A HISTORY OF KENT 



stations in districts i to 8 ; M. /ongifo/m, Huds. {sylvestris, L., horse mint) 

 occurs in all the divisions, sometimes freely ; and M. sativa, L. (a series 

 of hybrids between arvemis and hirsutd) is not uncommon. M. piperita^ 

 L. (peppermint) has been found about Deal, Luton, Headcorn, Boxley 

 and Rolvenden ; M. rubra, Sm. at Keston, Faversham (casual) and Sturry ; 

 M. gentilis, L. only by the Medway below Tonbridge. The recorded 

 stations of M. Pulegium, L. (pennyroyal) are Chislehurst Common, Lewis- 

 ham, Bickley, Dartford, Ospringe (near Faversham) and Dover. Origanum 

 vulgare, L. (marjoram), var. megastachyum (Link) is a speciality of the 

 undercliff near Folkestone. Thymus Chameedrys, Fr., as yet comparatively 

 little known, is probably general on dry soils. Calamintha parvijlora. 

 Lam. (C. Nepeta, Clairv.) occurs in districts i to 8 ; and is sometimes 

 abundant, though far less general than C. officinalis, Moench (common 

 calamint) ; C. syhatica, Bromf has also been reported from near Wye, 

 but we have seen no Kentish specimen. Melissa officinalis, L. (balm) may 

 be found naturalized here and there. Salvia pratensis, L. (meadow clary) 

 is native about Cobham and Cuxton, near Hartlip, and between West 

 Mailing and Wrotham ; casual or sporadic at Whitstable and Ryarsh, 

 and extinct at Mersham Hatch. Nepeta Cataria, L. (cat mint), recorded 

 from every district except i o, is rather common on the chalk ; Scutel- 

 laria minor, Huds. (lesser skullcap) being scarce outside districts 8, 9. 

 Melittis Melissophyllum, L. (bastard balm) may perhaps be truly wild 

 in its solitary station between Penshurst and Maidstone. Marrubium 

 vulgare, L. (horehound), though not very rare, is usually an evident 

 escape ; while Stachys germanica, L., formerly found near Darenth and 

 Lyminge, has not been obtained lately. S. annua, L. used to occur in 

 fields near Gadshill and Strood ; it has also been met with abundantly 

 on the open downs near Trottescliffe, as well as near Sevenoaks, and 

 may quite possibly be a native. Galeopsis dubia. Leers {yillosa, Huds.) 

 was formerly found in the neighbourhood of Dartford ; G. speciosa. 

 Miller {versicolor. Curt.) has been observed only on eight occasions. 

 Leonurus Cardiaca, L. (motherwort) has occurred, doubtless a mere 

 escape, at Woodchurch, Ospringe and Saltwood. hamium hybridum, L. 

 is locally plentiful in sandy ground. Teucrium Botrys, L. has a single 

 station on the downs above Upper Hailing ; whereas Ajuga Chamcepitys, 

 Schreb. is frequent on chalk, particularly in district 2. 



Plantagine^. — Littorella juncea. Berg, (shore weed) is remarkably 

 rare, being only found at Brabourne and Dungeness. 



Chenopodiace^. — Chenopodiufu poly sper mum, L., abundant in district 

 I, is frequent off the chalk ; while C. Vulvaria, L., though local, mainly 

 haunts the tidal rivers and coast, like C. Jicifolium, Sm. and C murale, L. 

 C. hybridum, L. and C. urbicum, L. are rather rare. C. botryodes, Sm. 

 only grows in the Thames salt marshes and near Sandwich ; and C. 

 glaucum, L. in two or three spots near London. Atriplex laciniata, L. 

 is restricted to the shores of districts 3, 4, 5, 10 ; A. pedunculata, L. to 

 the neighbourhood of Gravesend, Heme Bay and Sandwich. Of the 

 glassworts, Salicornia stricta, Dum. is common ; S. procumbens, Sm. and 



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