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1159. S. nodosa, L. 6 7, P. Moist hedges and thickets; very 

 common, especially on the lower Eocene pebble-gravel. 

 Protogynous wasp fls. ; the only other essentially wasp fl. in 

 the English flora is EPIPACTIS LATIFOLIA, which is also a 

 dingy purple. In the Alps COTOXEASTER VULGARIS is 

 visited solely by wasps. Wasps and blowflies also buzz 

 about the fls. of the Ivy, attracted by the intoxicating 

 nectar, which sometimes makes them incapable of flight. 



1161. S. vernalis, L. 4 5, P. Alien ; wet places. A sweet-scented 



beefl. 



1. At Chislehurst in several places. Reeves. 



2. Introduced in a wood at Chislehurst, '95. Wollaston. 



1162. MIMULUS Langsdorfli, Donn. (LUTEUS, L.), MUSK, 69, P. 



A North American alien, est. here and there in boggy places, 



1. Plentiful by the Cray at St. Mary Cray. Dod 



2. Meadows below Crayford. Dod. 



3. Plentiful on a shoal in the Ravensbourne, a little above 



Catford Bridge, '89. W.H.G. 



4. Banks of Cray, in meadows between Bexley and N. 



Cray, '05, W.H.G. ; '07, L.C.C. 



1165. DIGITALIS purpurea, L. (FOXGLOVE), 68, P. Hedgebanks 



and woods ; a pronounced calcifuge ; common. A humble 

 bee fl., self-sterile (Darwin). 



(315) VERONICA, L. Fls. with short open tube, visited by 

 bees and flies. 



1166. V. hederifolia, L. 4 6, A. Dry fields, banks, and wasts 



ground ; very common. 



1167. V. didyma, Ten. 4 9, A. Fields and waste places ; common. 



1168. V. agrestis, L. 4 9, F. Fields and waste places ; very com. 



1169. V. buxbaumii, Ten. (TOURNEFORTH, Gmel.), 49, A. 



Colonist ; introduced into England since 1825, but now com- 

 mon in cultivated and waste places. 



1. Arable field, Whitefoot Lane, Southend, '02. W.H.G. 



2. Chelsfield ; Chalk-pit, Birchwood Corner to Darenth, 



'99. C.H.G. 

 a. First record, 1837 : Hayes and Keston. 



1172. V. arvensis, L. 4 7, A. Walls, dry places ; abundant. 



1. Garden walls, by roadside from Keston Mark to Lock's 

 Bottom, '05. W.H.G. 



