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branched. Calyx teeth lanceolate, minutely ciliated. Fi. rose- 
coloured, with a darker circle round the mouth, scentless.—/. 
D. glaucus (L.); 1. glaucous, cal.-scales usually 4, fl. nearly white 
with a purple circle.—Hilly pastures. 8. King’s Park, Edin- 
burgh. P. VI—IX. Maiden Pink. 
2. Saponaria Linn. 
1. S. officinalis (L.) ; fl. fasciculate-corymbose, cal. cylimdrical, 
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.—8. hybrida 
(L.); some of the upper 1. combined and sheathing, pet. com- 
pined.—Hedges, mostly near villages. Banks of streams on the 
borders of Wales. P. VIII. Soapwort. 
3. CucusBaLus Linn. 
(1. C. bacciferus (L.); st. branched spreading, 1. ovate acute, 
cal. campanulate, pet. distant.— HE. B.1577.—Fruit fleshy.—Isle 
of Dogs near London, scarcely native. P. VIII.] 
4, Strene Linn. 
1. S. anglica (L.); racemes terminal, fl. alternate, cal. hairy 
with setaceous teeth ovate when in fruit, pet. slightly cloven or 
entire obovate, |. lanceolate lower ones spathulate—E. B. 1178. 
—Hairy and viscid. St. simple or branched, erect. _F. solitary, 
secund, axillary, white or reddish.—. autumnalis (Bromf.); st. 
elongated diffuse, fr.-st. finally reflexed—y. S. quinquevulnera 
(L.); fl. white with a large crimson spot upon the disk of each 
usually entire petal. 2. B. 86.—Sandy and gravelly fields. 8. 
Duppas Hill, Swrey, and Wrotham, Kent. A. VI—X. En- 
glish Catchfly. 
2. S. nutans (L.); pubescent, glandular-viscid above, panicle 
secund with drooping trichotomous opposite 3—7-flowered 
branches, cal. ventricose with acute teeth, pet. bifid crowned, 
segments linear, lower 1. spathulate, stem-l. sessile lanceolate, 
teeth of the caps. reflexed— E. B.465.—St. 1} foot high. Car- 
pophore scarcely half as long as the capsule. Fi. white, most 
expanded and sweetest in the evening.—8. S. paradoxa (Sm.) ; |. 
broader.—On limestone and chalky places. 8. Dover Cliffs. P. 
VI. VII. Nottingham Catehfly. E. 8. 
(3. S. italica (Pers.); pubescent, panicle nearly erect with op- 
posite trichotomous viscid branches, cal. long clavate with obtuse 
teeth, pet. bifid not crowned, segments broad, lower 1. lanceolate- 
spathulate, stem-l. linear-lanceolate, teeth of the capsule reflexed 
(2).—S. patens (Peete) E. B. S. 2748.—St. about 2 feet high. 
