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880. ARNOSERIS minima, Link (PUSILLA, G.), 68, A. Colonist 



(?) Dry sandy fields ; very rare. 



a. Near Eltham. J.D.R. 



b. Bexley, 1843. 



881. LAPS AN A communis, L. 7 8, A. Hedges, fields and waste 



ground ; very coinm n. 



882. PICRIS hieracioides, L. 7 9, B. Dry banks ; frequent 



1. Allotment Gardens, Northfleet, '02. W.H.G. 



2. E. Wickham brickfield, '07. J.F.B. & W.H.G. 

 a. Beckenham, 1877. 



var. b.) arvalis, Jord. 



1. Roadside bank, Cudham, '03. W.H.G. 



883. HELMINTHIA echioides, G. (Picsis ECHIOIDES, L.), 79, A. 



Banks, copses, and waste ground ; common on chalk and 

 clay. 



a. First record, 1629 : Chalkdale, near Dartford. 



(238) CREPIS, L. 



884. C. foetida, L. 67, B. Chalky places ; rare. 



1. Near Greenhithe, 1778 ; still there '85 (Linton). 



2. Waste ground above Swanscombe Marshes, '03. 



W.H.G. 



a. Northfleet chalk pits, 1746. 



b. Chalk pits about Gravesend, 1836. 



885. C. taraxaeifolia. Thuill. 67, B. Banks, hedges, waste 



ground ; abundant, especially on the chalk. 



a. First record, 1713 : " Charleton, Greenwich." 



886. C. setosa, Hall. 7 8, A. Alien ; fields, introduced with 



seed. 



1. Clover field, Swanley. H. 



887. C. capillaris, Walk. (VIRENS, L.), 6 9, A. Common every- 



where. 



var. b). agrestis, Waldst. & Kit. 



1. E. Wickham brickfield, '07. J.F.B. & W.H.G. (A 



NEW COUNTY RECORD.) 



889. C. biennis, L. 6 7, B. Fairly common in chalky places, rare 

 elsewhere. 



