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The Flora of Wiltshire. 



all the Districts. About a span in height, branched from the base, 

 clothed with a white cottony down. 



2. G. sylvaticum, (Linn.) wood or Highland Cudweed. The 

 specific name sylvaticum is apt to mislead, as it grows not unfre- 

 quently in open fields. It is a frequent plant in Scotland in open 

 mountainous pastures. G. rectum. Smith. Engl. Bot t. 124. 

 Reich. Icones, xvi. 58. 



Locality. In woods, thickets, and pastures. P, Ft. July, Sep- 

 tember. Area, 1 * 3. 4. 5. 



South Division. 

 1. South-east District, Wood at Manningford. 



3. South-ivest District, " Donhead," Mr. James Hussey. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, " Sandy corn-fields at Bromham," Miss 

 Meredith. 



5 North-east District, " West Woods near Marlborough," Flor. 

 Marlb. " Great Bedwyn," Mr. William Bartlett. Perhaps more 

 frequent in the county than the above area of distribution would 

 indicate. 



[_Doronicum Pardalianches, (Linn.) Great Leopard's-bane. Engl. 

 Bot. Suppl. 2654. I have observed this plant at the Sloperton end 

 of Stockley-lane, Bromham (District 4j. Probably an escape from 

 the late Mr. Norris's garden at Nonsuch House, who was in the 

 habit of cultivating the rarer British plants.] 



Senecio, (Linn.) Groundsel Rag- wort. 

 Linn. CI. xix. Ord. ii. 

 Name. From senex, (Lat.) an old man ; in allusion to the naked 

 receptacle which resembles a bald-head, or to the hoary-down as 

 in Erigeron. 



1. S. vulgaris, (Linn.) common Groundsel. Engl. Bot. t. 747. 



Locality. Cultivated and waste ground; everywhere. A. El. 

 January, December. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. In all the Districts. One 

 of our most common weeds, in almost all soils and situations, rising 

 from a few inches to a foot high. Flowers yellow, as in all of our 

 native species of the genus. 



