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743. L. periclymenum, L. (WOODBINE), 6 9, Shrub. Woods and 



thickets; v. com. Fls. open between 7 8 P.M., when they 

 become sweet-scented : tube more than an inch long, often 

 half filled with nectar ; pollinated by hawkmoths. 



744. L. xylosteum, L. 5, Shrub. Hedges and thickets ; native in 



Sussex. 



1. Bank of lane nr. Keston Church, '06. W.H.G. (a 

 new county record, see /. of Bot., *01). 



SYMPHORICARPUS racemosus, Mich. (SNOWBERRY), a 

 N. American shrub with large snowy berries, is freq. 

 planted in garden hedges (Eltham). 



N.O. 3. ADOXACE& (under Capri foliacea, B. 6- H.}. 



736. ADOXA moschatellina, L. (MOSCHATEL), 45, P. Woods and 

 shady hedges ; frequent but local : often found growing in 

 woods with anemone, another case of protective 

 mimicry. 



1. Abt. at entrance to the Avenue, Down Court, '06. 



W.H.G. 



2. Lower part of Boarer's Wood, Abbey Wood, '04. 



R.H.C. 



3. Hirst Woods, with anemone, '07. J.F.B. 



4. Elmstead Lane, copse, with anemone, '07. J.F.B. 



N.O. 4. VALERIANACEM. 



(194) VALERIANA, L. (VALERIAN). 



764. V. dioica, L. 5 7, P. Boggy places ; local. 



1. Nr. Abbey Wood Stn. ; meadows above and below 



Darenth. Dod. 



2. Abt. on railway embankment near Greenhithe. H. 



3. Holwood ; Hayes Ford, '97. Sc. 



4. Meadow on bank of Darenth, Lullingstone, '05. 



W.H.G. 

 a. 1st record, 1720 : Nr. Woolwich. 



765. V. Mikanii, Syme, 6 7, P. Bushy places ; v. rare. 



^ 1. Upper slopes of the dry chalky banks on both sides of 



the Vale of Cudham, '06. W.H.G. 



766. V. officinalis, L. (SAMBUCIFOLIA, Will.), 67, P. Wet places ; 



frequent. 



1. Crofton, nr. Orpington, '06. W.H.G. 

 a. 1st record, 1629 : Erith. 



