212 The Flora of Wiltshire. 



Rev. John Offer. " Coppices at Milford near Salisbury " Bot. Guide, 

 " Clarendon Woods/'' Major Smith. " Neighbourhood of Salisbury/' 

 Mr. James Ilussey. " Amesbury," Dr. Southby. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. Woods at Monkton Earleigh and Brad- 

 ford. 



5. North-east District. " Marlborough/' Nat. Hist. Report. 

 Flowers much smaller than the last, dull livid purple, or very rarely 

 yellow. The leaves, when bruised, emit a very disagreeable odour, 

 which some have compared to roast-beef, whence its common English 

 name, roast-beef plant. 



ORDER. AMARYLLIDACE^E. (R. BROWN.) 



Narcissus, (Linn.) Naecissus. 

 Linn. CI. vi. Ord. i. 

 Name. From narce, (Or.) stupor ; in allusion to the powerful and 

 injurious smell of the flowers of some of the species. 



1. N. Pseudo-narcissus, (Linn.) false or spurious Narcissus. 

 Daffodil. Engl. Bot. t. 17. Reich Icones, ix. 369. 



Locality. In moist woods, meadows, and sides of hedges. Nat- 

 uralized in orchards. P. Fl. March, April. Area, 1. * 3. 4. 5. 



South Division. 



1. South-east District. "Most abundant over the Landford 

 District, to an extent injurious to many pastures/' Rev. E. Simms, 

 and Mr. James Ilussey. 



2. South-west District. " Semley, not uncommon/' Mr. James 

 Ilussey. " Corsley," Miss Griffith. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. Pastures about Tytherton. 



5. North-east District. " West Woods in various places. Martin- 

 sell Hill. Copse near Oare Hill, called ' Daffy Copse' by the natives. 

 Clench Common," Flor. Mar lb. " Wood near Great Bedwyn," Mr. 

 Reeks. - Very local in Wills, and in several instances only as an 

 escape from cultivation. Leaves nearly flat. Flower solitary, yellow, 

 campanulate ; crown campanulate, as long as the perianth-segments ; 

 margin crisped obscurely six-lobed. It varies much in size and 



