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r' ited at one end. — E. B. 62. R. vi. 265. — nowerino;-stem 

 8 in. Mgli. Fl. pale rose-colour, fragrant. — Limestone cliffs 

 at Cheddar, Som. P. VI. "VII. Cheddar Pink. E,' 



6. 7). deltmdes (L.) ; fl. solitary, cal.-sccdes usually 2 ovate 

 with a suhulate point ^ as long as the tube, 1. linear-lanceolate 

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

 as well as the at. pubescent-asperous,Tpet. ohovate-dentate, barren 

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

 rugose. — E. B. 61. R. vi. 263. — Flowering-stems 6 — 12 in. 

 high, branched. Calyz-teeth lanceolate, minutely cihate. Fl. 

 rose-coloured, with a darker circle round the mouth, scentless. 

 — HUly pastures, rare. P. VI. — IX. Maiden Bink. E. S. 



2. Sapona'eia Linn. Soap wort. 



*1. S. offidndlis (L.) ; fl. in corymbose cymes, cal. cyhndrical, 

 pet. retuse crowned, 1. eUiptic-lanceolate ribbed glaucous, st. 

 erect.— ^. B. 1060. R. vi. 245. iSt. 6. 10.— St. 1—3 feet high, 

 stout, leafy. Fl. flesh-coloured or pale pink, large. Upper L 

 connate and sheathing. — Hedges near villages, but probably 

 introduced. Banks of streams on the borders of Wales, per- 

 haps indigenous. P. VIII. E. 



3. Cuctj'baitts Linn. 



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

 cal. beUshaped, pet. distant. — JE. B. 1577. — Fruit fleshy. — Isle 

 of Dogs near London, not native. — P. VIII.] 



4. SiLE'ifE Linn. Catchfly. 



1. 8. ang'lica (LO ; racemes terminal, fl. alternate, cal. hairy 

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

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

 — ^Hairy and viscid. St. 6 — 12 in. high, simple or branched, 

 erect. Fl. solitary, secund, axillary, white or reddish. Fr.- 

 st. often reflexed. — ^. 8. quinquemilnera (L.) ; fl. white with a 

 large crimson spot on disk of each petal. E. B. 86. — Sandy 

 and gravelly fields. About f oivms of this, see J. of B. xviii. 146. 

 A. VL— X. English Catchfy. E. S. I. 



2. 8. ndtans (L.) ; pubescent, glandular-viscid above, panicle 

 secund toith drooping trichotomous opposite 3 — 7-flowered 

 branches, cal. ventricose with acute teeth, pet. bifld crowned, 

 segments hnear, lower 1. lanceolate-spathulate, stem-l. sessile 

 lanceolate, carpophore scarcely half as long as the capsule, teeth 

 of the caps, reflexed.— -B. £. 465.— St. IJ foot high. Fl. white, 



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