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intensity of colour of the flower, and the relative size of the crown. 

 A variety of this with double or full flowers, I have sometimes met 

 with especially about old orchards, having probably escaped from 

 gardens, where this, and 2 or 3 other varieties of the same species 

 are frequently cultivated. 



2. N. biflorm, (Curt.) two-flowered or pale Narcissus. Engl. Bot. 

 t. 276. Reich Icones, ix. 365, Has been observed in a field at the 

 North end of Plaitford, (South-east District) by the Rev. E. Simms. 

 Perhaps not truly wild in the above locality. 



Galanthus, (Linn.) Snowdrop. 

 Linn. CI. vi. Ord. i. 

 Name. From gala, milk, and anthos, a flower, in allusion to the 

 milk-white colour. The French name, jperce-neige, is very expressive. 

 Snowdrop ; from its blooming amidst the snow. Hence it is also 

 called the Fair Maid of February. 



1. G. nivalis, (Linn.) common Snowdrop. Engl. Bot. t. 19. 

 Reich Icones, ix. 363. 



Locality. Thickets, orchards, sites of old gardens, meadows, and 

 pastures. P. El. February, March. Area, 1. * 3. 4. 5. 



South Division. 

 1. South-east District. Landford, Rev. E. Simms. 



3. South-west District. Abundantly in the water-meadows, be- 

 tween Coombe Bissett and Bishopstone, and also in the bank by 

 roadside between those two places. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District. " Chippenham/'' Dr. R. C. Prior. " Near 

 Calne," Mr. C. E. Broome. 



5. North-east District. "Neighbourhood of Marlborough not 

 uncommon," Flor. Mar lb. Scarcely indigenous in Wilts. Bulb 

 ovate. Leaves two, linear, keeled, glaucous, green. Flowers solitary, 

 drooping, white, inner segments greenish. 



ORDER. ASPARAGACEiE. (LIND.) 



CONVALLARIA, (LiNN.) LiLY OF THE VALLEY. | 



Linn. CI. vi. Ord. i. 

 Name. From convallis, a volley, from the locality of the species. 

 1. C. majalis, (Linn.) Lily of the Valley. May Lily. Engl. 



