172 . Botany. 



1744. A. geniculatus, L. 6 7, P. Very common in boggy places. 



1. Greenhithe, '03. W.H.G. 



a. First record, 1793 : Boggy ground in Charlton Wood- 



1745. A. bulbosus, Gouan, 5 6, P. Salt or brackish marshes;. 



very rare. 



1. Cooling Marshes. M. 



a. Thames Marshes below Erith, 1840. 



1746. A. pratensis, L. 4 6, P. A valuable pasture grass ; abundant 



in rich meadows and pastures. It produces the lightest 

 of all grass seeds. 



1748. MILIUM effusum, L. (MILLET GRASS), 6, P. Frequent in, 

 shady woods on the Lower Eocene clays and gravels. 



1. Abbey Wood, H. ; Sidcup, Holmes. 



2. Shooter's Hill, East Wickham. Dod. 



3. Woods at Darenth, and south of Cliff e, near Shore- 



ham. M. 



1750. PHLEUM pratense, L. (TIMOTHY GRASS), 6, P. A very com- 

 mon meadow grass especially on light soils ; it may be 

 pastured for a long time without damage to the hay crop, 

 var. b.) nodosum, L. Frequent, especially near the sea. 



1. Cooling Marshes and near Port Victoria. M. 



2. Dartford Common, etc. Dod. 



3. Hayes Common, '03. W.H.G. 



(477) AGROSTIS, L. (BENT GRASS). 



1755. A. canina, L. 7 8, P. An elegant grass on peaty or sandy 



heaths ; frequent on the commons. 



1. Blackheath and other places ; very common. Reeves. 



2. Hayes and Keston Commons, 1877. De Cr. 

 a. First record, 1793 : Hanging Wood, Charlton. 



1756. A. alba, L. (PALUSTRIS, Huds.), 7, P. A valuable pasture 



grass (WHITE BENT, FIORIN) ; common in meadows and 



pastures. 



var. b.) stolonifera, L. Frequent in damp clayey meadows 



and pastures. 



1757. A. tenuis, Sibth. (VULGARIS, With.), 7, P. Pastures, downs,. 



heaths and dry places ; common. 



1578. POLYPOGON monspeliensis, Desf 6 7, A. Submaritime 

 marshes and ditches ; rare and very local. 



1. Near Practice Butts, Woolwich Marshes, along with 



P. LITTORALIS. Elgar (Maidstone Museum). 



2. Plums tead Marshes, H. and M. 

 a Erith, 1650. 



