212 The Flora of Wiltshire. 
Rev. John Offer. “ Coppices at Milford near Salisbury,” Bot. Guide. 
* Clarendon Woods,” Major Smith. ‘ Neighbourhood of Salisbury,” 
Mr. James Hussey. ‘“ Amesbury,’ Dr. Southby. 
North Division. 
4. North-west District. Woods at Monkton Farleigh and Brad- 
ford. 
5. North-east District. “Marlborough,” Nat. Hist. Report. 
Flowers much smaller than the last, dul! livid purple, or very rarely 
yellow. The /eaves, when bruised, emit a very disagreeable odour, 
which some have compared to roast-beef, whence its common English 
name, voast-beef plant. 
ORDER. AMARYLLIDACEZA. (R. BROWN.) 
Narcissus, (Linn.) Narcissus. 
Linn. Cl. vi. Ord. 1. 
Name. From narce, (Gr.) stupor; in allusion to the powerful and 
injurious smell of the flowers of some of the species. 
1. N. Pseudo-nareissus, (Linn.) false or spurious Narcissus. 
Daffodil. Hngl. Bot. t. 17. Reich Icones, ix. 369. 
Locality. In moist woods, meadows, and sides of hedges. Nat- 
uralized in orchards. P. Fl. March, April. Area, 1. * 3.4. 5. 
South Division. 
1. South-east District. “Most abundant over the Landford 
District, to an extent injurious to many pastures,” Rev. £. Simms, 
and Mr. James Hussey. 
2. South-west District. “Semley, not uncommon,” Mr. James 
Hussey. ‘“Corsley,” Miss Griffith. 
North Division. 
4. North-west District. Pastures about Tytherton. 
5. North-east District. ‘West Woods in various places. Martin- 
sell Hill. Copse near Oare Hill, called ‘Daffy Copse’ by the natives. 
Clench Common,” Flor. Marlb. “ Wood near Great Bedwyn,” Mr. 
Reeks. Very local in Wilts, and in several instances only as an 
escape from cultivation. Leaves nearly flat. Flower solitary, yellow, 
campanulate ; crown campanulate, as long as the perianth-segments ; 
margin crisped obscurely six-lobed. It varies much in size and 
