446 BOTANICAL NOTESj NOTicESj AND QUERIES. [February, 



placed near the ground, and directed forwards, so that the minutest plant 

 could hardly escape detection — but no G. Jmmilis could I see. C. vulgaris 

 was plentiful enough, and C. palndosa on the wet margin of a wood. The 

 road I took led through the Winterbourn Stoke ; perhaps if I had gone 

 the Shrewton road I should have found the object of ray pursuit. The- 

 siitm humifusum, Aspernla cynanchica, Foterium Sangaisorba, and SpirtBa 

 FUipendula, were very abundant both at Stonehenge and on the chalk- 

 hills near Devizes. Koeleria cristata was found in the same localities. 



I was waiting indoors for two days, about ten miles from Marston 

 Maisey, waiting for the weather to clear up, that I might have the gratifi- 

 cation of gathering Caj-ex tomentosa, and of sending you a specimen ; but 

 the rain detained me until the third morning, when I was obliged to leave 

 the neighbourhood, though reluctantly, without visiting the habitat of this 

 rare Carex. I found, however, JDlpsacns fullonum, Valeriana dioica, and 

 some very fine specimens of Carax hirta. 



In the neighbourhood of Devizes I found Omitjiogalum pyrenaiciim, 

 Viola Jiirta (past flowering), Carex paludvsa, Eupliorhia amygdaloides, 

 Vicia sylvatica, Pastinaca sativa, and Scabiosa Columbaria. Viola hirta 

 too was seen, but past flowering. 



When in the neighbourhood of Heytesbury, I purposed visiting the 

 habitat of Cnicus tnherosiis, but had a cultivated specimen given to me 

 which had been raised from seed procured at Boyton. The neighbour- 

 hood furnished me with Clematis Vitalba, Heliantheiman vulgare, with very 

 hairy sepals ; Viburnum Lantana, Calamintha Acinos, and C. Clinopodium. 



Near Bath I found Ceterach officinarnm and Geranium pyrenaicmn ; the 

 latter with flowers intensely purple, like G. sanguineum. In the sanae 

 neighbourhood I found Galium Mollugo, on whose roots was grovvrtig 

 Orohunche caryopjiyllacea. ""■• " Kuricola. 



Campanula Trachelium. {Wldte-flowered variety^ from Perth) 



I had brought to me in July, 1862, from the banks of the Almond, two 

 miles north from Perth, what I consider to be a white-flowering variety of 

 Campanula Trachelium ; the locality is on a sort of bank considerably re- 

 moved from the river, and far from any human habitation, so that it can 

 neither be a garden escape nor brought hither by a river flood. This is 

 another Perth rarity. Had the young lad brought two specimens, I would 

 have sent you one. I am not able to go so far myself. J. S. 



DiPSADS. 



In the tragedy of ' Sophonisba,' Massinissa, the young Prince of Nu- 

 midia, who had been driven from his throne and country by Syphax, is 

 represented saying — 



" To hunt with hungry tigers for my prey, 

 And thirst with Dipsads ui the burning sand." 



reproaches the queen intercediug for her late lord in these and other lines, 

 descriptive of Syphax's cruelty. Does the poet mean Dipsacus, Teasel ? 

 Did Dr. Lindley, emeritus professor of botany in the University of Lon- 

 don, and the poet Thomson, drink out of the same spring, or derive their 

 inspiration from the same source? The great systematic botanist uses a 

 similar terminology in the names of his Alliances. 



