By Thomas Bruges Flower; Esq. 117 



ollse, tubo latioribus, foliis pinnato-decompositis linearibus angus- 

 tissimis," so tbat tbe latter may be described to be " F. parviflora " 

 as to the foliage, but with large broad sepals in proportion to the 

 corolla, by which it is best distinguished. This species may possi- 

 bly prove to be not unfrequent in the county when attention has 

 once been drawn to it. The flowers are deep rose colour, as in the 

 erect form of " F. officinalis " (Linn.) 



In studying the " Ftimaria," the best distinguishing characters 

 are to be obtained from the forms of the fruit, and of the calyx, 

 aud the proportions of the latter to the other parts of the flower, 

 the length of the bracteas to the pedicel is of next value, the direc- 

 tion of the pedicel, the proportion of the spike to the leaves, and 

 its being sessile or stalked ; the breadth of the foliage and the erect 

 or climbing nature of the plant are of less than secondary import- 

 ance, while the green or glaucous hue is in some species not suffi- 

 ciently constant to mark a variety. 



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By the Rev. J. E. Jackson. 



§N the late Mr. Bowles's account of Stanley Abbey (formerly 

 near Chippenham, but long since entirely destroyed) are 

 given a few (Latin) extracts, from a Bodleian Manuscript, relating 

 to that Religious House. Among them is the following (trans- 

 lated into English) : 



" Fulco Fitzwarine took refuge, July 2nd, in the Abbey of Stanley 

 in Wiltshire, and was there besieged, together with his followers, for 

 fourteen days, by almost tho whole county and by many others who 

 had flocked to the place. But he came out safe in the peace of the 

 church, and wan reconciled in the following year 1202." (Hist, of 

 Bremhill, p. 118.) To which Mr. Bowles adds: "It is impossible 

 to say to what this entry alludes, but some criminal had evidently 

 taken sanctuary in this convent." 



