BOTANY 



{hirsutus. Curt.) are locally frequent ; R. parvijiorus, L. having a dozen 

 localities in six districts. Helleborus viridis, L. and H. fcetidus, L. are 

 truly wild in woods on chalk, the latter being confined to districts 2 and 

 6. Aquilegia vulgaris^ L. (columbine) is also native and locally abundant. 

 Delphinium Ajacis, Reichb. (larkspur), though found in every district, is 

 hardly more than a casual. 



Berberide^. — The barberry [Berberis i;«/^^m, L.) , almost restricted 

 to hedges in Kent, is rare and not indigenous. 



Nymph^ace^. — Both the white and the yellow water lily are 

 frequent, except near London. The former has its headquarters in the 

 Weald. 



Pap AVERAGES. — Papaver sommyerumjlj. {opium, poppy) is naturalized 

 on the chalk, to which the rare P. Lecoqii, Lamotte is entirely, and the 

 local P. hybridum, L. mainly confined. Meconopsis cambrica, Vig. (Welsh 

 poppy) occurs (planted or escaped) at Hawkhurst, and Glaucium flavum^ 

 Crantz is fairly common on the coast. Chelidonium majus, L. (celandine), 

 though plentiful, usually grows near houses and in roadside hedges. 



FuMARiACE^. — Neckeria claviculata, N. E. Brown {Corydalis, DC), 

 though frequent in district i, is scarce elsewhere. Fumaria pallidifora, 

 Jord. has been found casually but twice ; F. Borai, Jord,, F. confusa, 

 Jord., and F. muralis. Sender are better established, though uncommon. 

 F, densijlora, DC. and F. parvifora. Lam. abound in many chalky fields ; 

 but F. Vaillantii, Loisel. is recorded only from Chatham, Cuxton, 

 Wouldham, Bredhurst and Maidstone. 



Crucifer^. — Mathiola incana, R. Br. (hoary stock) has been found 

 on cliffs at Ramsgate and Broadstairs ; Cheiranthus Cheiri, L. (wallflower) 

 is also naturalized on the cliffs of Thanet, and from Folkestone to the 

 South Foreland. Nasturtium syhestre, R. Br. and N. amphibium, R. Br. 

 are both scarce ; N. palustre, DC. being uncommon outside districts 8 

 and 9. Barbarea arcuata, Reichb. has only one ascertained habitat, near 

 Sittingbourne ; and B. intermedia, Bor. but two, at Leeds and Penshurst. 

 B. prcecox, R. Br. (American cress) seems to be spreading. Arabis 

 hirsuta. Scop, keeps to the chalk, and even there is comparatively rare ; 

 A. Turrita, L. long since disappeared from a wall at Lewisham, where 

 Martyn discovered it ; and A. perfoliata. Lam. formerly frequent on sand 

 near London, has only been met with lately at Hayes, Chislehurst, 

 Chelsfield and Stourmouth. Cardamine amara, L. and C.fexuosa, With, 

 are local but not rare ; C. impatiens, L. grows at Maplehurst and in the 

 Eden valley, about Edenbridge and Penshurst ; C. bulbifera, R. Br. 

 {Dentaria, L.) being found here and there in districts 8 and 9. Draba 

 mura/is, L. (a recent addition) occurs on bare chalky ground near the 

 old racecourse, Wye ; Prof Percival suspects it to have been introduced 

 with conifers from Carlisle, but on grounds which appear to us in- 

 sufficient. Frophila brachycarpa, Jord. must surely occur in other places 

 besides Faversham, and between Deal and Sandwich. We have seen no 

 specimens of Cochlearia officinalis, L. (common scurvy-grass), recorded on 

 good authority from Greenwich and Strood ; C. danica, L. has but three 



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