A HISTORY OF SURREY 



The principal plants of the district are : 



Ranunculus heterophyllus 

 var. triphyllus (Hiern.) 



Drouetii, Schultz 



trichophyllus, Chaix 

 Papaver hybridum, L. 

 Fumaria Boraei, Jord. (extinct f) 



densiflora, DC. 

 Diplotaxis tenuifolia, DC. 

 Sisymbrium Irio, L. (extinct) 

 Lepidium Smithii, Hook. 

 Iberis amara, L. 



Polygala amara, L. 

 Dianthus Armeria, L. 



deltoides, L. 



Silene quinquevulnera, L. 



noctiflora, L. 

 Trifolium ochroleucum, L. 



glomeratum, L. 

 Lathyrus hirsutus, L. 



palustris, L. (extinct) 

 Rosa spinossima, L. 



sepium, Thuill. 



Epilobium lanceolatum, Seb. et M. 



Myriophyllum verticillatum, L. 

 Callitriche obtusangula, Le Gall. 

 Cicuta virosa, L. (extinct) 

 CEnanthe Lachenalii, Gmel. 

 Carduus pycnocephalus, Jacq. 

 Filago spathulata, Presl. 

 Campanula latifolia, L. 

 Gentiana praecox, Raf. 

 Verbascum Lychnitis, L. 

 Euphrasia Kerneri, Wettst. 

 Lathraa squamaria, L. 

 Teucrium Botrys, L. 

 Samolus Valerandi, L. (extinct) 

 Chenopodium ficifolium, L. 

 Atriplex marina, L. (extinct) 

 Rumex palustris, 8m. 

 Allium oleraceum, L. 

 Juncus obtusiflorus, Ehrh. 

 Luzula maxima, DC. 

 Scirpus carinatus, Sm. (extinct) 



triqueter, L. (extinct) 



maritimus, L. 



Calamagrostis lanceolata, Roth, (extinct) 



9. MEDWAY 



This concludes the districts comprised within the Thames drainage system. It is bounded 

 on the north by the chalk ridge, on the south by the county of Sussex, on the east by that of 

 Kent, and on the west by the Upper Mole district. The greater part of its area is occupied 

 by the Wealden formation, the Lower Greensand belt being much restricted, as in the case 

 of the adjacent district. At the extreme south-eastern corner there occurs a small tract of 

 Hastings Sands, on which are found several interesting species. 



The general botanical features are very similar to those seen in the Upper Mole basin. 

 A pale flowered buttercup (Ranunculus hirsutus), a very scarce plant in Surrey, occurs abun- 

 dantly in several places near Lingfield, and a flax (Linum angustifolium) near the same place. 

 In a swamp to the west of Hedge Pool is one of the few localities for Cnicus Forsteri. The 

 wood forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica), found in many other parts of the county, grows here 

 truly wild and in great profusion. Recorded many years for the county without any specific 

 locality, it was first found about the top of Titsey Hill by Mr. Arthur Bennett. It has since 

 been observed to occur in almost every wood and copse over an area of several square miles, 

 extending from Oxted chalk pit up to and beyond the Kent boundary. Southwards its limit 

 appears to be practically the edge of the Lower Greensand. The daffodil (Narcissus pseudo- 

 narcissus) is exceptionally abundant in the neighbourhood of Hedge Court. The Hastings 

 Sands supplies three species not met with elsewhere in the county. These are a violet (f^iola 

 lactea) found about Copthorne and Hedge Court ; a pondweed (Potamogeton Zizii) abundant 

 in Hedge Pool ; and a sedge (Carex turfasa) which grows in a swamp at the north-west 

 corner of the same piece of water. 



The principal plants are : 



Ranunculus hirsutus, Curt. 

 Viola lactea, Smith 

 Hypericum quadrangulum, Fries 

 Rosa obtusifolia, Desv. 

 Callitriche obtusangula, Le Gall. 

 Chrysosplenium alternifolium, L. 

 Cnicus Forsteri, Smith 

 Crepis biennis, L. 

 Wahlenbergia hederacea, Reich. 

 Pyrola minor, L. 

 Myosotis sylvatica, L. 



Utricularia neglecta, Lehm. 

 Potamogeton Zizii, Roth. 

 Narcissus pseudo-narcissus, L. 

 Luzula maxima, DC. 

 Juncus lamprocarpus x acutiflorus 

 Carex canescens, L. 



turfosa, Fries 



strigosa, Huds. 

 Alopecurus fulvus, Smith 

 Festuca ovina, L. 



var. tenuifolia, Sibth. 



