202 FLORA HOM@OPATHICA. 
GrocrapuicaL Distrrsution.—Over most parts of Europe, 
Asia Minor, and North America. 
Locarities.—In moist, rich meadows. Sibthorp (Prod. Flor, 
Grec.) found it in Greece, but only on Mounts Parnassus and 
Thymphrastus, at an elevation of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. In this 
country, its chief localities are in Gloucestershire: in moist 
meadows. Hampshire: in moist meadows. Oxfordshire: near 
Coombe, Heythorp, Stanton Harcourt, Ashford Mills, between 
Headington and Barton, near Oxford. In meadows near Upper 
Heyford, Leafield, Wychwood Forest near Filkins, and near 
Bradwell. Berkshire: near Appleton and Cumnor. Suffolk: 
at Little Stonham. Staffordshire: Weston Park; by the Trent, 
near Burton Suffolk: near Bungay, both purple and white- 
flowered varieties. Warwickshire: Castle Bromwich. Wor- 
cestershire: on the banks of the Severn. In moist meadows 
between Alvechurch and Redditch. Wiltshire: near Devizes, 
a white-flowered variety common. Yorkshire: near Rother- 
ham, Richmond, etc. In Scotland: near Alloa. 
The London market, according to Dr. Pereira, is supplied 
chiefly from Gloucestershire, Hampshire, and Oxfordshire. 
Parts USED 1N MeEnpictine, AND MoprE oF PREPARATION.— 
The Cormus (or bulb), when gathered at the proper season is 
about the size of a chestnut, and resembles, externally, the bulb 
of the common tulip; it is at once distinguished from this and 
other liliaceous bulbs by being solid, the tulip bulb and others 
being composed of laminz or scales. It is rounded on one side, 
somewhat flattened, and grooved on the other; it has two 
coats, the outer one of a brown’ colour, the inner of a reddish- 
yellow. Internally it is white, fleshy, and solid, containing 2 
time to ripen its seeds before the access of winter, which would destroy them, 
Providence has executed its structure such, that this important office may be 
performed at a depth in the earth, out of the reach of the usual effects of frost; 
and as seeds buried at such a depth are known not to vegetate, a no less admirable 
provision is made to raise them above the surface when they are perfected, and to 
sow them at a proper season” (With., Brit. Plants). 
