By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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Not uncommonly distributed throughout Wilts. Stem usually much 

 branched with two to four elevated lines. Leaves sessile or nearly so, 

 narrow and toothed. Flowers small, rose coloured, in terminal 

 leafy racemes. Stigma entire and club-shaped, seeds oblong with a 

 sessile plume. A form of this plant in which the scions are elong- 

 ated with scattered leaves, has been called E. virgatum, or obscurum, 

 (Schreb). 



6. E. palustre, (Linn.) marsh Willow-herb. Engl. Bot. t. 

 346. 



Locality. On marshy ground and in bogs, not common. P. Fl. 

 July, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Bogs on Alderbury Common," Dr. Maton, 

 (Nat. Hist. Wilts.) " Downton," Major Smith. " Amesbury," 

 Dr. Southby. 



2. South Middle District, " Marshy ground at Stratford," Major 

 Smith. 



3. South-west District, " Corsley," Miss Griffith. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, Boggy ground at South Wraxhall, 

 sparingly. This is a very variable species. The plant is often 

 bushy, branching from the base. The stem is often pubescent or 

 puberulent, and the leaves are often strongly toothed ; it varies in 

 size with the various localities, where it is found. The Alderbury 

 station should again be examined. 



Circlea, (Linn.) Enchanter's Night-Shade. 

 Linn. CI. ii. Ord. i. 



Name. So called from Circe, the Enchantress; either in reference 

 to the prettiness of its flowers, or to its growing in damp shady 

 places, where plants used for incantations are found. 



1. C. Lutetiana, (Linn.) Parisian or common Enchanter's Night 

 Shade. Lutetia is the ancient name for the metropolis of France. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1056. 



Locality. Woods and damp shady places, frequent; occasionally 

 a weed in the gardens of Wiltshire. P. Fl. June, August. Area, 

 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Observed in all the Districts. 



