204 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



glabrous^ simple or nearly so ; leaves few, narrow, ere3t 

 flowers small, in compact ovoid, terminal heads. Gravelly 

 pastures. Fl. July. 



D. Armeria: annual; stems about one foot high, erect, 

 slightly branched, downy ; leaves herbaceous, 1-3 inches long, 

 obtuse, or the upper ones pointed ; flowers small and scentless, 

 in terminal clusters, pink with white dots, the petals crenate on 

 the edge. — Gravelly pastures, rare. Fl. July, August. 



** Flowers few, distinct, the scales much shorter than the calyx. 



D. d^ltoides : diff'use, leafy, tufted, the flowering stems 

 ascending, \-\ foot long, usually forked above the middle; 

 leaves seldom half an inch long, green, glabrous, obtuse, or 

 the upper ones scarcely pointed; flowers scentless, pink or 

 spotted with white, solitary or two together, on short pedun- 

 cles; calyx-scales half the length of the tube. — Banks and 

 open pastures. Fl. July to October. 



D. plmnarius : tufted ; leaves linear- subulate, glaucous, 

 crowded together on radical shoots ; stem ^-1 foot high, 2-5- 

 flowered, the flowers solitary, pale pink, rarely white, fragrant, 

 the petals deeply digitate-multifid ; calyx-scales four times 

 shorter than the tube. — Established here and there on old 

 walls and ruins. Fl. June. 



The Cheddar Pink (D. casiits) and the Clove Pink (D. Ga- 

 ry ophyllus) , the first smaller, the second larger than D. plu- 

 marius, occur sometimes in similar situations. 



(46) Silene. Catch fly. 



* Leaves smooth. 



S. acaulis : dense moss-like tufts, often many inches in dia- 

 meter, much branched, the very short branches crowned by 

 dense spreading clusters of short, linear, glabrous leaves; 



