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1205. 0. minor, Sm.^6 7, A. Occas. in clover fields, ch. on 

 trifolium pratense. 



1. Railway bank, Eynsford, M. 



2. Abt. in old chalk pit, by the marshes, Swanscombe, 



'00 '04. W.H.G. i 

 a. Charlton sandpit, 1805. 



1207. LATHRAEA squamaria, L. (TOOTHWORT), 4 5, P. A sub- 



terranean plant, parasitic on the roots of elm, hazel and 

 maple ; its flowers come above ground. The hairs in the 

 leaf -chambers have no carnivorous function, but are merely 

 water excreting organs (Groom and Haberlandt). Hedges, 

 woods and thickets ; loc. abt. 



1. Down, common. Charles Darwin. 



2. V. com. in the hedges about Down and Keston. I 



have traced it from Knockholt thr. Cudham, across 

 the village to Down, and thence to Keston Church. 

 It may gen. be found in April about the entrance 

 of the Avenue to Down Court, '06. W.H.G. 



3. Roots of elm, roadside bank, Elmstead Lane, '07. 



J.F.B. 



N.O. 9. LENTIBULARIACEM. Insectivorous plants. 



1208. UTRICULARIA vulgaris, L. (BLADDERWOET), 68, P. An 



aquatic ; fls. aerial, visited ch. by flies ; seeds ripen below 

 water. Local. 



1. Pond betw. Beckenham and Bromley. Reeves. 



2. Stone Marshes, in a ditch, '04. B. T. Lowne. 



1213. PINGUICULA vulgaris, L. (BUTTERWORT), 56. Bogs. Prob. 

 not found at all in the district now. 



a. Keston Common, about '82. Playfair. (Introduced). 



NOTE. Cultivated plants of other orders of the Tubiflorae 

 include : Bignonia and Catalpa (Bignoniaceae), Gloxinia, Sinningia 

 and Gesnera (Gesneriaceae), Acanthus (Acanthacese). 



ALLIANCE XXL PLANTAGINALES. 



N.O. 1. PL ANT AGIN ACE JE. Generally protogynous wind 

 ftowers. 



(345) PLANT AGO, L. (PLANTAIN). 

 1278. P. major, L. 6 8, P. Fields and waste places ; v. com. 



