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The Flora of Wiltshire. 



reclaimers of the waste, which have survived so many phases in 

 our national history, and are associated with all our old boundaries 

 parochial and manorial, but will express the conviction that among 

 the various features which give life, character and interest to our 

 native scenery, our hedge rows occupy a prominent place ? 



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By Thomas Bruges Flower, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., &c, &o. 

 No. XIII. 



ORDER. LENTIBULARIACEiE. (RICH.) 

 Pinguicula, (Linn.) Butterwort. 

 Linn. CI. ii., Ord. i. 



Name. From pinguis (Lat.) fat; in allusion to the viscid leaves ; 

 hence too the English name Butterwort. 



1. P. lusitanica, (Linn.) pale Butterwort. Engl. Bot. t. 145. 



Locality. Marshy places and wet moors. P. Fl. June, Sep- 

 tember. Area, 1. * * * 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, "Marshes on Alderbury Common," Dr. 

 Maton. Bot. Guide. 



This locality has been recently verified by Major Smith and 

 Mr. James Hussey, but the plant has now become very scarce. 

 Flowers small, pale yellowish. 



TTtricularia, (Linn.) Bladderwort. 

 Linn. CI. ii. Ord. i. 



Name. From utriculus, (Lat.) a little bottle ; in allusion to the 

 circumstance of the stem or leaves bearing little compressed 

 bladders, which, during the season of flowering, contain air, at 

 other times water : so that the flower-spikes when in bloom, are 



