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A NEW LONDON FLORA. 



as they descend ; the same sheepwalks above, sprinkled here and there with 

 Juniper, and crowned with beechwoods ; below, the wheat-producing 

 line of the Gault, and beyond, the sandstone-ridges of the Wealden. A 

 shady lane, grass-grown, and little used, leads along the foot of the downs 

 from Wrotham onwards, whence there is easy access to the slopes and such 

 of the woods and copses as are unenclosed. This lane serves, as a matter 

 of fact, to form a boundary line between the formations, and as a limit to 

 the plants peculiar to that of the chalk ; which appear here side by side 

 with those of the ordinary woodland type. 



Alchemilla vulgaris (Hill Park near 



Westerbam). 

 *Atithyllis Vulneraria. 

 * A.sperula cynanchica. 

 *Bracbypodium pinnatum (downs) ; 



*sylvaticum. 

 *Briza media. 



*Bromus erectus ; *racemosus ; *asper. 

 *Calamintha menthifolia (plentiful) ; 



*Clinopodium. 



*Campanula Trachelium ; *glomerata. 

 *Carduus acaulis. 

 *Carlina vulgaris. 

 *Centaurea Scabiosa. 

 *Cephalanthera grandiflora. 

 *Chlora perfoliata (in profusion in some 



places). 



*Cichorium Intybus. 

 *Cistus Helianthemum. 

 *Clematis Vitalba. 

 *Digi talis purpurea. 

 *Dipsacus pilosus (in tbe lane two miles 



beyond Wrotham ; a patch of it) ; 



sylvestris. 

 *Echium vulgare. 

 *Erigeron acris. 

 *Erythnea Centaurium. 

 *Euphorbia platyphylla (cornfields) ; 



*amygdaloides (hedgebanks). 

 *Euphrasia officinalis. 



*Galeopsis Tetrabit ; *Ladanum. 

 *Gentiana Amarella. 

 *Helminthia echioides. 

 *Hypericum hirsutuni ; *perfoliatum. 

 *lnula Conyza. 

 *Iris fostidissima. 

 *Juniperus cornmunis. 

 *Linum catharticum. 

 *Melampyrum pratense (hedge below). 

 *0rchis pyramidalis. 

 *0riganum vulgare. 

 *Pastinaca sativa. 

 *Picris hieracioides. 

 *Poterium Sanguisorba. 

 *Primula vulgaris (hedges below). 

 *Reseda lutea. 

 *Rosa canina ; *micrantha. 

 Salvia pratensis (near Wrotham 



private grounds"; Mr. Hanbury). 

 *Scabiosa arvensis ; *succisa ; *Colum- 



baria. 



*Senecio sylvaticus ; *erucifolius. 

 *Tamus europaeus. 

 *Taxus baccata. 

 *Teucrium Scorodonia. 

 *Thymus Serpyllum. 

 * Verbascum Thapsus. 

 *Viburnum Lantana. 

 *^ 7 "iola odorata ; *hirta ; *sylvestris. 



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63. COBHAM AND CUXTON. 



From Cobham to Ouxton the distance by the road is about four miles. 

 The road lies in a hollow below Cobham Park, from which it is separated 

 by a cultivated slope. A footpath, however, runs along the margin of 

 these extensive grounds, with ready access to the road beyond. Towards 

 Cuxton, from the hamlet of Bush onwards, the slopes are uncultivated and 

 of low elevation, though steep. Subsoil, chalk and calcareous grit, producing 

 the usual chalk plants. At Cuxton are mud-banks and marshy flats, with 

 many plants peculiar to the shores of a tidal river. 



Adonis autumnalis ? 

 *Ajuga ChaniEepitys (fields). 

 *Asperula cynanchica. 

 * Astragalus Glycypbyllos (copses, park 



borders). 

 *Brachypodium pinnatum (in the park). 



*Briza media (in the park). 

 *Calamintha Clinopodiurn ; *mentbifolia 



(roadside beyond Bush). 

 Cephalantbera grandiflora ; ensifolia. 

 *Chlora perfoliata. 

 *Cichorium Intybus. 



