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portion of its range. Its commonest habitat, on river 

 and stream sides, is open to doubt in the case of a species 

 so largely cultivated in gardens, and known to establish 

 itself so readily in their vicinity. There is, however, 

 this to be said in favour of its indigenous character in 

 Britain : it was recorded as long ago as the time of 

 Gerarde and Ray as a wild plant on stream banks, 

 and it is known to grow in precisely similar localities 

 in countries in which it is undoubtedly native. It may 

 be provisionally admitted, therefore, as being a native of 

 Britain.] 



Saponaria Vaccaria, L. Native of oak woods in Asia 

 Minor, and a very common cornfield weed in Eastern 

 Europe and Western Asia. It is one of the most 

 frequently introduced grain aliens in Britain ; it occurs 

 here alsa as a weed of cultivated ground, possibly from 

 the use of foreign seed. 



Sileue annulata, Fenzl. A native of Eastern Europe 

 which has become established further west as a weed 

 of cultivation, and has occurred, as such, in South- 

 West England. 



Silene Armeria, L. A native of rocky woods in 

 Central and Southern Europe. It has been long in 

 cultivation, and has frequently been recorded in Britain 

 as an escape from gardens. 



Silene catholica, Ait. Recorded by Mr. Wolsey in 

 1857 as growing among trees in a park near Bury St. 

 Edmunds. It is a native of woods and bushy slopes 

 over a limited area of Southern Europe, and it has been 

 established in the Bois de Vincennes, near Paris, as 



