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their season; but the plant is easily known by the petiole being 

 inserted into the centre of the underside of the leaf, a circumstance 

 uncommon in European plants. It affords an excellent example of 

 what Linnaeus calls folium peltatum. 



Sanicula, (Linn.) Sanicle. 

 Linn, CI. v. Ord. ii. 



Name. From sano, (Lat.) to heal, in allusion to its supposed 

 medicinal properties. 



1. S. Europcea (Linn.) Wood Sanicle. Engl. Bot. t. 98, Reich. 

 Icones, t. 1847. 



Locality. "Woods and thickets, on a chalky or loamy soil. P. 

 El. June, July. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In all the districts more or 

 less distributed. 



[Apium graveolens (Linn.) Engl. Bot. t. 1210. Not truly wild 

 in Wilts, but occurs occasionally throughout the Districts in damp 

 ditches, and by roadsides, as a straggler introduced through culti- 

 vation.] 



Petroselinum, (Hoffm.) Parsley. 

 Linn. CI. v. Ord. ii. 



Name. Compounded of petros, (Gr.) a rock, and selinon, (Gr.) 

 parsley, it being a native of stony or rocky places. 



1. P. scgetum, (Koch) corn Parsley, Hone-wort, lit. of the crops ; 

 gen. plur. of seges. Sison (Sm.) Engl. Bot. t. 228. Reich. Icones, 

 t 1856. 



Locality. In rather moist fields, and on ditch-banks where the 

 soil is calcareous, rare. B. Fl. August, September. Area, 1. * * 4. 5. 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Frequent about Salisbury," Mr. James 

 Eussey. " Amesbury," Dr. Southby. 



North Division. 



4. North-ioest District, Monkton Farley Avenue, also about Box 

 and Rudlow. 



5. North-east District, " Fields between the Forest, and Mar- 

 tinsell-hill," Mr. Reebs. Very local in Wilts, according to my own 



