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1027. C. rapunculus, L. 7 8, B. Banks and bushy places on 



sandy soil ; rare and very local. 



a. Bexley, Crayford and Dartford, 1746 and 1793. 



1028. C. patula, L. 7 8, B. Hedges and thickets ; extremely rare. 



1. Hayes gravel-pit, '06. W.H.G. 



a. First and only other record, 1821 : Growing with C. 

 RAPUNCULUS on a steep bank on roadside from 

 Bexley to Dartford Heath. (Graves). 



1029. LEGOUSIA hybrida, Del. (C. HYBRIDA, L. ; SPECULARIA 



HYBRID A, A. DC.), 6 9, A. Colonist, often found in arable 

 fields after the grain has been carted away. 



1. Cuxton, Dod ; Isle of Grain, Jackson. 



2. Between Dartford and Greenhithe. H. 



3. Cornfield off Down Road, Keston '05. W.H.G. 



4. Gravel-pit near Hayes, '04. F.M.R. 

 a. First record, 1597 : Greenhithe. 



NOTE. Lobelias are garden fls. and are visited by v. few insects. 



N.O. 3. COMPOSITE. The largest, most efficient, and most 

 successful family of flowering plants. Where ray 

 and disc florets are differentiated, the ray florets are 

 gen. /. and the disc florets complete, and the flower 

 closes at night, and in bad weather. Honey is 

 secreted and within the reach of all but the sh-ortest 

 tongued insects. 



'781. EUPATORIUM cannabinum, L. (HEMP AGRIMONY), 89, P. 

 Wet places by streams ; rather local. Fls. largely visited 

 by butterflies. 



a. Early record, 1724 : By stream between Lee and 

 Eltham (still there). 



782. SOLIDAGO virgaurea, L. (GOLDEN-ROD), 79, P. Woods, 

 thickets, roadside banks ; very common. Many insect 

 visitors. 



a. First record, 1597 : Southfleet, Swanscombe Wood. 



'783. BELLIS perennis, L. (DAISY), 3 10, P. Banks, pastures 

 lawns ; very common. 



