BOTANY 



means confined to wet places, being plentiful on the downs in district 2, 

 and doubtless elsewhere. Lactuca virosa, L., though local, has many 

 more localities than L. Scario/a, L., found sparingly in the maritime or 

 sub-maritime portions of districts i, 2, 3, 7. L. sa/igna, L. grows in a few 

 places near the Thames ; about Sheerness, Heme Bay, Whitstable and 

 Seasalter ; and at Wouldham. Sonchus palustris, L. (marsh sow-thistle) 

 is almost restricted to the Thames and Medway valleys (there is an out- 

 lying station at Ryarsh Wood) ; the alleged east Kent localities were 

 most likely errors, as large states oi S. arvensis growing in marshes have 

 often been mistaken for this species. Tragopogon pratense, L., var. Symei, 

 Ar. Benn. {grandijiorum, Bosw.) has been observed at Sydenham, Cobham 

 and Wye ; T. porrifolius, L. (salsify) being occasionally found more or 

 less naturalized. 



Campanulace^. — Wahlenbergia hederacea, Reichb. (ivy-leaved bell- 

 flower) has occurred on the bogs in district i ; about Chevening, 

 Knockholt, Down, Cudham and Westerham ; and at Seal Chart. Phy- 

 teuma orbiculare, L., locally plentiful in Surrey and Sussex, is very rare 

 in Kent, being restricted to a few stations in district 2 and the cliffs 

 between Walmer and St. Margaret's ; it appears to be extinct at Beacon 

 Hill near Faversham. Campanula glomerata, L. (clustered bellflower), 

 though abundant in district 2, has a very thin distribution over the rest 

 of the chalk country ; C. latifolia, L. (giant bellflower) is recorded only 

 from Cobham, Rainham and Canterbury ; C. Rapu?iculus, L. from 

 Bexley, North Cray, Crayford, Dartford, Cobham and Harrietsham ; 

 while C. patula, L. has but two stations, near Bexley and at Cobham. 



Vacciniace^. — The bilberry {Vaccinium Myrtillus, L.) has only 

 seven definite localities outside districts 8, 9, where it is locally abun- 

 dant ; and the cranberry {Schollera Oxycoccus, Roth, V. Oxycoccos, L.) 

 possesses a solitary station at Oldborough (district 8). 



Ericace^. — Erica Tetralix, L. (cross-leaved heath) is very rare, 

 except on the moist sands of districts i, 8, 9 ; E. cinerea, L. (purple 

 heath) being also scarce in districts 2, 7, 10, and quite absent from 

 districts 3 to 6. Pyrola rotundifolia, L. has one west Kent habitat in 

 Joyden's Wood, Bexley ; it also occurs at Millstead (district 6), and in 

 seven parishes — mostly on the chalk — between Stouting and Stourmouth 

 (districts 5, 7). P. minor, L. has been found between Penshurst and 

 Maidstone, as well as near Eastwell, Nackington, Wye and Stouting. 

 Hypopitys Monotropa, Crantz (yellow birds'-nest) grows locally in six 

 divisions. 



Plumbagine^. — Var. pyramidalis, Syme of Statice Limonium, L. 

 (sea lavender), which is common, occurs at Northfleet, Cuxton and 

 near Sheerness ; S. rariflora, Drejer being apparently confined to dis- 

 trict 3. S. auriculafolia, Vahl, fairly plentiful on the south coast, also 

 grows at Ramsgate, Margate, in Harty Isle and about Sheerness. 



Primulace^. — Hottonia palustris, L. (water violet) is frequent. 

 Anagallis arvensis, L., var. carnea (Schrank) has been seen at Higham, 

 Shepherd's Well, Aylesford and Hawkhurst. A. ccerulea, Schreb. (blue 



