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1062. P. veris, L. (COWSLIP), 4 5, P. Meadows and pastures ; 



common on chalk and clay, not on sand. Visited by bees 

 by day, and moths by night. 



1. Still plentiful in chalky meadows about Down and 



Cudham, but decreasing every year through the 

 ravages of hawkers, who dig them up for sale. 

 W.H.G. 



2. In fields by Holwood Farm. A.D.W. 



3. Near Swanley, '06. L.C.C. 



4. Fields at Avery Hill, '07. L.C.C 



1063. P. elatior, Jacq. (OxLip), 4 5, P. Woods and meadows 



in the E. Counties (Essex), confined to the boulder-clay ; 

 not noted in Kent. 



(271) LYSIMACHIA, L. 



1068. L. vulgaris, L. P. Sides of rivers and pools ; rare in the dis- 

 trict. The bee, Macropis labiata, visits this fl. exclusively. 



1. Stream above Blendon Park. Dod. 



2. Hayes, '94 ; Beckenham, '97. Sc. 



3. By Hollydale pond. A.D.W. 



a. Large group in wood at Crofton, '00, but had been 



destroyed in '06. W.H.G. 



b. Meadow between Greenwich and Woolwich, 1836. 



c. First record, 1777 : Swampy ground near Stone Bridge. 



1071. L. nummularia, L. (CREEPING JENNY), 6 7, P. Damp 



places ; frequent especially in the Weald. Said never to set 

 seeds in this country ; commonly cultivated. 



1 Sidcup, Bexley (Holmes) ; Joyden's Wood (Jackson). 



2. Grove Park ; meadows above Darenth ; wooded slopes 



above Trottescliffe. Dod. 



3. Eynsford ; near Chelsfield. H. 



4. Crofton Woods, '05. W.H.G. 



5. Hills and Holes, Bexley Heath, '03. R.H.C. 



a. Deptford ; Hanging Wood, Charlton, 1793 ; Shooter's 

 Hill, 1836. 



1072. L. nemorum, L. 6 8, P. Damp shady woods and banks ; 



common. 



1074. GLAUX maritima, L. 6 8, P. Muddy shores and salt marshes, 

 banks of tidal rivers ; freq. in Thames estuary. Fls. 

 heterostyled. 



