98 Botany. 



N.O. 2. EL^EAGNACE^E. Dicecious wind pollinated fts. 



1355. HIPPOPH^l rhamnoides, L. (SEA BUCKTHORN) is a maritime 



plant found in Kent, but not in our district. 

 ELJE AGNUS, a pi. with peculiar mealy leaves is grown in 

 shrubberies (Avery Hill). 



N.O. 3. LYTHRACEM. 



643. PEPLIS portula, L. 7 8, A. Weak herbs growing in damp 



places ; fls. very minute and often without petals. No 

 recent records. 



a. Keston, Chislehurst, Joyden's Wood. 



(137) LYTHRUM, L. 



644. L. salicaria, L. (PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE), 6 8, P. In wet 



places ; very common in its habitat. Fls. heterostyled, 

 trimorphic (see Darwin : " Forms of Flowers."). 



1. Banks of Ravensbourne, Southend, '01. W.H.G. 



2. Ladies' Golf Ground, Ravensbourne, '02. W.H.G. 



3. PI. in a ditch at Keston and near Orpington. A.D.W. 

 a. First record, 1629 : Marsh at Erith. 



645. L. hyssopifolia, L. 6 10, A. Damp ground ; extr. rare. 



Fls. homomorphic (Vaucher), which Darwin doubts. 



a. Croyden Irrigation Fields, between S. Noiwood and 

 Elmer's End, '75. Pebble. 



N.O. 4. MYRTACEM. 



MYRTUS COMMUNIS, L. (The Myrtle) from the Medit. is cultiv. 



N.O. 5. (ENOTHERACEM (Onagracea, B. 6- H.) 



(138) EPILOBIUM, L. (WILLOW-HERB). Hybrids freq. ; in the 



London Cat. Marshall reports 33 hybrids. 



646. E. angustifolium, L. 7 8, P. Damp shady places ; freq. 



1. Hayes Common, '06 ; Wood at Down, '04 ; Old lime- 



kiln, Otford, '04. W.H.G. 



2. Crown Woods, Eltham ; Pinewoods, Abbey Wood, '03. 



R.H.C. 



3. Gravel-pit near W. Wickham, '05. F.M.R. 



4. Was abt. in woods about Bromley in '92, but has 



much diminished of late years, '97. Sc. 



5. Shrewsbury Lane, '06. F. Mockeridge. 



a. First record, 1666 : Greenwich, on ballast. 



