206 The Flora of Wiltshire. 
apparently far from common. Has any botanist observed this 
species in (District 5)? I have not any note of its occurrence. 
[2. L. virosa, (Linn.) strong scented Lettuce. Engl. Bot. t. 1957, 
has been reported to grow on a hedge-bank in a lane leading from 
Southbrook to Lower Stratton, near Swindon. It would be well 
to have this locality confirmed during the ensuing summer. | 
Lzontopon, (Liny.) DANDELIoN. 
Linn. Cl. xix. Ord. i. 
Name. From (leon, leontos,) a lion, and (odous) a tooth; in 
allusion to the tooth-shaped divisions of the leaves. French, Dent 
de lion, English, Dandelion. 
1. L. Taraxacum, (Linn.) common Dandelion; from (tarasso), to 
disturb ; in allusion to its medicinal properties. Engl. Bot. ¢. 510. 
Locality. Waste ground, pastures, and old walls. P. Fl. March, 
September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Abundant in all the Districts. 
We have two extreme varieties of L. Zaraxicum occurring in 
Wilts, a. outer scales of the flowering involucre reflexed. 6. 
scales of the flowering involucre erect, adpressed, but there are 
several intermediate forms occasionally met with on the Downs. 
Soncuus, (Linn.) SowTHIsTLe. 
Linn. Cl. xix. Ord. 1. 
Name. A word used by Pliny, for the sow-thistle, from the 
Greek sonchos. ' 
1. S. oleraceus (Linn.) common sow-thistle, Oleraceus (Lat.) of 
the nature of a pot-herb,—olus. Engl. Bot. t. 848. 
Locality. Cultivated and waste ground. A. Fl. June, August. 
Area, 1.2.3. 4.5. Common in all the Districts. Leaves clasping 
the stem, with spreading saggitate auricles. Fruit longitudinally 
ribbed and transversely rugose. 
2. S. asper (Hofim.) sharp-fringed annual Sow-thistle. Engl. 
Bot. t. Suppl. 2765, 2766. 
Locality. In similar places with the last, and nearly as common. 
A. Fl. June, September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Leaves, sharply 
toothed, all lanceolate with rounded auricles. wit longitudinally 
ribbed smooth. * 

