140 Botany. 



785. ASTER tripolium, L. 8 9, P. Muddy salt marshes, ascend- 

 ing the estuaries of the Thames and Medway. 



1. Mud banks of Dartford Creek, 03. W.H.G. 



2. Shore of Thames, N. Woolwich Gardens, '99. C.H.G. 

 a. First record, 1597 ; Gravesend. 



A. Isevis, L. Alien ; a garden throw-out. 



1. Wet gravel pit, Ladies' Golf Ground, near Rarens- 

 bourne R. Stn., '03. W.H.G. 



The China Aster of our gardens is a species of Callistephus. 



CALENDULA officinalis, L. (MARIGOLD). Alien. 



1. Roadside below W. of Hayes Com., '03; Hayes Gravel 

 pit, '05 (both garden escapes), W.H.G. 



(203) ERIGERON, L. (FLEABANE). 



787. E. canadensis, L. 8 9, A. Alien ; waste ground ; freq. 



as a garden weed. 



1. Eltham, Kidbrook, Dartford. Dod. 



2. Woolwich Arsenal and Plumstead. H. & M. 



3. Lower Sydenham ; Ravensbourne ; West Wickham ;. 



Chelsfield; Halstead. W.H.G. 



4. Monastery Road, Erith, '03. R.H.C. 



5. Wickham Lane brickfield, '07. J.F.B. & W.H.G. 

 a. Erith, '77 ; First record, 1836 : Northfleet. 



788. E. acris, L. 7 8, A. or B. Frequent on chalky hill sides,. 



less frequent on Lower Eocene gravel. 



1. Southend ; West slope of Darenth Valley at Shore- 



ham ; railway bank, Northfleet. W.H.G. 



2. Charlton pits, '03. R.H.C. 



3. West Wickham, '05. F.M.R. 



4. Waste ground, Eltham, '07. J.F.B. 



(204) FILAGO, L. (CUDWEED). 



790. F. germaniea, Huds. 7 8, A. Sandy fields and pits ; frequent. 



1. Moist places, Hayes and Keston Commons, '00. 



W.H.G. 



2. Gravel pit, Boarer's Wood, Abbey Wood, '04. R.H.C. 



3. Old gravel pits, Hayes, and Beckenham, '97. Sc. 



792. F. spathulata, Presl. 78, A. Colonist ? Dry fields ; local 

 on the chalk. 



1. Dartford. H. 



