204 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



glabrous, simple or nearly so ; leaves few, narrow, ere 'it 

 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. deitoides : diffuse, 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. plumarius : tufted ; leaves linear- subulate, glaucous, 

 crowded together on radical shoots ; stem -J--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. casius] 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; 



