152 Botany. 



1006. L. muralis, G. Damp shady banks, walls, hedges and woods ; 

 frequent. 



1. Chalk banks nr. Shoreham, '04. W.H.G. 



2. Nr. Old Mill, top of Keston Common, '06. W.H.G. 



3. Holwood and Keston, '97. Sc. 



4. Greenwich Park, '01. A.D.W. 



L. SATIVA is the garden lettuce. 



(245) SONCHUS, L. (SOWTHISTLE). 



1009. S. oleraceus, L. 6 8, A.^Waste and cultivated ground, 



hedges ; very common. 



1010. S. asper, Hill (under 1009, B. & H.) ; as 1009 and as com. 



1011. S. arvensis, L. 8 9, P. Arable fields, waste places ; very 



common. 



1012. S, palustris, L. 7 8, P. Marshes, rare. 



1. Reed-bed, Plumstead Marshes H. and M. 



2. Among river reeds at Snodland. H. 



a. First record, 1666 : in meadow between Greenwich 

 and Woo'wich, by the banks of the Thames. 



(246) TRAGOPOGON, L. 



1013. T. pratense, L. (GOATSBEARD), 6, B. Banks, meadows, waste 



ground ; very common. Fls. open from 4 12 a.m. 

 ( JOHN-GO-TO-BED-AT-NOON) . 



The type genuinum, in which the involucral bracts equal 

 the florets is rather rare in the district. 



1. Banks of Mid-Kent Railway, near level crossing in 

 footpath from Perry Hill, Catford, '07. W.H.G. 



var. b.) minus, Mill (separate sp. Bab.), the common form. 



var c). grandiflorus, B., in which the florets exceed the 

 involucres. 



1. Formerly reported at Sydenham. W.H.G. 



2. Pis. approaching it growing with GENUINUM as above 



W.H.G. 



NOTE. Among cultivated pis. of this order, not before referred 

 to, we may mention : Helianthus annuus, the Sunflower, H. tuber - 

 osus, the * Jerusalem artichoke ; Dahlias, Gaillardia, Helichrysum 

 (Everlastings), Cinerarias, Calendula (Marigolds), and Scorzonera. 



