By Thomas Bruges Floiver, Esq. 



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1. C. umbilicus, (Linn.) common Navel- wort. From umbilicus 

 (Lat.) the navel, from the hollow leaves. Engl, Bot. t. 325. 



Locality. On old walls. P. Fl. June, October. Area, * 2. 3. 4. 5. 



South Division. 



2. South Middle District, walls at Seend. " Heytesbury," Mr. 

 Rowden. 



3. South-west District, " Old stone walls about Dinton," Dr. 

 Maton. "Nat. Hist. Wilts." " Donhead," Mr. James Eassey. 



| " Warminster," Mr. Wheeler. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, walls at Limpley Stoke, Monkton Farley, 

 Biddestone, Easton, Castle Coombe, and Malmesbury. "Chippen- 

 ham/' Dr. A lexander Prior. " Tytberton," Mr. Thomas Coward. 



5. North-east District, on a wall by the roadside near the churcb 

 at Purton. 



More frequently distributed throughout the North Western tban 

 the South Eastern parts of the county. ' 



OEDEE. GEOSSTTLAEIACEiE. (DE CAND.) 

 Eibes, (Linn.) Gooseberry and Currant. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. i. 



Name. Ribes was a word applied by the Arabian Physicians, to 

 a species of rhubarb, Rheum Ribes : our older botanists believed 

 that it was our Gooseberry, and hence Bauhin called that plant 

 Ribes acidum. 



1. E. Grossularia, (Linn.) common Gooseberry. Grossus, or 

 grossulus, (Lat.) signifies a green or unripe fig, which the fruit may 

 resemble. Gooseberry ; because eaten with young geese as sauce. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1292 and 2057. 



Locality. Hedges, thickets, and waste ground. Sh. Fl. April, 

 May. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Occurring in all the districts but doubt- 

 fully native. Neither Gerarde, Parkinson, nor Eay, mention the 

 gooseberry as being found wild in England. 



E. nigrum, (Linn.) and E. rubrum, (Linn.) Engl. Bot. t. 1291 

 and 1289, are occasionally met with in various parts of the county, 

 the former in low swampy thickets, and along the margins of 



