By Thomas Bruges Flower, Esq. 



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Locality. Banks and dry waste ground. P. Fl. August, September. 

 Area, 1. * 3. * 5. 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Hedge-rows near the road from Downton 

 to Salisbury," Dr. Maton. Nat. Hist. Wilts. 



3. South-ivest District, " Hedge-rows between Downton and 

 Charlton, not common," Major Smith. "Near Corsley," Miss 

 Griffith. 



North Division. 



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



A rare plant in Wilts, although it may occasionally be found 

 in abundance at particular localities. Whole plant hoary, with a 

 white thick pubescence, or wooliness. Leaves orbicular, soft, and 

 much wrinkled. Flowers in dense whorls or clusters, small, of a 

 dirty white. Smell aromatic, flavour bitter. 



Teucrium (Linn.) Germander. 

 Linn. CI. xiv., Ord. i. 



Named from an ancient King of Troy, called Teucer, who is 

 said to have first employed this plant medicinally. 



1. T. Scorodonia, (Linn.) garlick Germander or "Wood Sage. 

 (Shorodon) is the Greek for garlick, which this plant somewhat 

 resembles in odour. Engl. Bot. t. 1543. 



Locality. Woods and dry stony places. P. Fl. July, August. 

 Area 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



Distributed more or less throughout all the Districts. Leaves very 

 much wrinkled, ovate or lanceolate, with glandular resinous 

 mealiness beneath. Floivers yellowish white. Stamens purplish 

 red. The whole plant is extremely bitter, and has been sometimes 

 substituted for hops. 



Ajtjga, (Linn.) Bugle. 

 Linn. CI. xiv. Ord. i. 



Named from the Latin word (abigo), to drive away, in allusion to 

 its remedial qualities. Bugle may refer to the tubular, trumpet, 

 or hugle-hom shaped flowers. 



