A HISTORY OF KENT 



pinellifolia x tomentosa at Snodland, Hailing, TrottesclifFe, Crockham Hill 

 and Southborough. Of R. rubella^ Sm. (perhaps also a pimpinellifolia 

 hybrid), an unlocalized west Kent specimen is in E. Forster's herbarium 

 at the British Museum. Vars. cotnosa. Rip. and jenensis, M. Schulze of 

 R. riibiginosa, L. (common on chalk) occur at Hailing and Boxley War- 

 ren respectively ; R. micrantha, Sm., var. hystrix (Leman) grows on 

 Dartford Heath, and var. permixta (Des.) at Upper Hailing, Halstead, 

 and Boxley ; R. micrantha y~rubigtnosa{\) at Boxley Warren. R. tomentosa^ 

 Sm., R. obtusifolia, Desv. and its var. tomentella (Leman), and R. systyla. 

 Bast, are all frequent ; whereas R. glauca, Vill. is only recorded from 

 Chelsfield and Cuxton, and R. septum, Thuill. from Adisham, and be- 

 tween Chilham and Crundell. Pyrus torminalis, L., P. communis, L. (wild 

 pear), and P. germanica. Hooker fil. {Mespilus, L. [medlar]) are quite 

 local ; Darenth Wood being the sole station for P. pinnatijida, Ehrh. 

 (probably P. Aria x Aucuparia) . 



Saxifrages. — Saxtfraga granulata, L., known for six divisions, is 

 not uncommon in districts i, 2, 8 ; Chrysospletiium alternifolium, L., being 

 the scarcer of our two species, though it has several stations in districts 

 8, 9, lo. 



Crassulaces. — Cotyledon Umbilicus, L. (wall pennywort), always 

 rare, is mostly extinct, but was observed lately near Chilham. Sedum 

 Telephium, L. (orpine) and S. anglicum, Huds. are locally plentiful ; but 

 S. rejiexum, L. is usually if not always introduced (the Wrotham and 

 Ightham stations may be exceptions ; the plant found there was 

 apparently -S*. albescens. Haw.). 



Droseraces. — Drosera rotundifolia, L. (sundew), for lack of suitable 

 situations, is of scanty occurrence, and D. intermedia, Hayne appears to 

 be absent. 



Halorages. — Myriophyllum verticil latum, L. has a fairly general 

 distribution ; M. alternijiorum, DC, only recorded from Preston (district 

 5), Ham Ponds and Appledore, should also prove to be not uncommon 

 inland. Callitriche obtusangula, DC. is frequent near the sea ; but the 

 only home of C. truncata, Guss. is at Westerham. 



Lythraces. — L. Hyssopifolia, L. has occurred between South Nor- 

 wood and Elmers End, near Rochester and Faversham, and possibly by 

 the old canal between Gravesend and Strood. 



Onagraces. — Epilobium lanceolatum, Seb. and Maur. grows be- 

 tween Chislehurst and Bickley, in Woolwich Arsenal, at Swanscombe 

 and River Hill, and between Whitstable and Canterbury. E. roseum, 

 Schreb.i £. adnatum, Griseb. (£. tetragonum. Curt., an L.?), and E. 

 palustre, L. are pretty generally distributed ; a remark probably applying 

 to E. Lamyi, F. Schultz, which is a perfectly distinct but imperfectly 

 known species. Several hybrids have been met with. (Enothera biennis, 

 L. (evening primrose) is rather freely naturalized ; CE. odorata, Jacq. 

 being apparently well established at Richborough and Ightham. 



Umbellifers. — Echinophora spinosa, L., reported by old writers 

 from Faversham, Whitstable, Thanet and Sandwich, was (if correct) only 



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