Dorset; Very common on the clialkv, and especially the upland Downs. On 
Hod, and llamldedon Hills; on the Itace Down, Pimpern Down; and in Nut- 
ford Field, near lilandford: Dr. Pultenf.y, in If. G. On the East Cliff, in 
Portland Island: Uev. A. Bloxam. — Gloucestershire ; Shepscomhe Hill, 
Painswick : Mr. (). Roberts. Upper Slaughter; and on Northleaclt Downs, 
&c. : E. F. Witts, Esq. — Hants ; Flower Down, near Winchester: Dr. Pul- 
teney. Basingstoke: Dr. Maui yn. Heading Downs, Isle of Wight : Mr. J, 
Woods, jun. Chalk Cliff's on the South side of the Isle of Wight : Dr. Stokes. 
Near Alresford: Mr. W. Pamplin, jun. — In Herefordshire : N..I. Winch, 
Esq. in N. B. G. — Norfolk ; Limekiln Hill, near Shouldham : Miss Bell, in 
N. B. G. — Suffolk ; On the West side of Bury : Sir J. E. Smith. Chalk-bank 
near the Plantation of Firs on Risby Heath, &c.: SirT. G. Cullum. — Surrey ; 
South side of the chalk range between Guildford and Dorking : Mr. J. Woods, 
jun. Coulsdon : E. Wood, in N.B.G. Banstead Downs; between Dorking 
and Ranmore Common; Box Hill: N. J. Winch, Esq. — Sussex; On a hill 
by the road from Lewes to Falmer; near Portslade, on the hill towatds the 
Devil's Dyke : W. Bobrer, Esq. in B. G. On Whiteloc-k Bottom: New But. 
Guide . — In Wiltshire : W. C. Trevelyan, Esq. in N. B. G. 
Perennial. — Flowers in July. 
Root woody, branched, yellowish. Stems widely spreading, 
mostly branched, from 3 to 9 inches or more in length, angular, 
leafy. Leaves alternate, strap-shaped, somewhat succulent, rough 
edged, light green, about an inch long at most, all pointing one 
way. Racemes terminal, many-flowered, upright, generally branch- 
ed or subdivided. Pedicels alternate, upright, single-flowered, with 
3 spreading, spear-shaped bracteas undereach flower, one of which 
is much larger than the other two. Calyx with a very short tube, 
and a broadish, white, sharp-toothed border, irregularly notched 
between the segments. Stamens very short, opposite to the seg- 
ments of the calyx. Style upright, the length of the stamens. 
Stigma notched. Drupa somewhat egg-shaped, 5-angled, striated, 
bony, crowned by the inflexed calyx. 
Sir J. E. Smith observes, that the varities of Willdenow seem 
dintinct species ; especially Thesium montanum, Ehrh. Herb. 2, a 
much larger, more upright, herb, with compound, more slender, 
panicles; which is Haller’s n. 1573, and likewise Gerarde’s 
plant, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 555, taken by Ray for the English 
species. 
The Natural Order Santalace.v., consists of trees or shrubs, 
sometimes undershrubs or herbaceous plants ; with alternate, or 
nearly opposite, undivided leaves, which are sometimes minute, 
and resemble stipules. Their Jlowers are small, solitary, or in 
spikes, seldom in umbels. Their calyx is superior, 4- or 5-cleft, 
half-coloured, and valvate in the bud. The stamens, 4 or 5 in 
number, are opposite the segments of the calyx, and inserled into 
their bases. The ovary is 1 -celled, with from 2 to 4 seeds. The 
ovules are fixed to the top of a central placenta near the summit ; 
the style is simple ; and the stigma often lobed. The fruit is 
1-seeded, hard and dry, or drupaceous ; and the seed has an axile 
embryo in a fleshy albumen. 
