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tion to our Flora. The specimen is from near Halsted, 

 Kent. 



" Pyrns torininalis. — A few plants of this rather scarce 

 tree or shrub occur in South-east London. The specimen is 

 from a lane near Lewisham. 



" Parnassia palustris. — From near Carrick-on-Shannon, Ire- 

 land. (L. L. D.) 



" Lactiicasaligna. — If the specimen is really this species it is 

 rather a rarity. It came from the marshes between Dartford 

 and Northfleet, Kent, where it is associated with L. virosa. 



" Aster tripolium, var. — The form without ray florets seems 

 to be commonest in the Thames marshes, while on the south 

 coast the more perfect type is the usual form. This specimen 

 came from between Dartford and Northfleet. 



" Ccntanrea calcitvapa. — A very local species, very likely 

 introduced. It is fairly abundant in the above-mentioned 

 river marsh district. 



'' Ajnga chamccpitys. — This pretty and rather local Labiate 

 seems fairly well distributed in the home counties. The 

 specimens are from Shoreham, Kent, and near Croydon, 

 Surrey. Two other stations in the same district have also 

 been noted. 



" Teucriiun botrys. — This very rare plant occurs only in two 

 of the London Catalogue's districts, one of which, I believe, 

 is Surrey. The station from which this specimen came is 

 near Addington, Surrey, where in one field I have observed 

 it in some abundance for several seasons. 



" Saniolus valcrandi. — This plant ought to be commoner 

 from its comital number in the London Catalogue. The 

 only locality, however, from which I have obtained speci- 

 mens is the Greenhithe marsh district. 



" Myosotis arvensis, var. umbrosa.— The foliaceous variety, 

 which is very common in chalky, wooded lanes. The speci- 

 men was from Stoat's Nest, Surrey. 



" Polygoniun bistorta. — One of our most handsome plants, of 

 a rather inconspicuous order. The peculiar winged petiole 

 and large rootstock are very characteristic. From Darenth, 

 Kent. 



"Habcnaria conopsea, va.r. — The very singular short-spurred 

 variety. If this be correctly named it appears to differ very 

 markedly from the type, — far more so, for instance, than the 

 so-called species Orchis maculata and O. latifolia. This plant 

 [H. conopsea, var.) lacks the spreading leaves, the long spur, 

 and, I believe, the odour of the type H. conopsea. The 

 flowers, moreover, have not the waxy, crystalline appearance 



