142 The Flora of Wiltshire. 
CarrHa. (Liny.) 
Linn. Cl. xiii. Ord. i. 
Name. From kalathos (Gr.) a cup form of flower. 
1. C. palustris (Linn.) Marsh marigold. Engl. Bot. t.506. Reich. 
Icones, iv. 101. 
Locality. Marshy meadows, boggy streams and ditch banks, in 
open places, common. P. FV. April, June. Fr. May, June. Area. 
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 
General in all the districts, edging willowy copses with a belt of 
gold. 
In some of the rural villages in Wiltshire, I have not unfre- 
quently heard the inelegant name of Horse blob applied to this plant, 
and the Northamptonshire peasant bard, Clare, remarks, 
es ’ neath the shelving banks retreat, 
The Horse-blob swells its golden ball.” 
In America the garish blossoms of this rank, acrid, but showy 
plant, are brought to market as a Spring nosegay, under the name 
of our far more elegant, though less pretending cowslip. 
Aaquitecia. (Linn.) CoLUMBINE. 
Linn. Cl. xiii. Ord. iu. 
Name. From aquila, (Lat.) an eagle, the nectaries being shaped 
like the claw of that bird. 
1. “A. vulgaris,’ (Linn.) Common Columbine. Engl. Bot. ¢. 297. 
Reich. Icones, iv. 114. 
Locality. Woods and bushy places, not uncommon. P. FV. May, 
June. Area. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 
South Division. 
1. South-east District. “ Brickworth near Salisbury,” The Hon. J. 
Fox Strangways. ‘Winterslow,” Mr. James Hussey. “Clarendon 
wood,” Maton in Hatcher’s ‘ History of Salisbury. “Amesbury,” 
Dr. Southby. 
2. South Middle District. ‘Woods about Devizes,” Miss Cun- 
nington. Woods at Erlestoke, Rood Ashton, and Westbury. 
3. South-west District. “Warminster,” Mr. Wheeler. “ Norridge 
wood near Corsley,” Diss C. M. Griffiths. Woods at Longleat, 
Stourhead, and Great Ridge. 
