174 THE CRYPTOGAMIC FLORA OF KENT. 
form of the ges was first gpa os June, 1871, by Mr. J. F. 
Duthie on Wye D s, Kent,* where it grows at several spots, but 
is still unknown in pee other locality ; it sit carefully to be looked 
for throughout Great Britain. As faras can be ascertained from the 
confusion of the nomenclature, the cae is widely dispersed on the 
Continent, with rather a northern oe sai Our illustration is 
from an English specimen gathered by Mr. 
Var. 2. uliginosa, ‘ae (?), Engl. Bot., oe ed., vol. ii., p. 40; 
Bab. Man., 7th ed., p. 45 ; Hook. Stud. Flor. Ry ed. .. p- 49. Raceme 
more compact and irten; flowers pink; capsule wedge-shaped 
elow. 
Fie. Engl. Bot., t. elxxx 
t is very di ficult, from the searcity of specimens, to determine 
ag, this should be ranked as a distinct variety, or what its rela- 
e 
typical P. amara, e English plant appears to represent a more 
Arctic and swampy form, and is probably identical with Fries’s P. 
uliginosa, which is certainly not spe seeey distinct from P. amara. 
Duscarerion or Tass. 189, 190, 
Tab. 189. ar haath 1. Polygala vulgaris, var. genuin -sepal, 4. pistil, 
ce. ripe seed. Fig. 2. P. vulgaris, var, depressa ; a. et Besta 5, pistil, e. ripe 
Fi ii i ig. 4. vulgaris 
seed. Fig. 7. P. amara, var. -. gent ina; a. wing-sepal, b. patil, ¢ e. - Tipe seed, (All 
ete ag 12°5 times under the camera, and ea by the artist. ) 
Tab. 190.—Polygala vulgaris, var. grandifiora, 
THE CRYPTOGAMIC FLORA OF KENT. 
By FE. M. Hotmes, F.L.S. 
( Continued from p. 113.) 
Bryum penputum, Hornsch. Bryuin cernuum, Hedw. (Wils.; Hobk.) 
On walls, rocks, os ey or sandy places. Frequent. May. 
‘Bry. Eur. iv., t. 
Tunbridge Wells; te nner Tunbr. Supplt. sige Sandwich 
Very easily recognised by the ventricose capsule, the small conical 
d, and the e inner peristome adherent to the outer teeth. 
: 1UM, 
On sandy banks, wall ta gravelly places. June to December. 
ry. Eur. iv., t 
On a damp sandy ledge 4 in a lane leading from Pembury Road to 
Bayham Abbey. October. 
Easily known by having fruit in all a late in the summer and 
autumn, and by the small, very persistent rsistent lid of the we ierle 
* Journ. et, >» 1871, Be 212. 
