SOME KENTISH PLANTS 851 
shingle is a nesting place for the small tern, the Kentish plover, &c., 
whose eggs laid in the bare shingle are with difficulty distinguished, 
so closely do they resemble, in marking and colour, the pebbles by 
which they are surrounded. 
is frequent in dry rocky ground in many places. The second plant 
to establish itself is an unexpected one, namely, Digitalis purpurea ; 
and a third is also one that would not have been predicted, namely, 
Teucrium Scorodonia, which occurs as a stunted form, with leaves 
arranged en to give the plant the same outline as Ajuga 
pyramidalis, would appear that the comparatively heavy seeds 
of these species are carried by the wind and p the 
is a state rather than a true variety, caused by full exposure to sun 
and wind on a barren soil; this year it was very handsome fro 
feature, and Galeopsis Ladanum is plentiful, but not typical. 
Not far from Dungeness a large quantity of gulls could be seen 
flying around one or two spots, and these proved to be some fresh- 
water pools where the black-headed gull nests, but the herring 
gulls appear to be driving out the original occupiers. Round the 
ponds is doubtless some peat deposit, for Lastreaa Thelypteris, Carex 
diandra (C. teretiuscula), and Comarum palustre, and other marsh 
and bog plants, are found. Near them I saw a curious state of 
Festuca arundinacea growing in the shingle, in which the root and 
lower part of the stem were much developed, while the panicle was 
considerably reduced. But space will not allow me to go into 
further details. 
The excellent Flora of Kent by Hanbury and Marshall leaves 
