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The Flora of Wiltshire. 



meadows opposite Preshute Church, and water meadows near Polton," 

 Flor. Mar lb. A local plant in the county. Leaves all radical, 2 to 

 3 feet long. Scape longer than the leaves terete. The perianth 

 varies in different shades of red, or purple mixed with white : and is 

 sometimes entirely white. The stem at bottom and the flower-stalks 

 at top are often tinged with red. The number 3 is evidently pre- 

 dominent in the fructification : the corolla being doubly tripetalous ; 

 the stamens twice three; the pistils six; the capsules six, in a 

 hexagon form ; and the involucre three-leaved. 



Triglochin, (Linn.) Arrow-Grass. 

 Linn. CI. vi., Ord. iii. 



Name. Triglochin is a compound of (treis) three, and (glocliin) 

 a point, in allusion to the three valves of the capsule, which 

 separating from the base in maturity, resemble a three-barbed arrow- 

 head ; whence the English name, Arrow-grass. 



1. T. palustre, (Linn.) marsh Arrow-grass. Engl. Bot. t. 366. 

 Reich Icones, vii., i. 51. 



Locality. Wet meadows, and by the sides of the Avon, canal, 

 brooks, and ditches in marshy situations. P. Fl. June, July. Area, 

 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. In all the Districts but more sparingly in District 2. 

 Leaves all radical, linear, fleshy, slightly grooved on the upper side, 

 sheathing and membranous at the base. Scape 8 to 10 inches high, 

 terminating in a lax, simple spike, or raceme. Flowers small, greenish. 



ORDER. TYPHACEiE. (JUSS.) 

 Typha, (Linn.) Cat's-Tail Reed-Mace. 

 Linn. CI. xxi., Ord. ii. 

 Name. From (tuphe) a marsh; where these plants grow. 

 1. T. latifolia, (Linn.) broad-leaved or greater Reed-mace. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1455. Reich Icones, ix., 321. 



Locality. Borders of ponds, and by the sides of the canal. P. Fl. 

 June, July. Area, 1, 2, * 4, 5. 



South Division. 



1. South-east District. "Neighbourhood of Salisbury/-' Mr, 

 James Ilussey. " Ainesbury," Dr. Southby. 



