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Bedwyn/ 3 Mr. W. Bartlett. " Frequent in the neighbourhood of 

 Marlborough/' Flor. Mar Id. Not uncommon in the county. Stems 

 two feet high, bare of leaves below. Leaves large, marked with 

 longitudinal nerves, half- embracing the rounded stem. Peduncles 

 one or many flowered. Flowers drooping in an opposite direction, 

 white, greenish at the tips. Filaments downy. 



A dwarf form of this species, "P. humile anglicum" Ray's Synop. 

 p. 263, is stated to have been found in the woods of Wiltshire by 

 Mr. Philip More. This is probably only a variety of P. multiflora, 

 (All.) 



2. P. officinale, (All.) angular Solomon's Seal. Engl Bot. t. 280. 

 Reich Icones, x. 434. Convallaria polygonatum, (Linn.) 



Locality. In rocky woods. P. El. May. Area, 1. * * * * 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District. " Coppices about Alderbury," Bot. Guide. 

 Batt's Croft, Whiteparish," Rev. E. Simms. Very rare in the county. 

 Smaller than the last. Leaves ovate, elliptical, alternate, half- 

 embracing the angular stem, peduncles mostly single-flowered, 

 filaments glabrous. Flowers greener, fragrant, smelling powerfully 

 like Hawthorn. Berry dark blue. 



A variety, P. intermedium, (Boreau, I.e. p. 615J with peduncles 

 mostly two or three-flowered (sometimes four-flowered), branched 

 about the middle or a little below it. Whole plant usually larger 

 and stouter than in the true form, the leaves commonly broader, 

 closer together, and rather thicker in texture. I have observed in 

 woods at Collet's Bottom, Colerne Park, Call Wood and Beck-hill 

 Wood, near Biddestone (District 4y . Additional localities for P. 

 officinale, (AH.) and P. intermedium, (Boreau) would be desirable, more 

 especially when accompanied by specimens of the respective plants. 

 Ruscus, (Linn.) Butcher's Broom. 

 Linn. CI. xxii. Ord. ii. 



Name. Anciently bruscus ; from beuskelen, Celtic, meaning box- 

 holly. 



1. R. aculeatus, (Linn.) prickly Butcher's Broom. Aculens is 

 Latin for a prickle. Engl. Bot. t. 5G0. Reich Lcones, x. 437. 

 Locality. Bushy, heathy places and woods, especially in a 



