110 Botany. 



(274) ANAGALLIS, L. (PIMPERNEL). 



1075. A. arvensis, L. 6 7, A. Cultivated fields and waste ground ; 

 very common. Fls. close in the afternoon and all day in dull 

 or cold weather (PooR MAN'S WEATHER-GLASS) ; only one 

 insect visitor recorded, Halictris morio. 



1. Very common in the fields at Avery Hill, '06. L.C.C. 



var. b.) caerulea, Sch. This lovely little fl., though not 

 common, is sometimes met with in chalky arable fields 

 about Down and Cudham. 



1. Cudham Valley, near Down, '04. W.H.G. 



2. Keston, in oatfield by village, '96 Sc. 



1077. A. tenella, Lightfoot, 7 8, P. Marshy places, wet heaths ; 



rather common, but not in our district. 



a. Locally abundant Bromley Hill, c. '87. Playfair 



(private enclosed ground.). 



b. First record, 1666 : Meadows between Lewisham and 



Deptford. 



1078. CENTUNCULUS minimus, L. 67, A. A very small pi., 



reported as very rare. 



a. First record only, 1724 : Chislehurst. 



1079. SAMOLUS Valerandi, L. (BROOKWEED), 78, P. Damp 



watery places. 



1. Ditches in Stone Marshes near Greenhithe, '02. W.H.G 

 a. First record, 1629 : Salt Marsh, near Dartford. 



NOTE. Polyanthus is a cultiv. variety of Primula ; Auriculas are 

 derivatives of Primula. Cyclamen europaeum, which is found wild on 

 the Mountains of Bohemia, is a very doubtful denizen in Kent ; in 

 Sicily it is very abundant, and its underground tubers form the chief 

 food of wild boars. 



N.O. 2. PLUMB AGIN ACEM. Fls. small, but conspicuous by 

 association. 



1054. LIMONIUM vulgare, Mill. (STATICE LIMONIUM, L.), SEA 

 LAVENDER, 7 9, P. Muddy salt marshes ; frequent. 



1. Mud flats of Thames from Greenhithe downwards Dod. 



2. Between Strood and Cuxton. H. 



a. Marshes between Erith and Greenwich, 1793. 



b. First record, 1597 : Gravesend. 



var. b.) pyramidalis, Syme. 



1. Mud flats near Cuxton Stn. Dod. 



