By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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found in lanes between Downton and Charlton, (South-west District) 

 by Dr. Maton, Nat. Hid. Wilts. It would be desirable to have 

 this station again verified, as it at present rests on old authority. 

 I have never seen this species in a locality which could be considered 

 truly wild. 



Digitalis, (Linn.) Foxglove. 

 Linn. CI. xiv. Ord. ii. 



Name. From digitus, & finger; its flowers resembling the finger 

 of a glove, (and hence sometimes called finger-flower) ; so named 

 by Fuchsius, after its German designation. 



1. D. purpurea, (Linn.) purple Foxglove. Engl. Bot. t. 

 1297. 



Locality. Hedge-banks, woods, and sides of hills, on a gravelly 

 or sandy soil. B. Fl. June August. Area 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, " In birch woods near Winterslow, and by 

 the side of the hill, leading from Downton to Redlynch," Dr. 

 Maton, Nat. Hist. Wilts. " Plentifully at Langford on the chalk 

 formation," Rev. E. Simms. 



2. South Middle District, Woods round Drew's Pond, Devizes, 

 The white variety occurs here. 



3. South-west District, In woods at Longleat and Stourton. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, Woods at Spye Park and Bo wood. "Bow- 

 den Hill/' Flor. Bath. 



5. North-east District " In the neighbourhood of Great Bedwyn," 

 Mr. William Bartlett. 



A local plant in Wilts, and occurring but sparingly in those 

 Districts recorded for it. Stem solitary, 3 or 4 feet high, downy, 

 terminating in a raceme of large pendulous flowers. Leaves downy, 

 rugged, and deeply veined. Corolla campanulate, the tube an inch 

 and a half long, of a rich purplish crimson, elegantly speckled, 

 and hairy within ; rarely white. The most stately and beautiful 

 of our herbaceous plants ; and one that has obtained great repu- 

 tation as a medicine. 



