190 Botany. 



1889. POLYSTICHUM aculeatum, Schott (ASPIDIUM LOBATUM, Sw.), 



7 8. Hedgebanks ; very scarce in Kent. 



1890. P. angulare, Presl. 7 8. Shady banks and woods ; rare. 



a. First record, 1730 : Between Bromley and Chislehurst. 



(527) LASTREA, Presl. (ASPIDIUM, L. ; NEPHRODIUM, H.). 



1893. L. filix-mas, Presl. (MALE FERN), 6 7. Woods and banks ; 

 common except near London. 



1. Charlton Church Wood, '98. Dod. 



2. Wood, Skid Hill between Cudham and Chelsham, '05. 



W.H.G. 



1898. L. spinulosa, Presl. 8 9. Marshy places and wet woods ; 



local. 



1. Charlton Church Wood, '98. Dod. 



1899. L. aristata, comb. nov. (DILATATA, Presl.), 8 9. Moist 



woods and banks ; scarce. 



1901. POLYPODIUM vulgare, L. (POLYPODY), 810. Dry shady 

 banks, walls and old trees ; not com. in Kent. 



1. Fifty years ago this pi. was plentiful in lanes about 

 Kidbrook, but like most other ferns, it has now dis- 

 appeared from the district. W.H.G. 



Section II. LYCOPODIALES. 



N.O. I. LYCOPODIACEM (Club-mosses}. Probably all now 

 extinct in our districts ; last record : Lycopodium 

 inundatum, L. Bog, Keston Common, '84. Reeves. 



Section 111. EQUISETALES. 



N.O. 1. EQUISETACEM. (Horsetails). 



1910. EQUISETUM maximum, Lam. 4, P. Wet places ; not un- 



common, especially in the Weald. 



1. Ditch, farm-road at the bottom of Crown Lane, 

 Chislehurst (but without sporangia, probably due 

 to luxuriant vegetative reproduction), '06. W.H.G. 



1911. E. arvense, L. 4, P. Damp fields, roadsides and railway 



banks ; sterile fronds very common, spore-bearing fronds 

 much less so. Spore-bearing fronds are plentiful in the 

 following stations : 



1. East side of Bromley Hill, '06. W.H.G. 



2. Charlton pits, '05. " J.F.B 



3. Dartford Gravel-pits, '06. J.F.B. 



