 95 



281. H. pulchrum, L. 6 9, P. Dry heaths, copses ; common on 



the sand, rare on the chalk. 



1 Frequent in woods, Beckenham and Hayes, '97. Sc. 



2 Belvedere Park, '03. R.H.C. 



282. H. hirsutum, L. 7 8, P. Woods and thickets ; common esp. 



on the chalk. 



a. First record, 1597 : Southfleet. 



283 H. montanum, L. 7 8, P. Bushy places on the chalk ; rare. 

 1. Chalk-pit nr. Barnesfield, towards Dartford. Dod. 

 a. Lewisham, 1666 (1st record) ; Charlton Woods, 1746. 



284. H. elodes, L. 7 8, P. Small creeping bog plant ; v. local. 



1. Chislehurst Common. Dod. 



2. Chislehurst and Keston, '96. Sc. 



3. Keston Common, '04. F.M.R. In boggv valley 



below the mill, '00-'06. W.H.G. 



N.O. 2. TAMARICACE&. 



TAMARIX GALLICA, L. (ANGLICA, Webb) is often planted in 

 gardens and on seaside promenades on the S. and E. coasts 

 of England. 



N.O. 3. CISTACE&. 



170. HELIANTHEMUM chamaecistus, Mill (VULGARE, Gaertn.), 

 ROCK ROSE, 6 9, P. Chalk Downs ; v. com. H. and M. 

 says : " Not noted for District 1 " ; but it is plentiful on 

 chalk banks in portions of W. Wickham, Hayes, and Kes- 

 ton parishes. 



a. First record, 1597 : " Chalk banks about Gravesend." 



N.O. 4. VIOLACE&. 



(57) VIOLA, L. (VIOLET). Chiefly bee fls. ; the open entomo- 

 philous fls. of many sp. (CANINA, HIRTA, ODORATA, 

 SYLVESTRIS) are gen. sterile, the cleistogamous autumn 

 buds fertile and self-fertilised. Hybrids frequent and 

 fertile. 



172. V. palustris, L. 46, P. Wet places ; local. 



a. Keston Common, about '83. Dr. Playfair. 



b. First record, 1716 ; nr. E. Wickham. 



