132 The Flora of Wiltshire. 
species found in Britain, of this eminently continental genus, of 
which Sweden alone can boast no less than seven (including Hepatica 
and Pulsatilla), whilst it is doubtful whether more than two are 
really indigenous to this country. The present species is found 
throughout Britain and in all parts of Europe, from Italy to Lap- 
land. It also inhabits Siberia, and a slight variety is common in 
the United States and Canada. The plant being extremely gre- 
garious, it is a great ornament to our woods in early spring, when 
the but yet half clothed soil is spangled with the profusion of its 
starry blossoms. Mr. Henry Turner of the Botanic Garden, Bury 
St. Edmunds, remarks a high degree of fragrance in the flowers of 
the wood anemone. And the late E. J. Vernon, Esq., states that 
the blossoms emit a delicate almond scent, as in some kinds of 
Clematis. 
The A. Pulsatilia (Linn.) or Pasque flower, so called by Gerarde 
from its flowering about Easter. Mr. Cunnington informs me that a 
specimen has recently been sent to Miss L. Meredith from Salis- 
bury. Two or three years since this species was reported to me 
from Westbury and Warminster Downs, but specimens obligingly 
sent were merely the “A. nemorosa flore purpureo.” TI have not as 
yet seen any Wiltshire example: specimens in my own Herbarium 
are from Cambridgeshire. It has been found at Streatley in Berk- 
shire, the adjoining county. 
Aponis (Linn.) PuHerasant’s Eye. 
Linn Cl. xiii. Ord. iii. 
Name. The flos Adonis, or Adonidis of the old herbalists, from 
an idea of its being the flower fabled to have sprung from the blood 
of Adonis. 
1. A. autumnalis (Linn.) Corn Pheasant’s Eye. Engl. Bot. t. 
308. Reich. Icones, iii. xxiv. 
Locality. In cornfields, but not common in the county. F/. May, 
October. Area. 1. 2. 3.* * 
South Division. 
1. South-east District. ‘ Cornfields on Bishop’s Down near 
Salisbury, plentifully,” Major Smith and Mr. James Hussey. “Corn- 
fields near Pitton,” Dr. Maton, in ‘ Hatcher's History of Salisbury.’ 
