144 The Flora of Wiltshire. 
an occasional straggler.'! The latter I have generally seen growing 
on rubbish heaps and other suspicious looking places in the vicinity 
of gardens, where it has been cultivated from time immemorial. It 
is therefore not surprising that it should occur spontaneously in 
situations analogous to its native places of growth. In the adjoin- 
ing county (Somerset), it has the appearance of being truly wild, 
in watery ground on both sides of a brook at Ford near Milverton, 
occurring at intervals for a distance of three miles, as well as in 
other similar situations in that neighbourhood, as I learn from my 
friend, Mr. Thomas Clarke of Bridgwater, who has kindly pre- 
sented me with specimens for my herbarium. 
Hetiesorvs, (Linn.) HELLEBOoRE. 
Linn. Cl. xiii. Ord. ii. 
Name. From helein (Gr.) to cause death, and bora food, from the 
poisonous nature of the plant. 
1. H. fetidus,” (Linn.) stinking hellebore. Bearsfoot. Setter 
wort. Fingl. Bot. c.18. Reich. Icones, iv. 103. 
Locality. In woods, thickets, and stony bushy places along hedge 
banks, rare in the county. P. Fl. March, April. Area. 1. * 3. 
ed 
South Division. 
1. South-east District. “Clarendon woods near Salisbury,‘ Major 
Smith and Mr. James Hussey. 
3. South-west District. “Chapmanslade near Warminster,” Miss 
C. M. Griffiths. 
1 At the February Meeting, 1858, of the Thirsk Natural History Society, Mr. 
J. G. Baker has satisfactorily proved that the ‘‘ Delphinium consolida” of Eng- 
lish Botany is in reality ‘‘ Delphinium Ajacis.” The two species may be easily — 
known from one another by various characters, amongst others, by those of 
their capsules. ‘‘D. Consolida” a glabrous follicle, and as it is probable that 
both species may ultimately be observed in the county, I would direct attention 
to this circumstance. According to the Floras, ‘‘ D. Consolida”’ (Linn.) extends 
from Lapland southward throughout Scandinavia, and is generally diffused in 
Belgium and France. ‘D, Ajacis” (Linn.) is frequently subspontaneous in 
Belgium, and occurs in France in sandy tracts in many of the departments. For 
a more detailed account of these two species, together with ‘D. Orientale” 
(Gay) which may sometimes be noticed as an occasional straggler, I would refer 
to the excellent description of them given in Grenier and Godrons ‘ Flore de 
France tome,’ p. 45. 
