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SHORT NOTE. 



Wilts Plants. — The following are the additions to the Flora of 

 Wilts, of which notice has been sent to me during the past year. 

 Workers are few, so the list must be considered fair. Mr. E. J. 

 Tatum at Salisbury, Eev. W. Moyle Kogers and Mr. W. A. Clarke at 

 Chippenham, have been the chief workers. The Rubi and Rosa; are on 

 the authority of Mr. Kogers. The numbers before the localities refer 

 to the districts of Wilts : — Tkalictrum flavum b. riparium Jord. ; 10, 

 Harnham, Tatum. Cerastium tetrandrum Curt. ; 7, Old Castle, Salis- 

 bury, Tatum. C. glomeratum b. apetalum Dum. ; 4, Savernake, 

 Rogers. Stellaria umbrosa Opiz ; 2, Ditches near ' The Old Horse 

 and Jockey,' Rogers] Trifolium striatum b. erection Lightf. ; 10, 

 Whaddon, Tatum. Rubus mucronatus Blox. ; S. Dinton, Tatum. 

 R. calvatus Blox. ; 2, Near Langley Fitsurse, Rogers & Clarke. R. 

 pyramidalis Kalt. ; 5, Grinstead, Tatum. R. carpinifolius W. & N. ; 

 5, Landford, Tatum. R. sylvaticus W. & N. ; Landford, Tatum. R. 

 Bloxamii Lees ; 10, Downton, Rogers & Tatum. R. anglosaxonicus 

 Gelert ; 9, Compton, Tatum. Rosa tomentosa f. sylvestris Lindl. ; 4, 

 Near Marlborough (N. H. S. Report, 1888). R. canina var. latebrosa 

 Desegl. ; 4, Forest Hill, Marlborough, F. A. Rogers. R. aspernata 

 Desegl.; 2, Bowood, Clarke; Box, Rogers; 3, Broad Hinton, F. A. 

 Rogers; 4, Marlborough, F. A. Rogers. Sedum Telephium b. Fab- 

 aria Koch ; 10, Alderbury, Tatum. Epilobium parviflorum var. aprica ; 

 4, Savernake, Marshall (Journ. Bot. 1889, p. 143). Leontodon 

 hispidus var. hastilis ; 2, Near Corsham, Rogers <& Clarke. Sonchus 

 arvensis b. glabra; 2, Chippenham, Clark. Erythraia pidchella Fr. ; 

 2, Near Corsham, Rogers & Clarke (only new for N. Wilts). Poly- 

 gonum Convolvulus b. pseudo-dumetorum Wats. ; 6, Winterbourne, 

 Tatum. Bromus madritensis Linn. ; 7, Specimen from " Sarum," 

 in the Herb. Salisb., Tatum. Aster Novi-Belgii is naturalized at 10, 

 Netherampton, Tatum ; and Quidhampton, Dartnell. — T. A. 

 Peeston. 



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