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777. S. succisa, L. (DEVIL'S BIT SCABIOUS), 7- -10, P. Woods, 



pastures, open spots in moist woods ; v. com. 



778. S. columbaria, L. 7 8, P. A chalk plant ; com. 



1. Hoi wood Park and Leaves Green, Keston, '05. W.H.G. 



2. Old Chalk pit, Leaves Green, '06. W.H.G 



3. Chalky roadside banks nr. Downe, '07. J.F.B 



779. KNAUTIA arvensis, Coult. (SCABIOSA AEVENSIS, L., B. & H.). 



7 9, P. Freq. on the chalk, esp. on the borders of cultiv. 

 fields Many insect visitors ; early in the summer some 

 of the fls. are /. only. 



ALLIANCE XXIII. CAMPANULAS. 



N.O. 1. CUCURBIT ACE fa . Chiefly tendril-climbing herbs. 



663. BRYONIA dioica, L. (WHITE or RED BRIONY), 59, P. Hedges 

 and bushy places ; common especially on the chalk. Fls. 

 dioecious, the m. fl. being about twice as large as the /. 

 In Germany the fl. is visited exculsively by the bee Andrena 

 florea (Muller), and it may be so in England ; if so, the 

 range of the pi. is coterminous with that of the bee. 



NOTE. To this order belong the Cucumber (Cucumis sativus, 

 L), Melon (C. Melo, L.), and pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo, L.). 



N.O. 2 CAMPANULACE&. 



1017. JASIONE montana, L. 7, B. Dry sandy places ; locally 



plentiful. Fl. visited by a host of insects. 



1. Slopes E. of Plumstead Common. Dod. 



2. Railway banks and adjacent field, W. Wickham, '05. 



F.M.R. 



3. Hayes, Bromley, '96. Sc. 



4. Hayes gravel-pit, '06 ; in '04 it was very plentiful, 



but in '05 there was scarcely a pi., though on the bank 

 of a railway cutting about 500 yards distant it was 

 abt. This was probably due to the direction of the 

 wind when the seed was shed ; still abundant there, 

 1907; W.H.G. 

 a. First record, 1629 : Chalkdale near Dartford. 



1018. WAHLENBERGIA hederacea, Reich. (CAMPANULA, L. ; 



CERVICINA, Druce), 7 8, P. Boggy places ; very rare. 

 All old records, and prob. now extinct in district. 



a. First records, 1793 : Bogs, Hayes, Bromley ; woods, 

 Farnborough, Knockholt, Down and Cudham. 



