By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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2. S. viscosus (Linn.) viscid or stinking Groundsel. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 32. 



Locality. "Waste ground, especially on chalky or gravelly soil 

 rare. A. El. July, August. Area, 1. * * * * 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District, " On chalky hillocks near Alderbury," 

 Dr. Maton, " Nat. Hist. Wilts." " Neighbourhood of Salisbury," 

 Mr. James Hussey. 



Whole plant covered with viscid hairs, very fetid, much branched 

 and straggling. The Alderbury station requires to be confirmed 

 again on more recent authority. 



3. S. sylvaticus, (Linn.) wood or mountain Groundsel. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 748. 



Locality. On dry sandy or gravelly banks, and in heathy bushy 

 places. A. El. July, September. Area, 1. * * 4 * 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Amesbury downs." Major Smith. 

 North Division. 



4. North-west District, " Chippenham," Dr. Alexander Prior. 

 Apparently rare in the county, these being the only localities 

 recorded in my notes for this species. One foot high. Leaves finely 

 divided. Plant with a disagreeable smell, but not so powerful as 

 S. viscosus. 



[S. squalidus (Linn.) Engl. Bot. t. 600. S. chrysanthemifolius, 

 (D. 0.) "occurs at Pewsey (Dist. 1), but certainly escaped," Rev. 

 T. F. Ravenshaw. " Flor. Mario."] 



4. S. tenuifo litis, (Sm.) slender-leaved hoary Ragwort. Tenuis, 

 (Lat.) slender or fine, and folium a leaf. Lngl. Bot. t. 574. S. 

 erucifolius, (Linn.) 



Locality. Hedges and borders of fields, chiefly on chalk or 

 gravelly soil. P. El. July, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Dis- 

 tributed throughout all the Districts. Nearly allied to the following 

 but with more regular, less divided, and less spreading segments to 

 the leaves. 



5. S. Jacobcea, (Linn.) St. James' Ragwort. The specific name 

 Jacobcea refers to the plant coming into flower about St. James's- 



