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A NEW LONDON FLOKA. 



*Lotus corniculatus. 



Ophrys aranifera. 

 *0rchis pyramidalis. 

 *0riganum vulgare. 



Paris quadrifolia (in copses). 

 *Picris hieracioides. 

 *Poterium Sanguisorba. 

 *Primula vulgaris (woods). 

 *Reseda lutea ; Luteola. 

 *llosa micrantha ; *rubiginosa. 

 *Scabiosa arvensis;* Columbaria (abund- 

 ant about Caterham). 

 *Senecio erucifolius ; *sylvaticus. 

 *Taxus pinnatus. 

 * Viola hirta. 



Borders of pools and swampy meadows 

 about Merstham and east of it. 



Cardamine amara. 



Carex pulicaris ; paniculata ; pendula ; 

 pallescens. 



Chrysosplenium oppositifolium ; alter- 

 nifolium. 



Epipactis palustris. 

 Eupatorium cannabinura. 

 *Lathyrus sylvestris (adjoining banks, 

 &c.). 



Orchis latifolia. 

 *Silaus pratensis. 

 * Viola palustris. 



REDSTONE HILL. 



Copses : Euphorbia arnygdaloides ; Hieracium vulgatum ; Solidago Vir- 

 gaurea ; Dianthus Armeria. Borders of rill and marshes about Ham 

 Farm:* Stellaria aquatica ; Blysmus compressus (?). Lane leading from 

 Redstone Hill towards the downs :* Calamintha menthifolia ;* Hieracium 

 vulgatum ; Viola odorifera ; Bryum hornum, &c. ; Scolopendrium vulgare. 



43. THE BETCHWORTH HILLS. 



The river Mole, which drains the country immediately south of the 

 downs between Dorking and the hills east of Merstham, pursues its course 

 northwards to the Thames, through an opening in the range opposite 

 Dorking. Here are the Betchworth Hills ; the most westerly of which, 

 fronting Betchworth Park on one side, and on another side the valley of 

 the Mole, is Box Hill well known to collectors and excursionists, and so 

 called from the Box plant which grows upon its precipitous rlank in the 

 greatest profusion. On the opposite side of the valley is Ranmer Common, 

 which attains an altitude equal to that of Box Hill, and at Mickleham another 

 valley with a road along it to Headley extends in an easterly direction, and 

 separates the hill from the heights known as Mickleham Downs. A wood 

 of considerable extent covers the upper part of Box Hill, but the plateau 

 above the Betchworth Hills proper is more open, and is continuous with 

 Headley and Walton Heaths ; while their flanks, chalky slopes, are more 

 or Jess covered with Juniper, and excavated in places. Subsoil above, 

 gravel. Meadows by the Mole are marshy, at any rate damp. 



Aceras anthropophora. 

 *Ajuga Chamaepitys (cornfield above). 

 *Anthyllis Vulneraria. 



Arabis hirsuta. 

 *As-perula cynanchica ; odorata. 



Astragalus Glycyphyllos (Headley Lane). 

 *Atropa Belladonna. 

 *Brachypodium pinnatum. 

 *Briza media. 

 *Bromus erectus (opposite Betchworth). 



Bunium flexuosum. 

 *Buxus sempervirens (abundant). 



*Campanuta glomerata ; *rotundifolia ; 



Rapunculus ; *Trachelium. 

 *Carduus acaulis ; *riutans (fields above; 



plenty). 



*Carlina vulgaris (Betchworth Downs). 

 Caucalis daucoides. 

 *Cephalanthera grandiflora (woods) ; 



ensifolia (woods lef of Headley Lane). 

 *Chlora perfoliata. 

 *Circaea lutetiana (woods). 

 *Cistus Helianthemum. 

 *Clematis Vitalba. 



