64 18. CARY0PHYLLEJ3. 



Kwangttjng : Lintin Island {Morris ex Hance). 

 Seemann says, " This is doubtless D. Caryophyllus, Linn." 



5. Dianthus superbus, Linn. Amcen. Acad. iv. p. 272 ; DC. 

 Prodr. i. p. 365 ; Ranee in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 296 ; Franchet, 

 PI. David, p. 46, et in Mem. Soc. 8c. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. 

 p. 202. 



Dianthus oreadura, Hance in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 e serie, v. p. 207. 



China, common in the northern provinces, and extending 

 southward to Kwangtung. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Europe to Mongolia, Sacbalin, and Japan. 



1. Gypsophila acutifolia, Fisch. Ilort. Qorenk. 1812, p. 59 ; 

 DC. Prodr. i. p. 353 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. p. 540 ; Begel in Badd. 

 Beise, i. p. 294 (var. chinensis) ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 47 ; De- 

 beaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 29 ; Bohrb. in Linn&a, xxxvi. p. 674. 



North China, without locality (Tatarinow !) ; Chihli : Jehol 

 (David, 2097 !) ; Shantung : Chefoo (ex Debeaux) ; Kansuh : 

 south of the Hoangho (Piasezhi, Maximowicz MSS.). Herb, 

 Kew. 



Caucasus eastward through Siberia. 



2. Gypsophila Oldhamiana, Miq. in Ann. Mm. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 

 iii. p. 187; Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 351 ; Bohrb. in Linncea, xxxvi. p. 675. 



Shingking : Chienshau (Boss, 258 !) ; Shantung : Chefoo (hb. 

 Forbes !) ; Corean Archipelago : Kuper Harbour (Oldham, 76 !). 

 Herb. Kew. 



1. Saponaria Vaccaria, Linn. Sp. PI ed. 1, p. 409 ; DC. Prodr. 

 i. p. 365; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 225, et 1883, p. 296; 

 Maxim. Fl. As. Or. Fragm. p. 6 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 47. 



North China, common. Herb. Kew. 



A weed of cultivation, ranging from south-western Europe to 

 North-western India, and through Siberia to Japau. 



1. Silene aprica, Turcz. in Fisch. et Meg. Lnd. Sem. Hort. 

 Petrop. p. 38, et Fl, Baical-Dahur. i. p. 209 ; Baker et S. Moore 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 380; Bohrb. in Linncea, xxxvi. 

 p. 684 (sensu latiore). 



Silene Oldhamiana, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. iii. p. 187 ; 

 Hance in Journ. Bot. 18/9, p. 8. 



