354 The Flora of Wiltshire. 



South Division. 



3. South-west District, " Chalky fields near Boyton, also near 

 Norton Bavant," Miss L. Meredith. 



Confined to Chalky fields in the South of the county. This 

 species is a native of Europe, from Portugal to Germany, and from 

 England to Italy. It is often cultivated in the flower garden, 

 where its brilliant white blossoms are very ornamental. 



Lepidium, (Linn.) Pepper Wort. 

 Linn. 01. xv. Ord. i. 



Name. Lepidion, a kind of cress, a diminutive of Lepis, a scale, 

 referring to the form of the little pouches. 



1. L. campestre, (R. Br.) Field Pepper "Wort. Engl. Bot. t. 

 1385. Reich. Icones, ii. 9. 



Locality. Borders of cornfields, and on cultivated ground, gene- 

 rally where the soil is dry and gravelly. A. Fl. June, August. 

 Area, * 2. 3. 4. 5. 



South Division. 



2. South Middle District, More or less distributed over Salisbury 

 Plain. " Westbury," Mrs. Overbury. 



3. South-west District, " In the neighbourhood of Warminster," 

 Mr. Bowden. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, Fields about Bromham and Sandridge. 

 " Chippenham," Dr. Alexander Prior. 



5. North-east District, Marlborough Downs. "Burbage," Mr. 

 William Bartlett. 



I have seen no specimens from the South-east District, where it 

 can scarcely be absent. The little glossy scales with which the 

 pouch is covered, and the shortness of the style distinguish this 

 species at a glance from L. Smithii (Hook), which has not been 

 observed as yet in Wilts, all specimens so called are merely refer- 

 able to " L. eampestre." 



L. sativum, (Linn.) occasionally observed on waste ground in 

 several parts of the county, is merely an escape from cultivation. 



