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1058. STATICE armeria, L. (ARMERIA VULGARIS, W ; S. MARITIMA, 

 Mill.), SEA PINK, THRIFT, 4 9, P. Fls. sweet-scented ; 

 occurs on mountains and coasts. 



1. Ascends the Thames as far as Northfleet. H. and M. 



SERIES 2. TETRACYCLID^E (Warming), Fl. tetramerous by 

 the loss of one whorl of stamens ; carpels reduced 

 (ANISOCARPOUS). 



ALLIANCE XIX. CORTORTJC. 



N.O. 1. OLEACEJE. 



1080. FRAXINUS excelsior, L. 45. Woods and hedges especially 



on the chalk ; abt., but often planted. Fls. protogynous, 

 polygamous, complete or unisexual by reduction ; bud- 

 scales modified petioles. 



1081. LIGUSTRUM vulgare, L. (PRIVET), 67. Thickets ; planted 



everywhere in hedges and front gardens. 



NOTE. To this order belong : Forsythia (Greenwich Park and 

 Avery Hill), Syringa vulgaris, L. (Lilac), Olea europaea, L. (Olive 

 tree), and Jasminum (Jasmine). 



N.O. 2. GENTIANACE&. 



1085. BLACKSTONIA perfoliata, Huds. (CHLORA PERFOUATA, 



B. & H.), 7 9, A. Damp chalky pastures ; common. 



1. Chalky banks, E. side of Sevenoaks Road, Polhill, '06. 



W.H.G. 



2. Up to '00 pi. in meadow known as the " Greenhill," 



near Down Village, but it has now been all plucked 

 up. W.H.G. 



3. Downs above quarry, Oxsted, '03. R.H.C. 



4. Greenhithe, roadside, '06. L.C.C. 



a. First record, 1597 : " Chalkie cliffes of Greenhithe." 



(282) CENTAURION, Adans. (ERYTHRJEA, Ren.). 



1086. C. umbellatum, Gilib. (E. CENTAURIUM, Pers.), 7 8, A. 



Dry pastures ; very common. Fls. without honey, hetero- 

 styled (Wilson, " Nature" Sept. 5th, 1878). 



1. Common in meadows and woods at Crofton, '08. 



W.H.G. 



2. Charlton pits, '03. C.H.G. 



3 Joyden's Wood, '05. R.H.C. 



