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 BOTANY gratus, Focke : Plumstead Common; Thorndean Woods, etc. (district 3). R. micans, Gren. & Godr. {adscitus, Genev.): Ryarsh ; Tunbridge Wells. R. hirtif alius, Muell. & Wirtg. : Paddlesworth (district 7). R. pyramidalis, Kalt. : East Wickham, Highlands, Mereworth, Ryarsh, Sevenoaks. R. mucronatus, Blox.: near Eltham. R. Gelertii, Frid., var. criniger, Linton: Ryarsh, Leybourne. R. anglosaxonicus, Gelert : Shooters Hill ; Ryarsh ; Dartford Heath (var. raduloides, Rogers). R. lasioclados, Focke: Paddles- worth ; Tunbridge Wells ; Sevenoaks (var. angustifolius, Rogers). R. melanoxylon, Muell. & Wirtg. : Bexley Wood (WoUey-Dod, 1901). R. infestus, Wh. : Tunbridge Wells ; Willesborough. R. Drejeri, G. Jensen : Plumstead Common ; Blean Wood. R. podophyllus, P. J. Muell. : Plum- stead Common. R. echinatus, Lindley : Bostal Heath, West Wood Lane and Eltham; Strood, TrottesclifFe. R. oigoclados, Muell. & Lef. (var. Newbouldii (Bab.): Tunbridge Wells; Leybourne; Wrotham Heath. R. rudis, Wh. & N. : Chelsfield ; frequent about Ryarsh and Sevenoaks ; Ham Street. R. Lejeunei, Wh. & N., var. ericetorum, Lef. : Eltham. R. Bloxamii, Lees : Barming, Highlands and Leybourne ; Wrotham Heath. R. pallidas, Wh. & N. : Shooters Hill ; East Wickham ; var. leptopetalus, Rogers : St. Paul's Cray ; Chislehurst ; Shooters Hill. R. longithyrsiger, Bab. : Shooters Hill ; Eltham. R. Powellii, Rogers : Shooters Hill. R. adornatus, P. J. Muell.: Keston ; Leybourne, Mailing, Bitchet Common ; Sandling Park. R. Koehleri, Wh. & N. : Becken- ham, Chislehurst and Shooters Hill ; Halstead ; Canterbury ; Wye. R. Marshalli, Focke & Rogers : Bostal Heath ; Tunbridge Wells. R. hostilis, Muell. & Wirtg. : Ryarsh ; Offham ; Tunbridge Wells. R. Bellardi, Wh. & N. : Fordwich ; near Ryarsh ; Sandling Park (var. dentatus, Bab.). R. serpens, Wh. : Halstead; Shoreham ; Tunbridge Wells ; Shooters Hill (var. R. rivularis, Muell. & Wirtg.). R. britannicus, Rogers : Keston Common ; Orpington ; near Ryarsh. R. Balfourianus, Blox.: Shooters Hill ; Wye ; Tunbridge Wells ; Ashford ; Ham Street. The American R. spectabilis, Pursh is naturalized near Sandling Junction, and R. laciniatus, Willd., another escape, has been gathered on Chislehurst Common. Geum rivale, L. (water avens) was said by Jacob (1777) to grow at Hothfield, and is not unlikely to occur. Fragaria elatior, Ehrh. (Hautbois strawberry), has become established in a few places. Potentilla procumbens, Sibth., often overlooked, is pretty common ; while P. argentea, L., though found in all the divisions, is only plentiful in district i. P. palustris. Scop. {Comarum palustre, L.), perhaps extinct at Keston, has also been noted in Minster Marshes (district 4), near Ashford, and by the ponds at Dungeness. Alchemilla vulgaris, L. (lady's mantle) has several stations in district 8, but is very rare elsewhere. Agrimonia odorata. Miller, only noticed at Plumstead, Fordwich, Tunbridge Wells, Pounds Bridge, and near Penshurst, is likely to prove more frequent in the Weald. The roses are fairly well represented. Rosa pimpinellifolia, L. (burnet rose) grows chiefly on the downs ; of its hybrids (R.involuta, Sm.,and vars.), R. pimpinellifolia x rubiginosa has been found at Boxley Warren, R. pirn-