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Rather local in its distribution throughout Wilts, increasing by 

 seed and by the small granular tubers of the root. The whole 

 plant is clothed with reddish glandular hairs, which are viscid to 

 the touch, especially on the calyx and flower-stalk. 



Chrysosplenium, (Linn.) Golden Saxifrage. 

 Linn. CI. x. Ord. ii. 



Name. Compounded of chrysos, gold, and splen, the spleen, in 

 reference to the golden colour of the flowers, and the supposed 

 virtue of the plant in diseases of the spleen. 



1. C. oppositi folium, (Linn.) opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 490. 



Locality. Sides of rivulets and wet shady places. P. Fl. April, 

 May. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. More or less distributed throughout all 

 the Districts. Whole plant of a pale glaucous green, and of a 

 straggling decumbent (especially in the lower part of the stem) 

 habit, entirely glabrous. Flowers pale lemon colour. 



2. C. alternifolium, (Linn.) alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 54. 



Locality. Boggy places, and on the margins of shady rivulets. 

 P. Fl. March, April. Area, * * 3. 4, * 

 South Division. 



3. South-west District, " Neighbourhood of Warminster," Miss 

 Griffith. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, Wet places at Bromham. " Whetham 

 Woods, near Calne," Mr. Simpson. 



This species may ultimately be observed to be not uncommon in 

 ! the county. Whole plant of a full, deep, cheerful green, and of a 

 stiff, erect habit. The lower portion of the stem, lower leaves, 

 and their long petioles covered with glandular hairs, the upper 

 leaves and stem glabrous. Flowers deep yellow. The two species 

 are frequently found growing together, but appear always to retain 

 their characters. 



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