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NOTES ON SUSSEX PLANTS. 



By Thomas Hilton. 



TN August 1899 I sent to Science-Gossip 

 -*- (vol. v., N.S., p. 260) some notes on the flower- 

 ing plants of the county of Sussex. Since then 

 most of the following have come under my notice. 



The year 1901 was in some respects unfavourable 

 to collectors of specimens. The warm weather 

 began very late in the season, and the summer was 

 very dry. Many plants, orchids especially, were 

 consequently not plentiful. This condition of 

 things was compensated by a good autumn growth. 



Adonis autumnalis Linn. — This plant has been 

 known on cultivated land at Telscombe for many 

 years. 



Ranunculus Mltoni H. and J. Groves. — Occurred 

 with R. lenormandi and R. peltatus on Copthorne 

 Common, East Sussex. 



Fumaria pallidiflora Jord., F. confusa, and F. 

 muralis Sonder. — All these species were found near 

 Uckfield on cultivated land. 



Sisymbrium columnae Jacq. — Found at Brighton. 



Diplotaxis tenuifolia DC. — Found near New- 

 haven, East Sussex. 



Lepidium virginatum. — At Fishersgate, East 

 Sussex. 



Lepidium perfoliatum. — At Alclrington Quay, 

 East Sussex. 



Viola Jiirta f. laeiiflora Eeich. — At Chancton- 

 bury Eing, West Sussex, at an altitude of 780 feet. 

 I had not found the white form before, and this 

 year it was not produced, Iprobably through the 

 lateness of spring. 



Viola sylvestris f. leueantha G. Beck. — Found at 

 Newtimber. 



Viola lactea Sm. — Chailey Common, East Sussex. 



Poly gala oxyptcra Reichb. — Downs above Beven- 

 dean, East Sussex. 



Polygala dunense Dum. — Found on Downs near 

 Jevington, East Sussex. 



Silene nutans var. paradoxa Sm. — I have found 

 this variety in three places on the open Downs 

 within a few miles of Brighton, where it is cer- 

 tainly native. In Babington's " Manual " a plant 

 that is found at Dover is described under the above 

 name. I can find no difference between them, but 

 Mr. Marshall names this Silene italica Pers. 



Silene gallica. — On cultivated land at Wooden- 

 dean, East Sussex. 



Stellaria media var. boraeana Jord. — On the 

 foreshore at Alclrington, East Sussex. 



Montia fontana var. erecta Pers. — Chailey Com- 

 mon, East Sussex, in May. 



Flatine Jiexandra DC. — -I found this on the 

 margin of a pond at Piltdown, East Sussex. 



Trigonella eaerulea. —Occurs at Fishersgate, East 

 Sussex. 



Spiraea denudata Boenn. — By Horsted Keynes 

 Railway Station, East Sussex. 



Rubus plieatus var. bertramii. — On Wiggenholt 

 Common in West Sussex. 



Rubus anglosaxonieus Gelert. — Occurred at 

 Wiston, in West Sussex, during 1900. 



Drosera intermedia Hayne. — Also occurred in 

 Ashdown Forest, East Sussex. 



Myriophyllum vertieillatum Linn. — Occurs in 

 ditches at Old Shoreham, West Sussex. 



Gallitriclie hamulata var. pechinculata DC, with 

 many of the flowers long peduncled. — Mr. C. E. 

 Salmon appears to agree with this naming ; but as 

 in the " Student's Flora " it is described as having 

 all the leaves linear, and in this all the leaves are 

 obovate, I am not quite satisfied with my 

 identification. 



C'aucalis latifolia Linn, and C. daucoides Linn. — 

 Both these plants grew by the Custom House, 

 Kingston, West Sussex, in June 1900 and 1901. 



Lonieera caprifolium Linn. — At Clayton Holt, 

 East Sussex. 



Galium anglicum Huds. — In two places between 

 Seaford and Berwick in East Sussex. I think this 

 is a new record for Sussex, though it was first 

 found by the Rev. E. Ellman at Plumpton in this 

 county. 



Valeriana milianii Syme. — Found in June at 

 Newtimber Holt, East Sussex. 



Xanthium strumarium Linn. — Grows near the 

 Custom House, Kingston, West Sussex. 



Xanthium spinosum. — This Australian plant grew 

 freely and ripened its fruit in August 1900 on a 

 sandy patch by the Custom House at Kingston, 

 West Sussex, but has not reappeared in 1901. 



Crepis foetida Linn. — Field near Seaford in 1900, 

 and in three places near Brighton in 1901. 



Crepis setosa Hall.— In a field of saintfoin near 

 Brighton. 



Lactuca virosa Linn. — Found at Amberley Castle 

 in West Sussex. 



Anagallis eaerulea Schret. — Grows by the Custom 

 House, Kingston, West Sussex. 



Solanum rostratum. — Several plants on Perching 

 Sands Farm, Fulking, West Sussex. It is a 

 Mexican plant. 



Linaria vulgaris Mill. — The peloria form was 

 found on Warren Farm, at Rottingclean, East 

 Sussex. 



Euphrasia lierneri. — Found in Stanmer Park, 

 East Sussex. 



Galeopsi tetrahitvax. nigrescens.— At Houghton, 

 West Sussex, in August. 



Lamium hybridum Vill. — Tongdean and Ditch- 

 lino - in East Sussex. 



