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This plant is rapidly disappearing from the various stations in the 

 county, partly from drainage operations, but more especially 

 from the greediness of collectors and would-be cultivators. 

 POLYGALACE^. 

 POLYGALA. 

 P. vulgaris, Linn. Milkwort. 



Native : On banks, heaths, and heathy way-sides. Common. May 

 to September. 

 I. Vars. flare aXbol and flore carneo ! Coleshill Heath, Bree, Purt., ill., 

 .171 : Coleshill Bog, Iek. Anal., 18o7 ; Sutton Park ; canal bank, 

 Catherine Bridge, near Solibull ; lane by Shellv Coppice ; near 

 Berkswell Hall, Ac. 

 II. Canal bank and field between Bearley and Wilmcote ; with 

 purple flowers in the Alcester and Stratford Road, near 

 Alcester ; on the turnpike road from Warwick to Stratford. 

 Var. c. oxyptera, Reich. Very rare. 

 Near Houington Hall, Sbipston-on-Stour. F. Town-send. 

 Var. b. depressa, Wender. Common on heaths and heathy foot- 

 ways. 

 I. Sutton Park, white, purple, and blue varieties ; Coleshill Heath ; 

 Ballards Green, near Arley ; Arley "Wood. 

 II. Yarningale Common, Kenilworth Heath, &c. 



CARYOPHYLLACE^E. 

 DIANTHUS. 

 D. Armeria, Linn. Deptford Pink. 



Native : In cultivated fields and on banks. A T ery rare. July. 

 II. On a hedge-bank leading from Coughton Fields to Great Alne, 

 Ac, Purt., i., 208; Hampton-on-the-Hill, Perry, 1817: IL-rh. 

 Brit. Mus., H. B., 1866; by the side of the road from Warwick 

 to Norton Lindsay. Perry, Fl. 10: Sherbourne, Dr. Bala p. 

 D. deltoides. Linn. Occurs in a semi-wild state in the Oscott College 

 grounds, very sparingly now, but formerly abundant. Rev. 

 J. C. ; Roman Camp, near Chesterton. Spec. Herl>.. Perry. 



SAPONARIA. 

 S. officinalis, Linn. Soapicort. 



Denizen or alien : On banks and roadsides. Very rare. July, 

 August . 

 I. Moxhall, J. P.. 31. S. note Bot. Guide. 

 II. Hedge-bank at Dunnington, Purt., i., 208 ; Harboro' Magna, Rev. 

 A. Blox. 

 Var. b. hybrida, Mill. Beausale Common, II. B. 

 S. vaccaria, Linn. Occurred sparingly on the new railway banks in 

 Sutton Park, 1877. It is also found on the borders of fields 

 near Waverley Wood, abundantly. Herb., Perry, II. !>.. 1^7'i. 



SILENE. 

 S. inflata, Smith. Bladder Campion. 



Native : On dry banks in sandy soils. Rather common. June to 



August. 

 More or less abundant through the county, but often missing over 

 wide areas. A form, with slightly pubescent lanceolate leaves, 

 occurs near Bannersley Pool. 

 Var b. puberula is found in hedges at Morton Morrell, //. B. 

 S. anglica, Linn. English Oatchfly. 



Native : On railway banks. Rare. June, July. 



