198 



LILIACE^l. 



RUSCUS, Linn. 

 763. R. aculeatUS, L. Butcher's Broom. 



Alien ; occasional in hedges and about gardens. Clearly 

 not indigenous with us. III. IV. 



LILIACEJE. 

 TULIPA, Linn. 



764. T. sylvestris, L. 



Doubtfully native in a field near Bath. Plentiful in a 

 meadow by the side of the canal near Combe Hay ; now 

 ploughed up, but still occupied by the Tulip, which, as 

 Mr. Flower informs us, did not flower in 1885. " BittOn 

 meadows, Gloucestershire, opposite the church ; Rev. 

 H. J. Ellacombe." With., ed. 7., II., 426. An escape, 

 long since extinct. See note by Mr. T. B. Flower in 

 Phytol. HI., 854. 



FRITTILLARIA, Linn. 



765. F. Meleagris, L. 



Native ; in pastures, probably now extinct. 



G. "In a meadow below Winterbourne Church, since 

 ploughed ; May, 1859." Note in Dr. Stephens' copy of 

 Withering. In meadows at Bitton, near the Paper 

 Mills. Now extinct. Mr. T. B. Flower ; Phytol. I., 70. 



S. Formerly abundant in a field or fields close to the 

 village of Compton Martin, as recorded in New B. G. 

 and by botanists more recently. This locality has been 

 thoroughly searched on two occasions, in 1883 and 

 1884, but the result was disappointing. We fear there 

 is little doubt that the report current in the neighbour- 

 hood is well grounded; and that " Old Henniker," as 

 the former proprietor of the land is irreverently called, 



