330 The Mom of Wiltshire. 



size of the plant, of a pale pink, on long slender pedicels. 



Samolus, (Linn.) Brook:- weed. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. i. 

 Name. Diminutive of Samos, a Grecian island, in which, this 

 plant is said to have been found by Valerandus. 



1. S. Valerandi, (Linn.) Yalerand's Brook-weed. Engl. Bot. t. 

 703. AnagalUs aqiiatica rotiindifolia. Johnson's Grerarde. 



Locality. Marshes, wet ditches, and watery places, especially in 

 a gravelly soil. P. Fl. July, August. Area, 1. * * 4. * 

 South Division. 

 1. South-east District, " Watery places about Amesbury," Dr. 

 Southby. 



North Division. 

 4. North-west District, " Damp places in the neighbourhood of 

 Bromham, Miss Meredith. " In Bowood Park, near Calne," Br. 

 Stokes. " Chippenham," Dr. Alexander Prior. 



A very local and rare plant in Wilts. Plant bright green, gla- 

 brous and with a somewhat greasy lustre. Flowers small, white. 

 Additional localities for this species would be desirable. 



ORDER. PLANTAGINACE^. (JUSS.) 

 Plantago, (Linn.) Plantago. 

 Linn. CI. iv. Ord. i. 

 Name. A word used by Pliny from planta, the sole of the foot, 

 in allusion to the flat shape of leaf. 



1. P. Coronopus, (Linn.) Crow's-foot or Buck's-horn Plantain. 

 Both names refer to the form of the leaf. It is also called " Star 

 of the Earth ; " a name well describing its manner of growth. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 892. 



Locality. Dry gravelly ground on commons, and by roadsides. 

 A. Fl. June, July Area, 1. * * 4. * 



South Division. 

 1. South-east District, "In the neighbourhood of Salisbury," 

 Mr. James Hussey. 



North Division. 

 4. North-west District, "Sand-pits at Spye Park," Dr. Alexander 

 Prior. 



