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SHORT NOTE.
Wilts Plants.—The following are the additions to the Flora of
Wilts, of which notice has been sent to me during the past year.
Workers are few, so the list must be considered fair. Mr. E. J.
Tatum at Salisbury, Eev. W. Moyle Rogers and Mr. W. A. Clarke at
Chippenham, have been the chief workers. The liuhi and /?o«« are on
the authority of Mr. Rogers. The numbers before the localities refer
to the districts of Wilts : Thalictrum Jiavum b. ripurixun Jord.; 10,
Harnham, Tatum.
bury, Tatum. C.
Cerastium tctrandrum Curt. ; 7, Old Castle, Salis-
i/lomeratum. b. apctalum Dum. ; 4, Savernake,
Rogers. Stellaria umhrosa Opiz ; 2, Ditches near ' The Old Horse
and Jockey,' Rogers', Trifolium striatum h. erectum Lightf. ; 10,
Whaddon, Tatum. Rubus mucronatus Blox. ; S. Dinton, Tatum.
R. calvatus Blox. ; 2, Near Langley Fitsurse, Rogers d Clarke. R.
pyramidalis Kalt. ; 5, Grinstead, Tatum. R. carpini/ulius W. & N.
5, Landford, Tatum. R. sglvaticus W. & N. ; Landford, Tatum. R.
Bloxamii Lees ; 10, Downtou, Rogers d Tatum. R. anglosa.vonicus
Gelert ; 9, Compton, Tatum. Rosa tomentosa f. syhestris Lindl. ; 4,
Near Marlborough (N. H. S. Report, 1888). 7t. canina var. latebrosa
Desegl. ; 4, Forest Hill, Marlborough, F. A. Rogers. R. aspernata
Desegl. ; 2, Bowood, Clarke; Box, Rogers; 3, Broad Hiuton, F. A.
Rogers; 4, Marlborough, F. A. Rogers. Sedum Telcphium b. Faba?ia
Koch; 10, Alderbury, Tatum. Epilubium j^arvijlorum. \a,r. aprica
4, Savernake, Marshall (Journ. Bot. 1889, p. 143). Leontodon
Jiispidus \Sii'. hastilis ; 2, Near Corsham, Rogers d Clarke. Sonchus
arvensis b. glabra; 2, Chippenham, Clark. Erythrcea pulchella Fr. ;
2, Near Corsham, Rogers & Clarke (only new for N. Wilts). Polygonum
Convolvulus b. pseudo-dumetorum Wats. ; 6, Winterbourne,
Tatum, Bromiis madritensis Linn. ; 7, Specimen from " Sarum,"
in the Herb. Salisb., Tatum. Aster Xovi-Belgii is naturalized at 10,
Netherampton, Tatum; and Quidhampton, Dartnell. — T. A.
Preston.
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