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1116. M. repens, Don. (under PALUSTRIS, B. & H.), 6 8, P. 

 Boggy places ; local. 



a. Keston Common, 1831 ; '92. Sc. 



1118. M. sylvatica, Hoff. 56, B. or P. Shady plaoes, esp. on 



the chalk ; loc. abt. 



1. Though fairly pi. in woods and hedges betw. Tatsfield 



and Titsey in Surrey, it is not found on the Kent 

 side of the county boundary. M. arvensis var. 

 umbrosa is prob. mistaken for it. W.H.G. 



2. Greenhithe chalk-pit (an escape). Dod. 

 a. First record, 1666 ; Charlton. 



1119. M. arvensis, Hill. 6 8, A., rarely B. Com. on borders of 



dry arable fields and in thickets. 



var. b). umbrosa (Bab.). Common in woods, esp. on the 

 chalk. 



1120. M. collina, Hoff. 45, A. Dry banks; frequent. 



1. Hayes Com., Holwood Park, Keston, '02. W.H.G. 



2. Freq. at Hayes and Keston, '97. Sc. 



3. Holly Hill Estate, Belvedere, '04. R.H.C. 



1121. M. versicolor. Sm. 5 6, A. Dry gravelly places, commons ; 



freq. 



1. Freq. Hayes and Keston Commons, '97. Sc. 



(297) LITHOSPERMUM, L. (GROMWELL). 



1122. L. purpureo-cceruleum, L. 5 7, P. Chalky thickets ; v. 



rare. 



a. Once reported from Darenth Wood, near Greenhithe 

 (1793 and 1832), but Dod could not find it in '93, 

 the hospital prob. having been built over its 

 station. 



1123. L. officinale, L. 6 8, P. Dry, stony or chalky places ; 



frequent. 



1. Coppice betw. Keston and Down, '04. W.H.G. 



1124. L. arvense, L. 57, A. An occasional weed in chalky arable 



fields. 



1. Nr. Swanley, '03. W.H.G. 



1125. ECHIUM vulgare, L. (VIPER'S BUGLOSS), 67, B. Not 



uncom. in rough grassy places on chalk hill sides. 



1. Vale of Cudham and other dry valleys nr. Down, '06. 



W.H.G. 



2. Keston Chalk pit. A.D.W. 



3. Paul's Cray Common, '99. C.H.G. 



4. Dartford Heath, '04 ; Butt's pit, Wrotham, '05. R.H.C. 



