Silene.] CARYOPHYLLE/E. 41 



petals lanciniato-multifid, bearded ; leaves sublinear, glaucous, 

 with a rough margin. Dianthus hortensis, Schrad. Spreng. 

 Syst. v. ii. p. 379. 



I insert this on the authority of Mr. J. Drummond, who found it in 

 an old quarry near Black Rock, Cork, and on cliffs at Hop Island, 

 near Cork, and who remarks that this may be the plant mentioned by 

 Smith, in his history of the County of Cork, under the name of Dian- 

 thus Caryophyllus, as growing on an old castle near Kinsale, which is 

 now demolished, and that this pink is still to be found on old thatched 

 houses in that neighbourhood. I have only seen one specimen, sent 

 by Mr. Drummond to the late James Brodie, Esq. now in the posses- 

 sion of Mr. Stewart of Edinburgh ; but until I have an opportunity of 

 examining recent specimens, I cannot pronounce with certainty that I 

 have been right in referring it to D. plumarius, to which species the 

 Pheasant-eye Pink of the gardens belongs. 



2. SAPONARIA. Linn. Soapwort. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, naked at the base. Petals with claws 

 the length of the calyx. Stamens 10. Stigmas 2. Capsule 

 1 -celled. Named from Sapo, soap. The plant yields a mu- 

 cilaginous juice, which has been employed in lieu of that 

 useful article. Decandria Digynia. 



1. S. offidnalis, Linn. Common Soapwort. Calyx cylindri- 

 cal ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate. Br. Fl. 1. p. 199. E. Ft. v. ii, 

 p. 284. E. Bot. 1. 1060. 



Fields of Odin, above Rathfarnham, and on the banks of the Dod- 

 der, between Donnybrook and Rathfarnham, mostly with double 

 flowers. County of Clare ; Mr. Andrews. Fl. July, Aug. %. 

 One foot to one foot and a half high, with a rather stout cylindrical 

 stem. Leaves ribbed, opposite, and connate. Panicle of numerous, 

 large rose-coloured flowers. Limb of the corolla obcordate. This 

 plant makes a lather with water. 



3. SILENE. Linn. Catchffy. 



Calyx tubular, often ventricose, 5-toothed. Petals 5-clawed, 

 mostly crowned at the mouth, and the limb generally notched 

 or bifid. Caps. 3-celled, 6-toothed, many-seeded. Name, 

 supposed to arise from <nd\,ov, Saliva, in allusion to the viscid 

 moisture on the stalks of many species ; hence too, the 

 English name Catchfly. Decandria Trigynia. 



* Stems tufted, short. Peduncles single-flowered. 



1. S. acaulis, Linn. Moss Campion. Caespitose; leaves li- 

 near, ciliated at the base ; peduncles solitary, single-flowered ; 

 petals crowned, slightly notched. Br. Fl. 1. p. 201. E.Fl.v. 

 ii./>.299. E. Bot.t.WSl. 



Plentiful on the limestone cliffs of Ben Bulben and other mountains 



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