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gaterl procumbent branching, seeds pyriform nearly flat.— B. B. 

 214. R. vi. 268.— Fl. stems 12—18 in. high. Calyx teeth not 

 ciliated, longer than the capsule. Fl. pale pink, fragrant. Seeds 

 half the size of those of the preceding. — Old walls, Kent, Nor- 

 wich (?). P. VII. VIII. Clove Pink. E. S. ? 



6. D. casius (Sm.) ; st. mostly single-flowered, cal.-scales 

 adpressed ovate obtuse shortly pointed 4 times shorter than the 

 tube, I. with rough margins linear, pet. obovate crenately-cnt 

 bearded, barren stems elongated procumbent branching, seeds 

 ovate pointed at one end. — E. B. 62. R. vi. 266. — Flowering 

 stem 6 -8 in. high. Fl. pale rose-colour, fragrant. — On lime- 

 stone cUff^s at Cheddar, Som. P. VI. VII. Cheddar Pink. E. 



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

 aristate i the length of the tube, 1. linear-lanceolate the lower 

 ones obtuse rough at the edges and keel, stem-l. acute and as 

 well as the st. pubescent-scabrous, pet. obovate dentate, barren st. 

 short procumbent simple (?), seeds obovate flat reticulate-rugose. 

 —E. B. 61. R. vi. 26.1— Flowering-stems 6—12 in. high, 

 branched. Calyx teeth lanceolate, minutely ciliated. Fl. rose- 

 coloured, with a darker circle round the mouth, scentless. — /3. 

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

 with a purple circle. — Hilly pastures. (3. King's Park, Edin- 

 burgh. P. VI.— IX.. Maiden Pink. 



2. Saponaria Linn. Soapwort. 



I. S. officinalis (L.) ; fl. fasciculate-corymbose, cal. cylindrical, 

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

 1060. R. vi. 245. St. 6. 10.— St. 1—3 feet high, stout, leafy. 

 Fl. flesh-coloured or pale pink, large, handsome. — ^. hybrida 

 (L.); some of the upper 1. combined and sheathing, pet. com- 

 bined. — Hedges, mostly near villages. Banks of streams on the 

 borders of Wales. P.'VIII, 



3. CucuBALXis Linn. 



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

 cal. campanulate, pet. distant. — E. B. 1577- — Fruit fleshy. — Isle 

 of Dogs near London, scarcely native. P. VIII.] E. 



4. SiLENE Linn. Catchfly. 



1. S. anglica (L.); racemes terminal, fl. alternate, cal. hairy 

 with setaceous teeth ovate when in fruit, pet. slightly cloven or 

 entire obovate, 1. lanceolate lower ones spathulate. — E. B. 1178. 

 - — Hairy and viscid. St. simple or branched, erect. Fl. solitary, 

 secund, axillary, white or reddish. — Fr.-st. often reflexed. — ^. S. 



