By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 231 



ORDER. POLEMONIACE^. (JUSS.) 



PoLEMONiUM, (Linn.) Jacob's Ladder. 



Linn. CI. v. Ord. i. 



Named from polemos, (Gr.) war, according to Pliny; this plant 



having caused a war between two kings who laid claim to its 



discovery ! 



1. P. ceruleum, (Linn.) blue Jacob's Ladder. Engl. Bot. t. 14. 

 Locality. Ou banks in moist woods, and bushy places. P. Fl. 

 June, July. Area, 1. * * * * 



South Division. 

 1. South-east District, " In the water meadows between Pewsey 

 and Manningford, among the reeds," Dr. Alexander Prior. (Wats. 

 Bot. Guide.) Probably introduced, it being a species chiefly found 

 in the north of England.^ 



ORDER. CONYOLYTJLACE^. (JIJSS,) 

 Convolvulus, (Linn.) Bindweed. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. i. 



Name. From convolvo, to entmne ; whence comes, too, the Eng- 

 lish name bindweed. 



1. C. arvensis, (Linn.) corn, or small bindweed. Engl. Bot. t. 312. 

 Locality. In hedges, fields, and gardens, especially on a sandy 



or gravelly soil. P. Fl. June, September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 

 Common in all the districts, and a most troublesome weed to the 

 farmer, as its roots spreads very much, and run deep into the soil 

 — it is with great diflBculty destroyed. 



2. C. sepium, (Linn.) hedge or great Bindweed. Engl. Bot. t. 

 313. Calysteyia. R. Br. 



Locality. In moist thickets, hedges, and amongst bushes, ex- 

 tremely common. P. Fl. July, August. -4refl, 1,2. 3. 4. 5. Recorded 

 in all the districts. This common and conspicuous ornament 

 of our hedges, may vie with many exotic species, in the 



* " This plant has also been observed growing in a coppice, between Bathford 

 and Kingsdown, {North-west District,) just on the borders of the county, where 

 it is probably an escape from cultivation, althougb there is no hou5e within half- 

 a-mile from the spot. — T. B. F. 



