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| CARYOPHYLLEE. oe. 
SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS. SOARWORT. 
SYNONYMA. Saponaria. Pharm. Dale. 230. Rutty. 463. 
Lewis. §84. Edinb. New Difpenf. 277. Murray. iii. 505. Bergius. 
369. Hall. Hift. Helv. n. 980. Saponaria major levis. Baub. 
Pin. 206. Gerard. Emac. 444. Saponaria vulgaris. Park. 641. 
Ray. Hift.999. Lychnis Saponaria didta. Ray. Synop. 339. S. 
officinalis. Hud/: Ang. 183. With. Bot. Arr. 438. Ic. Flor. Dan. 
543. Flor. Lond. cis oe ee of geet 
Decandria Digynia. | Lin. Gen. Plant. 564. “ 
Gen. Ch. . Cal. 1-phyllus nudus. Petala 5» ungui cula ae Caps. 
oblonga, 1-locularis. — Beh ace ae 
Sp. Ch. &. calyc. cylindricis, fol, ovato-lanceolatis, . 
ROOT perennial, fpreading, widely branched, covered with a 
reddifh cuticle. Stalks about a foot in height, ere, firm, round, — 
jointed, fending off oppofite branches. Leaves oval, entire, pointed, 
connate, furnifhed with three ribs. ° Flowers numerous, terminal, of 
a pale flefh or white colour. Calyx oy! eae ys 
at the apex into five pointed teéth.. Corolla compofed of five petals, 
which are furnifhed with long angular claws: the limb is inverfely 
heart-fhaped, and at its bafe fupplied with two ne@arious teeth, 
placed in the centre. Filaments ten, tapering, longer than the calyx, ~ 
furnifhed with oblong anthere. Germen oblong, befet with tranf- 
verfe ruge. Styles two, tapering, white. Stigmata fimple. Capfule 
one-celled, containing numerous black kidney-fhaped feeds. . 
It is a native of England, affecting moift fituations, and flowerin o 
in July and Auguft. Gan. ee : 
A double-flowered variety of this plant is not unfrequently met 
with in gardens. ees ; 
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