200 The Flora of Wiltshire. 
Locality. In waste ground, and by road-sides, on a limestone 
or chalky soil. B. Fv. August. Area, 1.* 8.4.5. 
South Division. 
1. South-east District, ** Waste ground near Pitton, common in 
the county,” Bot. Guide. ‘ Road-sides about Clarendon,” Major 
Smith, and Mr. James Hussey. “Pewsey Downs,” Rev. ZT. F. 
Ravenshav. | 
3. South-west District, “Near Wardour,” Vajor Smith. 
North Division. 
4. North-west District, “Limpley Stoke, Box Quarries, Wads- 
wick, and Bide Vale,” Wats. Bot. Guide. “Neighbourhood of 
Chippenham,” Dr. R. C. Prior. 
5. North-east Districi, Hedge-banks at Morden. “ Near Burbage,” 
Fior. Marb. 
A. large and conspicuous plant, not easily overlooked, though 
not as yet observed in (Dis/. 2), where this handsome Thistle can 
scarcely be absent. 
d. CG. arvensis, (Curt.) corn-field or Creeping Thistle. This is 
the most difficult of the genus to eradicate, on account of its deep 
and widely-creeping roots, Eng/. Bot. t. 975. 
Locality. In cultivated fields, and by way-sides, a very trouble- 
some weed. P. FV. July. Area, 1.2.3.4.5. Everywhere through- 
out the Districts. An execrable pest in damp corn-fields and culti- 
vated ground. Stems angular, but no¢ winged. © 
6. C. palustris, (Linn.) marsh Thistle. Engl. Bot. t. 974. 
Locality. In moist meadows and pastures, and other damp, low, 
wet situations, pleutifully. A. IV. July, August. Area, 1.2.8.4. 5. 
In all the Districts. A whive variety of this plant is not uncommon. 
7. C. pratensis, (Huds.) meadow Thistle. Eng/. Bot t. 177. 
Cirsium anglicum, Lam. 
Locality. Boggy meadows and wet moorish ground, especially 
among trees. P. Fl. June, August. Avea, 1. * 3. 4. 5. 
South Division. 
1. South-east District,  Alderbury,” Mi. James Hussey. 
8. South Middle District, Neighbourhood of Warminsier,” Mr. 
Wheeler. 
