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1144. V. virgatum, Stokes, 8, B. Denizen (?) Roadsides, chalk- 

 pits ; very rare. All old records : 



a. Charlton, '42. F. A. Hanbury. 



b. Old chalk-pit, Dartford, '60. 



c. First record, 1629 : Erith. 



1145.^V.*blattaria, L. 8, B. Denizen (?) Roadsides, chalk-pits; 

 rare and diminishing. Records old or doubtful. 



a. Charlton, '42. F. A. Hanbury. 



b. Shooter's Hill, 1838. 



c. First record, 1640 : Blackheath. 



NOTE ON THE HYBRIDS OF VERBASCITM. With regard to the 

 hybrids of V., Mr. W. H. Griffin grew Thapsus, Lychnitis, and nigrum 

 for several years ; and while Thapsus crossed freely with either of the 

 other two, presumably by insect-borne pollen, Lychnitis and nigrum 

 never so crossed. 



(308) LINARIA, Miller (TOADFLAX). Peloria sometimes oc- 

 curs ; so do hybrids. 



1146. L. cymbalaria, Mill. (!VY-LEAVED TOADFLAX), 410, P. 



Alien, naturalised on old walls ; frequent. For the seed- 

 dispersal, see Willis, Lubbock, or Kerner. 



1. W. Wickham, '97. Sc. 



2. Abt. on walls of Wickham Court Gardens on road from 



Wickham to Cudham, '06, W.H.G. ; '05, F.M.R. 



3. Wall, Greenwich Park, '01. A.D.W. 



1147. L. elatine, Mill. 7 9, A. Arable fields, especially on the 



chalk ; common ; gen. associated with L. spuria. 



1. Oatfield near Elmer's End, '05. F.M.R. 



2. Casual in wheat field near Elmstead Lane, '92. Sc. 



3. Chalky arable field between Keston and Down, '04. 



W.H.G. 



4. Arable fields about Eltham, '06. L.C.C. 

 a. First record, 1597 : Southfleete. 



1148. L. spuria, Mill. As 1147 ; in all the stations given above for 



L. elatine, L. spuria was growing with it. 



1151. L. purpurea, Mill. 7 8, P. Alien, established here and 

 there on old walls. 



a. A few old records. 



b. Walls at Eltham, c. 1835. 



