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Thyine-leaved Sandwort (Arenaria serpyllifolia), witli 

 its acute ovate leaves and rigid stem, from the fork- 

 ings of which the flowers grow, is common on walls. 

 The Fine-leaved Sandwort (Arenaria tenufolia) is a 

 remarkably slender plant, fond of a sandy soil. The 

 Purple Sandwort (Arenaria eulorci) has reddish 

 flowers, much-branched stem, and spreading habit of 

 growth. 



At the foot and sometimes on the top of the wall 

 the common Pellitory (Parieiaria officinalis) may be 

 found. Its dark green oval leaves, red brittle stems, 

 and small pinkish- green flowers, between the stem and 

 leaf, distinguish it. Its warm astringent nature made 

 it in request for toothache, and its salivating pro- 

 perties, from the nitre it contains, added to its value 

 amongst sovereign herbs. It flowers during the 

 summer. 



The Ivy-leaved Lettuce (Lactuca muralis) may be 

 found starting from the joints of the ruined wall, or 

 towering its slender head and loose clusters of yellow 

 rayed blossoms at the summit. It is a common plant 

 at Kenilworth, and so is the Dyer's Weed (Reseda 

 luteola), the Dyer's Socket, yellow weed or weld. It 

 sometimes rears its tall racemes on dry banks, where 



