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rugose.—^. B. 61. R. vi. 263.— Flowering-stems 6—12 iu. 

 high, branched. _ Calyx-teeth lanceolate, minutely ciliate. Fl. 

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

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

 white with a purple circle. — ^HHly pastures, rare. i3. King's 

 Park, Edinburgh. P. VI.— IX. Maiden Pink. E. S. 



2. Sapona'eia Linn. Soapwort. 



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

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

 erect.— £■. B. 1060. B. vi. 245. St. 6. 10.— St. 1—3 feet high, 

 stout, leafy. FL flesh-coloured or pale pink, large. Upper 1. 

 connate and sheathing. — Hedges near villages, but probably 

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

 haps indigenous. P. VIIL E. 



3. Cuctj'balus Linn. 



\_C. haccifenis (L.); st. branched spreading, 1. ovate acute, 

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

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



4. Sile'se Linn. Catehfly. 



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

 with setaceous teeth ovate when iu 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. — 0. 8. quinguevulnera (L.) ; fl. white with a 

 large crimson spot upon the disk of each usually entire petal. 

 E. B. 86. — Sandy and gravelly fields. /3. Duppas Hill, Surrey, 

 and Wrotham, Kent. A. VI.— X. English Catehfly. E. S. I. 



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

 secund with drooping trichotomous opposite 3 — T-Jlowered 

 hranches, cal. ventricose with acute teeth, pet. bifid crowned, 

 segments linear, lower 1. lanceolate-spathulate, stem-1. sessile 

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

 of the caps, reflexed.— jE. B. 466.— St. 1 J foot high. Fl. white, 

 most expanded and sweetest iu the evening. — fi. 8. paradoxa 

 (Sm.) ; rt.-l. roundly spathulate mucronate with long hafts. — 

 On limestone and chalky places. /3. Dover Cliifs. P. VI. VII. 

 Nottingham Catehfly. E. S. 



\_S. ital'ica (Pers.) ; -piihe&cerit, panicle nearly erect with oppo- 

 site trichotomous viscid branches, cal. clavate with blunt teeth, 

 pet. bifid not crovsTied, segments broad, lower 1, lanceolate spa- 

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