A HISTORY OF KENT 



pimpernel), though generally distributed, is scarce outside district 2 ; 

 but A. tenel/a, L. (bog pimpernel) is fairly common. Centunculus 

 minimus, L. (bastard pimpernel) has been noted as follows : Chislehurst, 

 Tunbridge Wells, Hothfield, Brabourne, Willesborough and near Sand- 

 ling Park. Samolus Valera?jdi, L. (brookweed), a frequent coast plant, 

 grows inland at Tunbridge Wells, Snodland, Kingsnorth and Ashford. 



ApocYNACEiE. — Vinca minor, L., though often only planted, is 

 certainly native in many of its stations, and plentiful in districts 8,9; 

 it has been found in all the districts. 



Gentiane^. — Erythrcea pulchella, Fr. (dwarf centaury) is scarce, 

 but only absent from district 6 ; £. capitata, Willd. should be searched 

 for in Thanet and on the south coast cliffs. Gentiana Pneumonanthe, L. 

 (marsh gentian) has but two known stations, at Tunbridge Wells and 

 Goudhurst ; and we distrust those which have been alleged for G. 

 campestris, L. (G. baltica, Murb. is more likely to have been found). 

 Menyanthes trifoliata, L. (bogbean) seems to be extinct in district i, 

 but grows freely in the marshes of district 5 and in a fair number of 

 other east Kent localities. Limnanthemum peltatutn, S. P. Gmel. (fringed 

 water-lily) is said to occur within the county near Tunbridge Wells ; 

 whether planted or native we have no means of judging. 



BoRAGiNE^. — Cynoglossum germanicum, Jacq. (C. montanum. Lam.), 

 is now lost at Eltham, Keston, Bromley, Northfleet and Sandwich 

 (some of these cases, like that of Tunbridge Wells, may have been 

 errors). G. E. Smith's station near Stouting may still produce it. 

 Anchusa sempervirens, L. is a very scarce alien ; while Pulmonaria 

 officinalis, L., said by Milne and Gordon (1793) to be abundant in 

 woods between Chevening and Knockholt, and to occur between Cud- 

 ham and Down, has not been verified since. Myosotis repens, L. is not 

 uncommon in district 9, and perhaps elsewhere ; but most observers 

 have failed to distinguish it from the common forget-me-not. M. 

 sylvatica, Hoffm., although locally plentiful on chalk, cannot, upon 

 the whole, be called frequent. Lithospermum purpureo-cceruleum, L. 

 (blue gromwell), only found in and near Darenth Wood, appears at 

 uncertain intervals, and has lately been sought for without success. 



CoNVOLVULACE^. — Volvulus Soldamlla, Junger [Convolvulus, L., sea 

 bindweed) is recorded from Shellness, Westgate (perhaps extinct in 

 these places), Pegwell to Deal, Dover to Folkestone and New Romney. 

 Cuscuta europcea, L. (greater dodder) has a station or two noted in 

 every district except 10 ; C. Epithymum, Murr. (lesser dodder), frequent 

 on heather and furze, abounds on Teucrium at Dungeness ; and C 

 Trifolii, Bab. is a troublesome pest in clover fields. 



SoLANACE^. — Solanum nigrum, L., var. miniatum (Bernh.) grew 

 plentifully on the beach between Whitstable and Seasalter in 1875, 

 but we failed to find it there in 1894; var. luteo-virescens (Gmel.) has 

 occurred at Faversham and Tonbridge. Atropa Belladonna, L. (deadly 

 nightshade) abounds on the bushy hills of districts 2, 6, being found 

 more or less freely in all the districts, but probably not native off the 



