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St. procumbent rooting much branched, seeds flat orbicular -with 

 a point on one side. — M. vi. 257. U. B. S. 2979. — ^Flowering- 

 stems 6 — ]2 in. high. Calyx-teeth ciliate at the margin, 

 sligfhtly shorter than the capsule. Fl. pale pink, sometimes 

 white, fragrant. — Old walls and ruins. P. VI. Common Pinh. 



E. 



*4. D. CaryophyTlus (L.) ; fl. solitary, cal.-scales broadly ob- 

 ovate pointed three-fourths shorter than the tube, I. ivith smooth 

 margins lineai', pet. crenate-dentate ovate glabrous, barren st. elon- 



fate procumbent branching, seeds pyriform nearly flat. — R. vi. 

 68. — Fl. -stems 12 — 18 in. high. Calyx-teeth not ciliate, 

 longer than the capsule. Fl. pink, fragrant. — Old Walls, "Kent. 

 P. VIL VIII. Clove Pinh. E. S. ? 



5. D. cce'siiis (Sm.) ; st. mostly single-flowered, cal.-scales 

 adpressed I'oundish shortly pointed three-fourths shorter than 

 the tube, I. with rough margins linear, pet. obovate m-endtely-cnt 

 bearded, barren stems long procumbent branching, seeds ovate 

 pointed at one end. — R. y\. 265. — Flowering-stem 6 — 8 in. high. 

 Fl. pale rose-colour, fragrant. — On limestone cliffs at Cheddar, 

 Som. P. VI. VII. aieddarPink. E. 



6. D. deltoides (L.) ; fl. solitary, cal.-scales usually 2 ovate 

 with a subulate point J as long as the tttbe, 1. linear-lanceo- 

 late the lower blunt rough at the edges and keel, stem-l. acute 

 and as well as the st. pvbescmt-asperous, pet. oboVate-dentate, 

 barren st. short procumbent simple (?), seeds obovate flat netted- 

 rugose. — R. vi. 26.3. — Flowering-stems 6 — 12 in. high, branched. 

 Calyx-teeth lanceolate, minutely ciliate. H. rose-coloured, 

 with a darker circle round the mouth, scentless. — 13. D. glawyus 

 (L.) ; 1. glaucous, cal.-scales usually 4, fl. nearly white with a 



nle circle. — Hilly pastures, rare. /3. King's Park, Edinburgh. 

 I.— IX. Maiden Pink. E. S. 



2. Sapona'eia Linn. Soapwort. 



1. S. officinalis (L.) ; fl. in corymbose cymes, cal. cylindrical, 

 pet. retuse crowned, 1. elliptic-lanceolate ribbed, st. erect. — R. 

 vi. 245. St. 6. 10.— St. 1—3 feet high, stout, lea,fy. Fl. flesh- 

 coloured or pale pink, large, handsome. — 13. hybrida (L.) ; some 

 of the upper 1. connate and sheathing, pet. connate. — ^Hedges 

 near villages, but probably introduced there. Banks of streams 

 on the borders of Wales. P. VIII. E. 



3. CTrtnr'BALTJS Linn. 

 [C. hacdferus (L.); st. branched spreading, 1. ovate acute, 



