112 Botany. 



1089. C. pulchellum, Druce (E. RAMOSISSIMA, Pers. ; under MINUS, 

 B. & H.), 79, A. Damp sandy ground ; rather rare. 

 1. Near Orpington, '80. H. Groves. 



1095. GENTIANA amarella, L. 89, A. or B. Humble bee fl. 



1. Common on top ridges of chalk valleys in many parts 

 of the district ; below the woods on the W. top of 

 the Vale of Cudham, near Down, it attains a more 

 luxuriant form with larger fls. than I have seen it 

 elsewhere, '06. W.H.G. 



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



1099. MENYANTHES trifoliata, L. (BOGBEAN), 57, P. Bogs ; 

 not common in the district. Fls. dimorphic. 



a. Milldam, Southend, c. '83. Playfair (but now long 



extinot). 



b. Bogs on Farnborough, Hayes, and Keston Com., 1793. 



c. First record, 1629 : Erith. 



N.O. 3. APOCYNACEJE. 



(279) VINCA, L. (PERIWINKLE). For structure of fls. see Lub- 

 bock, " British Flowering Plants." 



1082. V. major, L. 4 5, P. Alien ; hedges and thickets, garden 



strays. 



a. First record, 1715 : near Foots Cray. 



1083. V. minor, L. 5 6, P. Native ; woods and hedges ; frequent, 



but often planted or escapes. 



1. Between Knockholt and Halstead, far from houses ; 



Chelsfield by the Shoreham Road. Britton. 



2. Beckenham, '94. Kennard. 



3. Bostall, '00. C.H.G. 



a. Castle Woods, 1836 ; Erith, 1793. 



N.O. 4. ASCLEPIADACEM. 



ALLIANCE XX. TUBIFLOR^. 

 N.O. 1. CONVOLVULACEM. 



CONVOLVULUS, L. (including VOLVULUS, Medic. ),BiND WEED. 



1127. C. sepium, L. (VOLVULUS, Jung. CALYSTEGIA, Br.), 7 8, P. 

 Hedges and bushy pkces ; very common. No scent ; fls. 

 remain open on moonlight nights ; visited by the Con- 

 volvulus Hawkmoth, which is almost the only effective 

 visitor. 



