342 The Flora of WiltsUre. 



3. South' west District, In thickets at Boy ton. "Warminster," 

 3fr. Wheeler. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, Limpley Stoke woods, formerly in plenty 

 but now become scarce. In woods at Colerne. 



5. North-east District, " Copses at the foot of Martinsell Hill," 

 Flor. Marlb. " Great Bedwyn," Mr. William Bartlett. 



Very local and sparingly distributed throughout Wilts. Stem 1 to 

 3 feet high, or rarely more, rather stout, erect, but little branched, 

 naked below, leafy above, and hence bearing some resemblance to 

 a palm. Floivers drooping, fragrant, yellowish green, funnel- 

 shaped. Berries bluish-black, said to be poisonous to all animals 

 except birds. 



ORDER. SANTALACE^. (BR.) 



Plants resembling their type Santalum, Sandal- wood, in several 

 important characters. They are chiefly natives ef the Cape, New 

 Holland, and India, a few only being found in Europe. Thesium 

 is the only British genus. 



Thesium, (Linn.) Bastard Toadflax. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. i. 



Named in honour of Theseus, the mythic Grecian hero. 



1. T. humifusum, (D.C.) trailing Bastard Toadflax. Engl. Dot. 

 t. 247. Reich. Icones xi., 542. T. linophyllum, Sm. 



Locality. Elevated chalky and limestone (oolite) hills. P. Fl. 

 June, July. Parasitical. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. * 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District, Plentifully on the chalk downs around 

 Salisbury. " Amesbury," Dr. Southby. " Near the barrows Pewsey 

 Downs," Flor. Marlb. 



2. South Middle District, About one mile south of the Druid's 

 Head, on Salisbury Plain, Westbury Downs, and Downs near 

 Heytesbury. 



3. South-west District, Chalk hills in the neighbourhood of War- 

 minster. " High chalky grounds above Odstock," Dr. Maton, Nat. 

 Hist. Wilts. 



