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1. C. umbilicus, (Linn.) common Navel- wort. From umbilieits 

 (Lat.) the navel, from the hollow leaves. Engl, Bot. t. 325. 



Locality. On old walls. P. Fl. June, October. Area, * 2. 3. 4. 5. 



South Division. 



2. South Middle District, walls at Seend. " Heytesbury," Mr. 

 Rowden. 



3. South-tcest District, " Old stone walls about Dinton," Dr. 

 Maton. " Nat. Hist. Wilts." " Donbead," Mr. James Hussey. 

 " Warminster/' Mr. Wheeler. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, walls at Limpley Stoke, Monkton Farley, 

 Biddestone, Easton, Castle Coombe, and Malmesbury. "Chippen- 

 ham," -Dr. -4 /fa;rtnc?er Pnor. "Tytberton," Mr. Thomas Coward. 



5. North-east District, on a wall by the roadside near the church 

 at Pur ton. 



More frequently distributed throughout the North Western than 

 the Sotith Eastern parts of the county. 



ORDER. GROSSFLARIACEiE. (DE CAND.) 



Rises, (Linn.) Goosebekry and Currant. 



Linn. CI. v. Ord. i. 



Name. Ribes was a word applied by the Arabian Physicians, to 

 a species of rhubarb. Rheum Ribes : our older botanists believed 

 that it was our Gooseberry, and hence Bauhin called that plant 

 Ribes acidmn. 



1. R. Orossularia, (Linn.) common Gooseberry. Grossus, or 

 grossulus, (Lat.) signifies a green or unripe fig, which the fruit may 

 resemble. Gooseberry ; because eaten with young geese as sauce. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1292 and 2057. 



Locality. Hedges, thickets, and waste ground. Sh. Fl. April, 

 May. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Occurriug in all the districts but doubt- 

 fully native. Neither Gerarde, Parkinson, nor Ray, mention the 

 gooseberry as being found wild in England. 



R. nigrum, (Linn.) and R. rubrum, (Linn.) Engl. Bot. t. 1291 

 and 1289, are occasionally met with in various parts of the county, 

 the former in low swampy thickets, and along the margins of 



