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Sp. 4 and 5 vary in colour from red to white and white to red. — 

 Damp hedgebanka. P. V. VI. Red Campion. E. S. I. 



Cal. with long leaf like narrow lobes exceeding the petals. 



6. L. Glthdgo (Lam.) ; pet. entire or emarginate crownless, 

 calyx-teeth longer than the tube exceeding the petals, fl. solitary 

 upon long stalks.^^g'rosiemma L. St. 5 — 6.— FI. large, purple. 

 St._ dichotomous, 2 — 3 feet high. Cal. coriaceous, ribbed, with 

 5 linear-lanceolate constantly erect-patent very long segments. 

 Styles downy. Caps. 5-toothed. — Oom-iields. A. VI. — VIII. 

 Co}-n CocMe. E. S. I. 



Suborder II. Alsinece. 



6. Buffo 'nia Linn. 



[B. minua (DC); "st. loosely panicled from the base, 

 branches spreading short firm, striae on the calyx straight 

 parallel, caps, scarcely equalling the calyx, 1. subulate spreading 

 at the base. ' HC. — B. temiifolia Sm.-^aid to have been found 

 near Boston, Line, and on Hounslow Heath. A. VI.] E. 



7. Sagi'na Linn. Pearlwort. 



* Sep., stam., styles and valves of caps. 4; pet. very small 

 or wanting. 



1. S. procum'bens (L.) ; branches long procumbent from a 

 central rosette, I. linear aiimed, sep. blunt slightly shorter than 

 the capsule, apex of the ped. reflexed after flowering idtimately 

 erect. — R. v. 201. St. 30. 3. — -Glabrous. Central st. never 

 lengthening nor flowering; branches axillary, often rooting, 

 usually with fasciculate leaves. Pet. blunt, often wanting. A 

 fifth part is occasionally added to the fl. in which case it is di- 

 stinguished from S. saxatilis by its cal. spreading when in fruit 

 and styles reflexed during flowering. A fleshy maritime form 

 is S. m,aritima (Gren.). — 0. spinosa (Gibs.) ; 1. longer and nar- 

 rower very minutely spinose-ciliate on the edges. — Waste 

 groimd. P. v.— IS. E. S. I. 



2. S. apet'ala (L.) ; st. and branches ascending, Z. linear owned, 

 Sep. blunt shorter than the capsule hooded ultimately spreading 

 in the form of a cross, ped. always erect. — R. v. 200. — Centi'al 

 st. lengthening flowering and together with the branches erect, 

 never rooting ; upper part of St., ped., and cal. often bearing 

 glandular hairs. Pet. very minute, inversely wedgeshaped and 

 truncate. Caps, conical-ovate, subpeltate below, stalked.— 



