134 THE WILD-FLOWERS OF SELBORNE 



cling about the splendid ruin ; on the crumbling walls, 

 as on the Castle keep, the wild wallflowers grow in 

 lavish abundance; but in still greater profusion will 

 be noticed the lesser calamint (C- Nepeta), conspicuous 

 in autumn with its delicate lilac flowers; while nest- 

 ling here and there among the fallen masonry a few 

 plants of the rare soapwort will be seen. 



