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SCIENCE- GOSSIP. 



NOTES ON SURREY PLANTS. 



Br Samuel Arthur Chambers. 



r I THE following list of plants observed during 

 -^ 1898-1901 will, it is hoped, prove of interest 

 to readers of Science-Gossip. They may also be 

 useful for comparison with the flora of other dis- 

 tricts with a similar subsoil. 



Ranunculus opMoglossifolius Vill. — Westfield, 

 near Woking, May 31st, 1900; also found at Ock- 

 ham in June 1898. 



Aqtiilcgia vulgaris Linn. — At Kanmore Common, 

 Dorking. 



Aeonitum oiapellus Linn. — Banks of a brook, 

 Ripley Green, Surrey. 



Papaver somniferum Linn. — Plentiful in a corn- 

 field near Headley, Leatherhead. Introduced. 



Papaver hyhridum Linn. — Leatherhead, June 

 1901. 



Cnrydalis claviculata DC. — In a sand pit at Send, 

 near Woking. 



Teesdalia oiudicauUs Br. — Tyting, Guildford ; 

 also found at Tartar Hill, Cobham. 



Seneblera didyma Pers. — Leatherhead, July 1901. 



Arabis hirsuta Br.— Hawkshill and Fetcham 

 Downs, Leatherhead. 



Viola palustris Linn. — Near Wisley Pond, 

 Ockham. 



Dianthus armeria Linn. — Barnet Wood Lane, 

 Leatherhead, July 1898. I have not observed this 

 rare annual since last-named date. Mr. John T. 

 Carrington found it in 1900 in some quantity in a 

 rough field at Newlands Corner, and near there by 

 roadside from Horsley to Guildford. 



Moenelda erecta Sm. — The Common, Ashtead, 

 May 1900. 



Montia fontana Linn. — Elm Corner, near Ripley, 

 May 1901. 



Silene galliea Linn. — Byfleet, July 1901. 



Claytooiia perfoUata Don. — This plant is well 

 established on banks at the north end of the 

 village of Ripley ; also near Pyrford Church and 

 Whitmore Common, Woking. 



Hypericum hnmifusum Linn.— Near Effingham 

 Junction, and at Elm Corner, Ripley. 



H. liirsutum Linn. — Barnet Wood Lane, Leather- 

 head, and Hatchford, Cobham. This plant is 

 fairly common in Surrey. 



H. jjulchruni Linn. — This plant is very plentiful 

 at Tyting, Guildford. 



H. elodes Linn. — The Pond at Wisley, near 

 Ripley. 



Linum OMgustifolium L. — Fetcham Downs, 

 Leatherhead, October 30th, 1901. 



Geranium pyrena'iouni Linn. — Common at 

 Leatherhead. 



G. lucidum Linn. — On a bank, Stoke Hill, near 

 Guildford. 



IiiqMtiens fulva Nutt. — Common on banks of 

 Wey, Guildford. A North American alien in this 

 country. This plant but seldom flowers with us ; 

 I have only found about six in flower during last 

 four seasons. This is curious, as it flowers com- 

 monly by the banks of the canal east of Rickmans- 

 worth, in Hertfordshire. 



I. parviflora. — Banks of river Mole at Leather- 

 head. Bentham and Hooker state that " this 

 plant, a native of Eastern Europe and Russian 

 Asia, is established in some of the southern 

 counties of England." 



Genista tinctorla Linn. — Little Bookham, and at 

 West Clandon. Mr. Carrington reports it from 

 meadows south of Wisley Common and Ockham. 



G. anglioa, Linn. — On commons in many parts of 

 Surrey. 



Medicago falcaia Linn. — Near London Road 

 railway station, Guildford, July 1898. 



Trifolium suMerraneum Linn. — The Green, 

 Ripley, Surrey. 



Lotus tenuis Walsat and Kit.— Railway embank- 

 ment at West Clandon, near Guildford ; also near 

 Effingham Junction, June 1899. 



Hippocrepis comosa Linn.— Leatherhead Downs. 



Ornithopus perpusillus Linn. — 'J'yting, near 

 Guildford, and at Ripley Green. 



Lathyrus nissolia Linn. — Found in June 1899, 

 near Grove Heath, Ripley ; also near West Clandon. 

 This plant is difficult to find, unless in flower. 



LatJigrus inacrorrJdzus Wimm. — At Leatherhead 

 and Bookham Common. 



Potentilla argentea Linn. — At Tyting, near 

 Guildford. At Send. Occurs also near " The 

 Hut " Hotel, Wisley, Surrey. 



Pgrus aria Ehrh. — At East Clandon, near Guild- 

 ford. 



Epilohium palustre Linn. — Wisley Pond, near 

 Ripley. 



Oenothera biennis Linn. — The Common Merrow, 

 near Guildford. 



Saxifraga granulata Linn. — Tyting, near Guild- 

 ford. 



Saxifraga tridactylitcs Linn. — On walls at 

 Leatherhead. 



Drosera rotundifolia Linn. — The Common, Wis- 

 ley ; also Whitmore Common, Woking. 



Drosera angliea Huds. — Mr. Carrington finds 

 this species also on Wisley Common, near " The 

 Hut " Pond. 



Apiuvi inundatum Reichb. — Ponds on Wisley 

 Common, Ripley. 



Galium crueiata Scop. — West Clandon. 



Asperula cynanahicaljinn. — The Downs, Leather- 

 head. On chalk subsoil. 



