106 Botany. 



TORILIS, Adans (under CAUCALIS, B. & H.). 



730. T. arvensis, Link (INFESTA, Spreng.), 7 8, A. Colonist ; 

 waste and cultivated ground ; rare in the district. 

 1. Fields about Lee. Dod. 



a. Charlton Chalk-pit, 1836 ; chalky cornfields near 

 Button, '77. 



731 T. anthriseus, Bern. (HEDGE PARSLEY), 7 8, A Hedges, 

 etc. ; very common. 



732. T. nodosa, Grset. 5 7, A. Sunny grassy banks and waste 

 places ; frequent. 



1. Swanscombe, '02. W.H.G. 



a. First record, 1629 : Chalkedale, near Dartford. 



NOTE. Ferula cornmunis, L., is often cultivated in shrubberies 

 under the name of giant-fennel ; other sp. yield the drug Asafcetida. 



N.O. 3 CORN ACE &. 



735. CORNUS sanguinea, L. (DOGWOOD), 6 7, Shrub ; woods and 

 hedges ; extremely common. 



NOTE. Aucuba japonica, Thunb. (The Japanese Laurel) is a 

 very common park and garden evergreen shrub ; it is dioecious, and 

 when not in fl.,or when the leaves are variegated, it is easily mistaken 

 for the Cherry Laurel. 



Class II. SYMPETAL/t. 

 (Metachlamydeae, Gamopetalae.) 



Fls. of a higher order, and generally adapted to pollination 

 by long-tongued insects. The groups form two main 

 series : 



SERIES I. PENTACYCLID/E (Warming), flowers generally pen- 

 tamerous, carpels not reduced (ISOCARPOUS). 



ALLIANCE XVII. ERICALES. 



N.O. 1, PYROLACEM (under Ericacece, B. and H.), humus pis., 

 with of without Chlorophyll. 



(263) PYROLA, L (WINTER GREEN), low herbs sometimes 

 rather woody. 



