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 BOTANY {hirsutus. Curt.) are locally frequent ; R. parvijiorus, L. having a dozen localities in six districts. Helleborus viridis, L. and H. fcetidus, L. are truly wild in woods on chalk, the latter being confined to districts 2 and 6. Aquilegia vulgaris^ L. (columbine) is also native and locally abundant. Delphinium Ajacis, Reichb. (larkspur), though found in every district, is hardly more than a casual. Berberide^. — The barberry [Berberis i;«/^^m, L.), almost restricted to hedges in Kent, is rare and not indigenous. Nymph^ace^. — Both the white and the yellow water lily are frequent, except near London. The former has its headquarters in the Weald. Pap AVERAGES. — Papaver sommyerumjlj. {opium, poppy) is naturalized on the chalk, to which the rare P. Lecoqii, Lamotte is entirely, and the local P. hybridum, L. mainly confined. Meconopsis cambrica, Vig. (Welsh poppy) occurs (planted or escaped) at Hawkhurst, and Glaucium flavum^ Crantz is fairly common on the coast. Chelidonium majus, L. (celandine), though plentiful, usually grows near houses and in roadside hedges. FuMARiACE^. — Neckeria claviculata, N. E. Brown {Corydalis, DC), though frequent in district i, is scarce elsewhere. Fumaria pallidifora, Jord. has been found casually but twice ; F. Borai, Jord,, F. confusa, Jord., and F. muralis. Sender are better established, though uncommon. F, densijlora, DC. and F. parvifora. Lam. abound in many chalky fields ; but F. Vaillantii, Loisel. is recorded only from Chatham, Cuxton, Wouldham, Bredhurst and Maidstone. Crucifer^. — Mathiola incana, R. Br. (hoary stock) has been found on cliffs at Ramsgate and Broadstairs ; Cheiranthus Cheiri, L. (wallflower) is also naturalized on the cliffs of Thanet, and from Folkestone to the South Foreland. Nasturtium syhestre, R. Br. and N. amphibium, R. Br. are both scarce ; N. palustre, DC. being uncommon outside districts 8 and 9. Barbarea arcuata, Reichb. has only one ascertained habitat, near Sittingbourne ; and B. intermedia, Bor. but two, at Leeds and Penshurst. B. prcecox, R. Br. (American cress) seems to be spreading. Arabis hirsuta. Scop, keeps to the chalk, and even there is comparatively rare ; A. Turrita, L. long since disappeared from a wall at Lewisham, where Martyn discovered it ; and A. perfoliata. Lam. formerly frequent on sand near London, has only been met with lately at Hayes, Chislehurst, Chelsfield and Stourmouth. Cardamine amara, L. and C.fexuosa, With, are local but not rare ; C. impatiens, L. grows at Maplehurst and in the Eden valley, about Edenbridge and Penshurst ; C. bulbifera, R. Br. {Dentaria, L.) being found here and there in districts 8 and 9. Draba mura/is, L. (a recent addition) occurs on bare chalky ground near the old racecourse, Wye ; Prof Percival suspects it to have been introduced with conifers from Carlisle, but on grounds which appear to us in- sufficient. Frophila brachycarpa, Jord. must surely occur in other places besides Faversham, and between Deal and Sandwich. We have seen no specimens of Cochlearia officinalis, L. (common scurvy-grass), recorded on good authority from Greenwich and Strood ; C. danica, L. has but three 51