By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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1. D. rotundifolia, (Linn.) Round-leaved Sundew. Engl. Bot. t. 

 867. Reich. Icones, iii. 24. 



Locality. In bogs amongst sphagnum, rare. P. Fl. July, Au- 

 gust. Area, 1. * * * * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Boggy ground about Downton," Major 

 Smith. " Bog on Alderbury Common," Mr. James Hussey. "Lang- 

 ford and Plaitford Common," Rev. E. Simms. 



2. D. intermedia (Hayn.) Spathulate-leaved Sundew. D. longi- 

 folia, (Sm.) Engl. Bot. t. 868. Reich. Icones, iii. 24. 



Locality. Bogs and moist heathy ground. A. Fl. July, August. 

 Area, 1. * * * * 



South Division, 



1. South-east District, " Bog on Alderbury Common/ ' Turner and 

 Dillwyn's Botanists Guide, observed (1850) growing in the same 

 locality. Messrs. James Hussey and W. H. Hatcher. " Langford 

 and Plaitford Common," Rev. E. Simms and Mr. W. H. Hatcher. 



Well distinguished by its rough and not loose coat adhering 

 firmly to the rest of the seed, a character observed and figured by 

 Dreves and Hayne. 



Parnassia palustris, (Linn.) Grass of Parnassus. I am recently 

 informed by Mr James Hussey, that his late brother, Mr. Ambrose 

 Hussey, when on a visit at Warneford Place near Highworth, ob- 

 served this rare plant in a bog in some plenty, whilst out shooting, 

 and brought home a handful of it. His widow, Mrs. A. Hussey, 

 has still a specimen preserved in her Herbarium. The adjoining 

 county (Berks) coming close up to Warneford Place, I am not in 

 a position to state that the plant was seen in Wiltshire, though it 

 is believed to have been picked at Sevenhampton, within the county. 

 This fact I hope to ascertain by a visit to the locality during the 

 ensuing summer. 



About the year 1830, the late Mr. Drummond, an excellent and 

 trustworthy observer, whose name appears frequently in the pages 

 of Sir W. Hooker's " British Flora," discovered this plant growing 

 near Devizes, but I am not aware of its ever having been since 

 observed in the neighbourhood, although repeatedly sought for by 



