148 Botany. 



(233) CENTAUREA, L. (KNAPWEED). Stamens with sensitive 

 filaments. 



872. C. nigra, L. 6 9, P. Meadows, pastures, hedges ; very com. 



1. Albino form, roadside between Ightham and the N. 



Downs, '05. W.H.G. 

 var. b) decipiens, Thuill. South of England only ; rare. 



1. Marshes at Crossness, Dod (C. NIGRESCENS, Bab.). 



2. Slopes about Upper Hailing (var. PALLENS, Koch). 



Dod. 



873. C. scabiosa, L. 7 9, P. Fields and hedges ; very common, 



especially on the chalk. 



874. C. cyanus, L. (CORNFLOWER, BLUEBOTTLE), 6 8, A. 



Colonist ; frequent as a garden escape near cottages, but 

 rare as a field weed. 



1. Field weed on chalky land near Keston Court Farm, 



'01. W.H.G. 



2. Generally found in Hayes Gravel-pit. W.H.G. 



877. C. calcitrapa, L. 7 8, A. Denizen (?) Waste maritime 



places ; local. 



1. Has been established many years near Northfleet 

 Railway Station, '03. W.H.G. 



878. C. solstitialis, L. 7 9, A. Fields and waste ground, generally 



introduced with clover crops ; rare. 



1. Orchard by Higham Church. Dod. 



2. Between Bexley and Bostall Heaths. Cole. 



a. One pi. near Bromley Palace, '83. Playfair. 



b. First record, 1778 : Northfleet. 



879. CICHORIUM intybus, L. (CHICORY, WILD SUCCORY), 78, P. 



Fls. only open in the morning. Waste places ; frequent, 

 especially on the chalk. 



1. Roadsides between Swanley Junction and Wilmington, 



'02. W.H.G. 



2. Gravel-pit, Hayes, '05. F.M.R. 



3. E. Wickham and Charlton brickfields, 07. J.F.B. & 



W.H.G. 



4. Dartford Heath Brickfield, '04. R.H.C. 



5. Darenth to Cobham, '99 ; Darenth, '04. C.H.G. 



6. Wellhall Road, Eltham, '07. C.H.G. 



C. endivia, L. (ENDIVE), 7 8, P. Grown as a pot-herb. 



1. E. Wickham brickfield, several fine plants (escapes 

 from cultivation), '07. J.F.B. & W.H.G. 



