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 BOTANY C. pilulifera, L. (dry heaths, etc.), C. verna, Chaix. [pracox, Jacq.), C. palkscens, L., C. panicea, L., C. pefidula, Huds. (common in the Weald), C. syhatica, L., C. binervis, Sm. (on heaths), C distans, L. (submaritime), C.Jiava, L. (as an aggregate), C. hirta, L., C. Pseudo-cyperus, L., C. acuti- formis, Ehrh. {paludosa. Good.), C. riparia. Curt., C. rostrata, Stokes, and C. vesicaria, L. (in the Weald). C. pulicaris, L. is inconspicuous and scantily recorded ; C. teretiuscula. Good, has been found at Upnor near Faversham and at Ham Ponds, Brooke and Dungeness ; C. echinata, Murr. (stellulata. Good.) being local in six districts. C. axillaris. Good. {remota x vulpina) is of occasional, C, Boenninghausiana, Weihe [paniculata X remota) of very rare occurrence (Tunbridge Wells) ; C. elongata, L. only grows near Tonbridge. C. curta. Good., preferring peat overlying sand, finds but few places to suit it ; and C. Hudsonii, Ar. Benn. {stricta. Good.) is limited to the Deal and Sandwich neighbourhood, though there abundant. C. montana, L- grows near Faversham and in the woodlands north of Canterbury ; C. strigosa, Huds. at Charlton, Tunbridge Wells, Cranbrook, Benenden and Sutton Valence ; C. laevigata, Sm. in the south (districts 8, 9, 10). C. Hornschuchiana, Hoppe is recorded by G. E. Smith from Sandgate and Smeeth. C. extensa. Good, is found only near Sandwich and Reculver. C. (Ederi, Retz has occurred at Keston, Shooters Hill, Sandwich and Willesborough. Gramine^. — Spartina stricta. Roth grows rather freely in district 3, to which it is apparently confined. Alopecurus fulvus, Sm. (a plant of strong soils, easily overlooked) has been gathered about Eltham, Hayes, Faversham, Sutton Valence, Marden and Staplehurst ; A. bulbosus, Gouan only in north Kent, near Erith, Northfleet, Cooling and in Sheppey. Milimn effusum, L. (millet grass), though local, flourishes in every district. Phleum arenariiim, L. occurs near Whitstable, from Peg- well Bay to Deal, and from Sandgate to Romney. Polypogon monspeliensis, Desf., now lost near the Thames, except in Plumstead Marshes, is also found at Halstow, Whitstable and Sandwich Flats. P. littoralis, Sm. [Agrostis palustris x P. monspeliensis) used to grow at Plumstead. Cala- magrostis epigeios. Roth, though scarce, is much less so than C. lanceolata. Roth, reported on good authority from Sellinge, but very doubtfully from Walmer and Charlton. Gastridium australe, Beauv. (nit grass), more plentiful in the Weald than elsewhere, seems to be sometimes native both on the coast and inland ; but Apera Spica-venti, Beauv. is a rather rare colonist. Sieglingia decumbens, Bernh. {T'riodia decumbens, Beauv.) is less frequent than in most southern counties ; on the other hand, Molinia varia, Schrank {coerulea, Moench) is pretty generally distributed off the chalk. Poa bulbosa, L. abounds between Deal and Pegwell Bay ; it has also lately been discovered on the greensand cliffs at Folkestone. P. compressa, L., though rather uncommon, has been noted in eight districts. Glyceria plicata, Fr. is fairly plentiful ; the subspecies (or variety) G. declinata, Breb., hitherto recorded only from Eltham and Hothfield, may prove to be not unfrequent where water has stood in winter. G. distans, Wahl., var. pseudo-procumbens, Wolley-Dod, which its author discovered 67