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oxyptera ; both of which are given the rank of species m the Catalogue. 

 The commonest form of the hedge-banks seems to be one having the 

 capsule broader, but shorter, than the wings, and so quite between eu- 

 vulgaris and oxyptera in these features. The diflferences of depressa are 

 such as to constitute it a variety rather than a species. This has gene- 

 rally blue or white flowers. In the other they are blue, white, light or 

 dark purple. 



CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



DIANTHUS, L. 



86. D. Armeria, L. Beptford Pink. 



Native ; on dry turfy banks. Very rare. July, August. 

 0. I. In plenty on a turfy slope at Wivelscombe, occurring over 



several square yards of ground, 1878. 

 D. III. Several dozen plants on a dry tui'fy bank at King's Tamerton, 

 1878 ; seen also in 1879. 

 The recent discovery of this species at the above stations affords a 

 proof of the length of time a rather inconspicuous plant may remam 

 overlooked, even in a tract where there has been a considerable amount of 

 botanical investigation. 



First record : Briggs, 1880. 



SAPONARIA, L. 



87. S. ofBLcinalis, L. Soapviort. 



Denizen or Alien ; in waste spots, on banks about villages, &c. 

 Very rare. August to October. 

 0. I. About Crafthole ! ; Banks, FL part 5. Pillaton, on a hedge-bank 

 by a garden in the village, but with single flowers. 

 II. Bushes near the iron-railing, Barnpool ; idem. 

 D. III. Behind Mount Tamar House ! id. with double flowers here. 

 Over several yards of a sandy mound just beyond the right 

 bank of the Tavy, near Buckland Abbey, but on the opposite 

 side of the river. With double floAvers, and probably intro- 

 duced originally by the Cistercian monks, although no^v looking 

 nnich like a native species at the spot. 

 IV. Hedge near Crabtree turnpike-gate ! Banks, ih. : flowers double. 

 Shaugh ; Keys, Ft. ii. 52 : here on the border of a garden. 

 V. Sparingly on a hedge-bank close to an old house at Battisborough 

 Cross. 



First record : Banks, 1830. 



