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Oje |lora of Wiltshire, 



COMPEISING THE 



Hatocrtng fliiitts mx^ imxs mVmmn ia i\( Cauntg; 



By Thomas Betjqes Flo^tee, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., &c., &c. 

 No. XI. 



ORDER. CAMPANULACE^. (JUSS.) 

 Jasione, (Linn.) Sheep's Scabious. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. i. 

 Name. lasione is a Greek word, signifying some kind of wild pot- 

 herb; derived from {iaomai), to cure. Pliny uses the word Jasione, 

 which should be written lasione. 



1. J. montana, (Linn.) mountain Sheep's Scabious, growing in 

 exposed situations. Engl. Bot. t. 882. 



Locality. Dry heathy or gravelly pastures. B. Fl. July. Area, 

 1. 2. * ♦ * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Hamptworth on light sandy ground," 

 Bev. E. Simms. " Neighbourhood of Salisbury," Mr. James Hussey. 



2. South Middle District, " Warminster Downs," Mr. Wheeler. 

 Not common in Wilts. Floicers bright blue, in terminal, dense, 



hemispherical heads. Jasione is closely related to the next species 

 (Phyteuma), but the partitions of the capsule, and its terminal entire 

 orifice added to the combined anthers, afibrd perhaps good marks 

 of generic distinction. In its general appearance it very much 

 resembles a Scabious, as it does also starved specimens of the exotic 

 " Gilia capitata." It varies much in size, and on the sea-coast of 

 Cornwall it is only about an inch high when full grown, and the 

 whole plant is very hairy. 



Phyteuma, (Linn.) Rampion. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. i. 

 Name. From {pheuteuo), I plant or sow, from its great increase 

 and growth. 



