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The Flora of Wiltshire. 



Locality. In woods and thickets especially on a clay or loamy 

 soil A. Fl. June, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



In all the Districts bat sparingly in District 2. Stem one foot or 

 more high, slender, with straggling branches. Corolla pale yellow, 

 sometimes tinged with purple towards the base ; lips orange or 

 deep yellow. Whole plant turns black in drying. 



Pedicularis, (Linn.) Lousewort. 

 Linn. CI. xiv. Ord. ii. 



Name — derived from its supposed property of producing the lousy 

 disease in sheep that feed upon it ; a malady which rather arises 

 from the wet pastures where such plants grow. 



1. P. palustris, (Linn.) marsh Lousewort, Red Rattle. EngL 

 Bot. t. 399. 



Locality. Marshy and boggy places. A. Fl. May, July. Area, 

 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Near Salisbury," Mr. James Hussey. 

 " Amesbury," Dr. Southby. 



2. South Middle District, "Stratford Marsh," Dr. Maton. Nat. 

 Eist. Wilts. 



3. South-west District, " Marshy ground about West Harnham," 

 Major Smith. " Warminster," Mr. Wheeler. 



North Division. 



4. North-west District, In a bog between Wraxhall and the 

 Horse and Jockey, Kingsdown. " Pond on Bowden Hill and 

 Spye Park," Dr. R. C. Prior. Flor. Bath. 



5. North-east District, " Great Bedwyn," Mr. William Bartlett. 

 Not so common in the County as the following species Stem 1 



foot high, branched throughout. Calyx slightly hairy on the out- 

 side, nearly glabrous within, not inflated, spotted. Floivers large, 

 crimson, almost sessile in the axils of the upper leaves. 



2. P. sylvatica, (Linn.) Pasture Lousewort. Engl. Bot. t. 400. 

 St, 13, 14. 



Locality. Moist pastures and heaths. A. Fl. May, August. 

 Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



