By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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2. South-middle District, " Stratford Marsh," Dr. Maton, Nat. 

 Hist. IFi Its. Abundant in ponds and sluggish streams round 

 Devizes. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. Bogs at South Wraxh all. Ponds at Spye 

 Park. Brook in the Weevern Valley. " Ponds at Ford," Flor. 

 Bath. " Banks of the Avon near Tytherton," Rev. E. Rowlandson. 



5. North-east District. Sparingly in the canal near Morden. 

 Very local in Wilts, Stem 3 to 6 feet high. Leaves very long, 

 sometimes nearly an inch broad. Spikes long, close together, 

 fertile one greenish-brown ; sterile one yellow, with one or two large 

 membranous bracteas. 



T. angustifolia, (Linn.) has been reported to have been found in 

 the canal near Chippenham (District 4<J, but I have seen no examples. 

 It should be looked for. 



Sparganium, (Linn.) Bur-reed. 

 Linn. CI. xxi., Ord. iii. 

 Name. Sparganion is the Greek for a little band, from its narrow 

 and long leaves. 



1. S. ramosum, (Huds.) branched Bur-reed. Engl. Bot. t. 744. 

 Reich Icones, ix., 326. 



Locality. Banks of the Upper and Lower Avon, Kennet and 

 Avon Canal, ponds and ditches. P. Fl. July. Area, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 

 Recorded in all the Districts, hut less common in District 2. Stem 

 about 2 feet high, with a few long sword-shaped leaves or bracteas. 

 Root leaves very long, triangular at the base. Lower branches of 

 the inflorescence, with several rather distant heads, of which 1 to 3 of 

 the lower ones are composed of fertile, the other of sterile flowers. 



2. S. simplex, (Huds.) simple Bur-reed. Engl. Bot. t. 745. 

 Reich Lcones, ix. 325. 



Locality. Banks of the Upper and Lower Avon, Kennet and 

 Avon Canal, ponds and ditches, especially in a gravelly soil. P. Fl. 

 July, August. Area, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. In all the Districts but less 

 frequent in District 2. Much smaller than the last, S. ramosum. 

 Common flower-stalk rarely, if at all, branched, the branches or 



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