244 The Flora of Wiltshire. 



Locality. Banks of the Avon, Canal, brooks and ditches. P. Fl. 

 August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. More or less distributed throughout 

 the county. 



BuPLEURUM, (Linn.) Hare's-ear. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. ii. 

 Name. From Bos (Gr.) an ox, and pleuron (Gr.) a rib ; from the 

 ribbed leaves in some of the species. Hare's-ear ; from the shape 

 of the leaf. 



1. B. rotundifolium, (Linn.) round-leaved Hare's-ear ; or 

 Thorow-wax ; so called from the oval perfoliate leaf. To wax is 

 an obsolete verb, signifying to grow ; the stem appearing to grow 

 through the leaves. Engl. Bot. t. 99. Reich. Icones, t. 1880. 



Locality. Cornfields on a calcareous soil. A. Fl. July, August. 

 Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, "Near Amesbury, on Salisbury Plain 

 plentifully. Withering " — Bot. Guide. " Corn-fields at Pitton," Dr. 

 Maton. " Downton, Clarendon, and Amesbury," Mr. James Hussey. 



2. South Middle District, " Yery plentifully near Shrewton," 

 Dr. Maton. 



3. South'West District, " Corn-fields at Warminster," Mr. Wheeler. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, In corn-fields between Conkwell and 

 Farley Wick. Cornfields going from Pickwick to Chapel-Plaster. 

 " Rudlow," Mr. C. E. Broome. " Between the Old Horse and 

 Jockey, and South Wraxhall." " Flor. Bath." Extremely local, 

 and occurring periodically in all the above stations. This species 

 is nearly allied to B. protractum, which is common in corn-fields in 

 most parts of the Continent, and is distinguished by the fruit 

 being granulated between the ridges, and not striated as in B. ro- 

 tundifolium. It should be looked for in Wilts. 



(Enan'the, (Linn.) Water-Dropwort. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. ii. 

 Named from oinos wine, and anthos, a flower ; alluding to the 

 vinous smell of the blossoms. 



