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be informed whether some of them might not belong to " EL 

 anglicum," {Bert.) Can any botanist of the county inform me if 

 he knows anything about the history of the plant figured in 

 '* English Botany" and called " H. Androscemum ? " 



2. H. quadrangulum, (Linn.) square-stemmed, or four-winged 

 Hypericum. Engl. Bot. t. 730. Reich. Lconcs, vi. 334. H. tetra- 

 pterum. Fries. Koch. 



Locality. Common in moist thickets, and hedges, and by the 

 sides of ditches and rivulets. P. Fl. July. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 

 General in all the Districts throughout the county. 



3. H. perforatum, (Linn.) perforated Hypericum true. St. John's 

 Wort. Engl. Bot. t. 295. Reich. Icones, vi. 343. 



Locality. Woods, thickets, hedges, &c. abundant. P. Fl. July, 

 August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In all the Districts common. 



Leaves elliptic-oblong varying much in form, and in the number 

 and size of the pellucid dots. A variety with leaves linear ellip " 

 tical, with large pellucid punctures, sepals lanceolate, denticulate, 

 rather longer than the ovary, is the j3. angustifolium of Gaud. FL 

 Helv. and is met with in dry chalky places. This plant is variously 

 commemorated by physicians and poets, as "Balm of the Warrior's 

 Wound," in allusion to its healing properties, while its profusion 

 of flowers is thus noticed, 



" Hypericum, all bloom, so thick a swarm 

 Of flowers, like flies, clothing its slender rods 

 That scarce a leaf appears," 



4. H. dubium (Leers), imperforated St. John's- wort. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 296. "H. Quadrangulum" (Fries.) 



Locality. Woods, and bushy places, on a sandy soil. Very rare 

 in the county. P. Fl. July, August. Area, * * 3. 4. 5. 



South Division. 



3. South-east District. "Cop Heap near Warminster," Miss 

 Meredith. 



North Division. 



4. North-ivest District, Conkwell Quarries near Bradford. 



5. North-east District, "Great Bedwyn," Mr. William Bartlett. 

 Very local in Wilts, according to the above distribution, or else 



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