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1. E. nutans, (Linn.) nodding Blue-bell. Scilla, (Smith,) Engl. 
Bot. t. 877. Agraphis, Link. 
Locality. Groves, woods, and hedges. P. MJ. May. Area, 1. 
2. 8. 4. 5. Recorded in all the Districts. Bulb globular, white. 
Leaves numerous, long, linear, acuminate, reflexed, of a pale shining 
green. Scape 1 foot high, taller than the foliage. Raceme drooping. 
Flowers pendulous, blue, with a pair of lanceolate bracteas at the 
base of, and longer than each pedicel. The white and pink-flowered 
variety has been occasionally observed in the county. The English 
Hyacinth is a graceful and ornamental plant, and is on that account 
often admitted into gardens; but the many beautiful varieties of 
Hyacinths so much prized by the florist, are derived from Hyacinthus 
Orientalis, a native of the Levant, which is said to be very abundant 
about Aleppo, and Bagdad. 
Muscarti, (Tourn.) Grape Hyacints. 
Linn. Cl. vi. Ord. i. 
Name. From moschos, musk ; in allusion to the smell resembling 
musk. The English term Grape Hyacinth refers to the cluster of 
flowers, shaped like a small bunch of grapes. 
1. M. racemosum, (Mill) Starch Grape Hyacinth. Starch 
Hyacinth from the flowers smelling like wet starch. Hyacinthus, 
Sm. Engl. Bot. t. 1931. 
Locality. In sandy pastures. P.M. May. Area, 1.* * * * 
South Division. 
1. South-east District. ‘“ Near Upper Bushes, Whiteparish Hill,” 
Rev. E. Simms. Very local in Wilts and apparently a true native. 
Flowers deep blue, smelling like starch. For fresh specimens of 
this interesting plant I am indebted to the above-named gentleman, 
and there appears but little doubt it is the racemoswm of continental 
botanists. The cultivated plant is M. dotryoides, and has globose 
flowers. 
ORDER. COLCHICACE. (DE CAND.) 
Cotcuicum, (Linn.) Merapow-Sarrron. 
Linn. Cl. vi. Ord. iii. 
Named from Colchis, where it was said to grow abundantly. 
1. C. autumnale, (Linn.) common Meadow Saffron. Engl. Bot.¢.133. 
