CARYOPHYLLEZ. 
p. 464.) flowers panicled; calyxes pyramidal, 5-angled, gla- 
brous; bracteas leafy, acute; leaves oblong-lanceolate, connate 
atthe base. ©.H. Native of the East Indies. Flowers red. 
Perhaps only a variety of S. vaccària. Petals naked. 
Perfoliate Soapwort. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1800. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
3 S. pror’ca (Schlecht. et Cham. in Linnea. 1. p. 38.) flowers 
dioecious, panicled ; calyx egg-shaped, 5-angled at the base, 
smooth ; bracteas leafy, acute ; leaves lanceolate, sessile. ©. H. 
Native of Buenos Ayres. Gypsdphila dioica, Spreng. syst. 
append. p. 178. Like S. vaccaria. Flowers reddish, on long 
peduncles. Petals naked. 
Dioecious Soapwort. FI. July, Aug. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
Sect. II. Boo'rta (evidently from the name of some bo- 
tanist). Neck. delic. gallo-belg. 1. p. 193. Flowers disposed 
in panicled bundles. Calyx terete, usually hairy. Petals crowned. 
4 S. orricina‘tis (Lin. spec. 584.) flowers disposed in 
dense panicled bundles ; calyx cylindrical, villous, yellowish ; 
appendages of petals cloven; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute or 
obtuse. 2%. H. Native of many parts of Europe by road 
sides. In Britain in meadows by river sides and under hedges. 
Smith. engl. bot. 1060. Curt. fl. lond. fasc. 2. t.29. Fl. dan. 
t. 543. Wood. suppl. t. 251. Ludw. ect. t. 170. Bootia vul- 
garis, Neck. delic. gallo-belg. 1. p. 193. Flowers either single 
or double,. of a rose or pink colour, seldom white. The 
double variety of this plant is considered a very ornamental 
border-flower, but is inconvenient unless kept in pots, from its 
spreading very much by the roots, which creep underground 
like those of couch. The leaves form a lather like soap, and 
take out spots of grease in the same manner. The whole plant 
ìs bitter, and a decoction of it was formerly used to cure the 
Itch, syphilis, and jaundice. 
Var. B, glabérrima (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 365.) 
leaves and calyxes very smooth. 
Var. y, hýbrida (Lin. spec. 584.) some of the upper leaves 
combined and sheathing, with a monopetalous corolla. 2. H. 
ative of England. Found by Gerarde in Northamptonshire 
and on sandy hills 7 miles north of Liverpool.—Mor. hist. 2. p. 
548. sect. 5. t. 22. f. 52. 
Officinal Soapwort. Fl. Jul. Oct. Engl. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
5 S. ocymor DES (Lin. spec. 585.) stems procumbent, dichoto- 
mous ; flowers in panicled bundles; calyx cylindrical, villous, 
purple, beset with glandular hairs; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
generally l-nerved. 2.H. Native of many parts of Europe, 
Particularly Switzerland, Italy, south of France and Austria on 
calcareous rocks. Jacq. fl. aust. 5. t. 23. Curt. “bot. mag. 
154. Cav. icon. 2. p- 29. t. 134. An elegant trailing plant with 
red or pink flowers, well adapted for ornamenting rock-work. 
Basil-like Soapwort. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1768. Pl. prostrate. 
6 S. Cara’srica (Guss. pl. rar. p. 164. t. 81.) root fibrous ; 
stem erect, dichotomously-branched ; leaves obovate-spatulate, 
usually l-nerved ; flowers axillary, solitary ; calyx cylindrical, 
beset with glandular villi; petals orbicular, narrowed at the 
ase; seeds tubercular, rather globose. ©. H. Native of Ca- 
abria on arid hills. Flowers beautiful rose-coloured. This 
Plant differs from S, ocymoides, which it is very much like, in 
the root being annual and the stem being erect. Leaves smooth, 
or slightly pubescent, ciliated on the margins. 
Calabrian Soapwort.. FI. May. Pl. + to 1 foot. 
T S. erurindsa (Bieb. fi. taur. 1. p. 322. cent. 2. t. 66.) stem 
erect branched; flowers panicled, in corymbose bundles ; calyx 
ong, terete, beset with glandular hairs ; leaves ovate, 3-nerved. 
A > ative of Tauria onthe mountains. Hook. bot. mag. 
: 2855. Silène armèria, Pali. ind. taur. Flowers about the 
Size of those of Siléne conoùdea. Petals minute, blood-co- 
Oured, bidentate at the top, crowned with scales in the throat. 
IV. SAPONARIA. 
397 
Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. Pl. 14 foot. 
Secr. III. Prorernra (from zporetrvw, proteino, to stretch out ; 
in allusion to the flowers standing on long peduncles). Ser. 
mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 366. Flowers solitary, axillary, 
or terminal. Petals 2-parted, usually naked. Calyx hairy, rarely 
smooth. 
8 S. po’RricENns (Lin. mant. 239.) stem erect ; branches di- 
varicating, hairy, viscid ; fowers axillary, on long stalks ; pedun- 
cles filiform ; calyx terete; fruit egg-shaped, drooping ; leaves 
lanceolate, connate. ©.H. Native of the Levant. Jacq. hort. 
vind. 2. p. 49. t. 109. Siléne pérrigens, Gouan. ill. 29. Petals 
flesh-coloured. Stamens white. 
Stretching-peduncled Soapwort. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
9 S. orenta' Lis (Lin. spec. 585.) stem dichotomous ; branches 
divaricating ; flowers axillary and terminal; peduncles stiff, 
equal in length with the flower, and are rather hispid, as well 
as terete, ovate calyx ; segments of calyx acute; leaves linear- 
spatulate. ©. H. Native of the Levant and Carniola.—Dill. 
elth. 205. t. 167. f. 204. Stems much branched at the top. 
Flowers small, purplish. 
Var. (3, glabérrima ; very smooth; branches divaricating much. 
Oriental Soapwort. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1732. Pl. } foot. 
10 S. caspirosa (Smith, fl. grec. t. 339.) plant tufted ; stems 
simple, 1-flowered, few-leaved; calyx contracted at the base, 
glabrous ; petals crowned ; leaves spatulate, tufted. 2. F. Na- 
tive of Negropont on Mount Delphi. S. Smithii, Ser. in D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 367. Flowers small, white ; anthers purple. 
Tufted Soapwort. Pl. 4 foot. 
11 S. saxa’ritis (Bory. ann. gen. 3, 1820. p. 13.) stems di- 
varicating, dichotomous ; leaves ovate-oblong, opposite, sessile ; 
peduncles very long; petals emarginate. %. H. Native of 
Spain on rocks in Sierra Nevada. 
Rock Soapwort. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
Sect. IV; Boxa’ntuus (from Bwroe, bolos, a ball, and av6oc, 
anthos, a flower ; because the flowers are collected in heads). 
Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 366. Stems and leaves tufted. 
Flowers aggregate. Calyx terete, villous. 
12 S. prostra' TA (Willd. enum. 465.) stem trailing ; branches 
ascending, short; flowers corymbose, much crowded ; calyx 
cylindrical, hairy ; leaves oblong-spatulate. %.H. Native of 
Galatia. Corolla like that of S. ocymoides, but a little smaller. 
Prostrate Soapwort. Fl. May, Aug. Pl. prostrate, long. 
13 S. arrsu‘ra (Labill. icon. pl. syr. dec. 4. t. 4. f. 2.) stems 
ascending, few-flowered ; flowers terminal, somewhat capitate, 
sessile ; calyxes 5-angled, and are hairy, as well as lanceolate 
leaves ; petals very entire. %. F. Native of the Levant. 
Flowers pink. 
Hairy Soapwort. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 to 4 foot... 
14 S. pepre’ssa (Biv. stirp. rar. manip. 2.) plant tufted ; 
flowers somewhat umbellate, stalked ; calyx very long, 5-angled, 
covered with clammy pubescence ; petals bifid, crowned with 
acute scales ; radical leaves tufted, elliptical-obovate, depressed. 
Y.F. Native of gravelly or sandy hills in the open regions of 
Mount Etna. S. cespitdsa, Biv. in Rafin. stat. gen. di. sicil. 
p. 27. Bon. t. 163. f. 1. S. Sicula, Rafin. specch. 2. p. 7. 
—Cupan. panphyt. t. 167. f. 1. Flowers terminal, large, rose- 
coloured. 
Depressed-leaved Soapwort. * PI. 4 foot. 
15 S. £'LEGANs (Lapeyr. abr. pyr. 238.) tufted ; stems almost 
naked, bearing flowers at the top; flowers somewhat umbellate ; 
calyxes cylindrical, villous, profoundly lobed; lobes acute ; 
petals emarginate at the apex, with bifid appendages in the 
throat, the lobes of which are very narrow ; leaves linear, gja- 
brous, almost all radical, hardly toothed. %.H. Native of - 
Clammy Soapwort. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1680. 
