160 Botany. 



1481. N. pseudonarcissus, L. (DAFFODIL), 3 4, P. Open woods 

 : nd pastures ; locally abundant especially on clay. 



1. Eltham. H. 



2. Christ's Hospital Woods, Abbey Wood, '03. R.H.C. 



3. Wood, Federation Road, Abbey Wood, '07. W. T. Davis. 



4. W. of Cobham Park ; avenue at Puddledock. Dod. 



a. In the wilderness, Greenwich Park, 1836. 



b. First record, 1724 : Charlton Wood and about Green- 



wich. 



1484. N. biflorus, Curt. 4 5, P. Alien or denizen; pastures, etc. ; rare. 



1. In a rabbit warren near Shorne, 1795 ; still there, with 

 double fls., '92, Dod. 



1485. N. poeticus, L. 5, P. Alien. 



1. In a rabbit warren, near Shorne, 1795; still there, 

 with double flowers, '92. Dod. 



1486. GALANTHUS nivalis, L. (SNOWDROP), 23, P. Alien; 



established in meadows and copses ; not common. 

 1. Avenue at Cobham, very abundant. Dod. 



1487. LEUCOJUM aestivum, L. (SNOWFLAKE), 5, P. Denizen ? 



Wet meadows ; very rare. 



1. Plumstead Marshes, near Thames, '88. Reeves, 

 a. First record, 1785 : Thames bank between Greenwich 

 and Woolwich (extinct). 



NOTE. To this order also belong Narcissus Jonquilla, the 

 Jonquil, and the Agaves from the deserts of Mexico. The American 

 Alee (Agave americana, L.) blooms only once (sometimes not before 

 it is 100 years old), producing an enormous inflorescence which may 

 reach a height of 20 feet, and then dies. It is met with in parks and 

 gardens. 



N.O. 4. LI LI ACE ft. 



1490. RUSCUS aculeatus, L. (BUTCHER'S BROOM), 3 4. A leafless 

 evergreen shrub ; the leaves are phylloclades. Woods and 

 hedges ; rather scarce. 



1. Paul's Cray Common, '07. C.H.G. 



2. Darenth Wood, 1836 ; still there, H. & M. 



3. W. Wickham, Keston, getting scarcer, '97. Sc. 



4. Joyden's Wood. Jackson. 



5. Abbey Wood. Holmes. 



6. Between East Hailing and Chelsfield. Dod. 



7. Cfown Woods, Eltham, '07. L.C.C. 



8. W. side of W. Wickham and Hayes Commons, but 



rarely fruits ; the Eocene gravels seem too dry for 

 it. W.H.G. 

 a. In thickets around Woolwich, common, 1724. 



