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 A HISTORY OF KENT was discovered in 1896 in the Tunbridge Wells neighbourhood, and reported to us as a true native. Trifolium ochroleucon, Huds. has three alleged stations (near Greenwich, between Northfleet and Gadshill, and at Sutton Valence) ; but we have seen no specimen. T. squamosum, L. {maritimum, Huds.) and T. glomeratum, L. are locally frequent in the north, and on the east and south coasts ; T suffocatum, L. being restricted to Chislehurst Common, Blackheath, Upnor, and sandy or gravelly shores from Lydd to Sandwich. Lotus tenuis, Wald. & Kit. is fairly frequent on stiff soils ; but L. angustissimus, L. has only twice been obtained, viz. in the Isle of Grain and near Gravesend. Coronilla varia, L. occurs in a rough wood at Goodneston and on a hedge bank at Farleigh, no doubt introduced ; and Astragalus glycyphyllos, L. (milk vetch) grows in many thickets on the chalk. Sainfoin {Ombrychis vicicefolia. Scop.), common on the downs, is probably often indigenous. Vicia gracilis, L. has been found at Cobham, Heme Bay, between Whitstable and Canterbury, and at Southborough. V. sylvatica, L. (wood vetch) possesses twenty stations ; while V. lutea, L. is wild only about Lydd and Dungeness. V. lathyroides, L. is locally plentiful on the coast ; but V. bithynica, L. only occurs at Frinsbury, Hoo, Darenth Wood, Upnor, Deal, Folkestone and Sandwich. Lathyrus Aphaca, L. has ten localities vouched for ; L. Nissolia, L. being frequent in many parts. L. hirsutus, L. is considered by Mr. Holmes to be native in a wood at Southborough, and L. sylvestris, L. is not uncommon eastwards ; but L. latifolius, L. (everlasting pea) is only an occasional escape from gardens. L. maritimus, Bigel. is now confined to the shingles near Walmer and Dungeness. Rosacea. — The brambles of Kent are still in need of much exami- nation, few neighbourhoods having been thoroughly worked. Of those known to be more or less common we may mention Rubus Idaus, L. (raspberry) ; R. Lindleianus, Lees ; R. rhamnifolius, L. ; R. pulcherrimus, Neum.; R. argentatus,'?. J. Muell.; R. rusticanus, Merc, {fruticosus, Sm.; discolor, Bab.) ; R. pubescens, Wh., var. subinermis, Rogers ; R. macrophyllus, Wh. & N. ; i?. Sprengelii, Wh. ; R. leucostachys, Schleich. ; R. radula, Wh.; R. Babingtonii, Bell Salt.; R. scaber, Wh. & N. ; R. fuscus, Wh. & N. (district i) ; R. foliosus, Wh. & N. ; /?. rosaceus, Wh. & N. ; R. dasyphyllus, Rogers {pallidus, Bab.) ; R. viridis, Kalt. ; R. hirtus, Wald. & Kit. ; R. dumetorum, Wh. & N. ; R. corylifolius, Sm. ; and jR. ccesius, L. (dewberry). Other species are hitherto localized as follows : R. Jissus, Lindl.: Hayes, Chislehurst and St. Paul's Cray Commons; Paddlesworth (district 7). R. suberectus. And.: Bigberry and East Blean Woods ; Willesborough. R. pUcatus, Wh. & N. : Chislehurst and St. Paul's Cray Commons ; Dartford ; Tunbridge Wells. R. Rogersii, Linton : Hayes Common. R. opacus, Focke : Preston (district 5). R. affinis, Wh. & N. : near Plumstead (the other records are probably erroneous). R. imbricatus, Hort : Tunbridge Wells. R. carpinifolius, Wh. & N. : Hayes and Chislehurst Commons; Barming Heath. R. incurvatus, Bab.: Tunbridge Wells. R. Bakeri, F. A. Lees: Hayes and Chislehurst Commons. R. Selmeri, Lindeb. : Dartford Heath ; Fawke Common. R. 54