Ph ex. thai 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. 396. Sapon. 64S 



Saponaria officinalis. Shop sopewort. 



Calyx cylindrical, bald; leaves ovate, lanceolate. 



Lychnis Saponaria dicta, Raii Syn. 339, 6. 



Saponaria, Ger. cm. 444, 1. , 



Saponaria vulgaris, Park. 641, 



Saponaria officinalis, Lin. S. P. 584. 



Jiruisewort. 



Fields and hedges ; perennial ; August and September. 



Roots very long; slolo7ies creeping; leaves 3-ribbed, con- 

 nate; panicle many-flowered ; ^yu^er^ rose-red, odoriferous, 

 rarely double. — Plant bitter, saponaceous, lathering with 

 water, and dissolving grease ; decoction used in gonorrhoea 

 and the sequelae of syphylis, also externally in itch. 



/3. convoluta. Leaves convolute. 



Lychnis Saponaria dicta folio convoluto, Raii Syn. 339,7. 

 Gentiana concava, Ger. em. 435. 

 Saponaria Anglica folio convoluto. Park. 641. 

 Hollow-leaved sopewort. Hollow felwort, 



II. S97. DIANTHUS. Linneeus. Pink. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed ; scales 2 or 4, opposite, imbri- 

 cate at the base ; petals 5, claws as long as the calyx ; sta^ 

 mens 10 ; styles 2 ; capsules 1-celled, toothed at the tip. 



1 . Dianthus pratensis. Meadow pink* 

 Flowers aggregate, bundled; calyx-scales lanceolate, vil- 

 lous, as long as the calyx. 



Caryopliyllus latifolius barbatus minor annuus, flore minore, Raii Syn. 

 337,4. 



Caryophylhis pratensis, Ger. em. 594, 11. 



Caryophyllus pratensis nostras major and minor, Park. 1338. 



Dianthus Armeria, Lin.S. P. 586. 



Deptford pink. 



Sandy and gravelly pastures ; annual ; July and August. 



Root fusiform ; stem downy, stiff; leaves linear, keeled at 

 bottom, downy ; calyx downy ; petals serrated, red, rarely 

 white. 



2. Dianthus prolifer. Childing pink. 

 Flowers aggregate, headed; calyx-scales ovate, blunt, not 



armed, overtopping the tube. 



Caryophyllus sylvestris, prolifer, Dillen in Raii Syn, 337,5. 

 Armeria prolifera Lobelii, Ger. em. 599, 5. 

 Dianthus prolifera, Lin. S. P. 587. 

 Childing sweet-Williams. 



Sandy pastures ; annual ; July. 

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