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Synopsis Methodica 



ofthe River Trcnt, not farfrom Ou&ky in StafFordfliire ; in 

 tbe Hedges as you go frotn Bala in Merionethfhire domn to 

 Pimble-mcar ; and in many other places. Dr. Tancred Ro- 

 binfon obfervd it neat Greenwich on the top of the Hill 

 mhere they dig Ballaft. 



GENUS Decimum Nonum* 



PentafetaU vafculifert, hoc eft y qu£ fra>ter floris calicem 

 vafculum etiam feminale obtinent. 



i. PentapetaU foliis in caule ex adverfi binis. 



§. /^Aryophylli notae chara&erifticse funt Calyx fiorisob- 



V^» longus, cylindraceus , laevis, integer, in margine 

 duntaxat fummo dentatus, vafculum itidem continens oblon- 

 gum, cylindraceum ; petala in plerifque fpeciebus incifa aut 

 laciniata ; femina comprefta rugofa, per maturitatem nigra. 



i . Caryophyllus minor repens noftras. An Virgineus Ger. ? 

 Betonica coronaria five Caryophyllata repens rubra^.B? Mai* 

 den Pinkj. By the ^pad-fides on the fandy Hill you afcend 

 gcing frem Lenton to Nottingham, flentifully : on Sandy 

 Hills in Bedfordfhire ; on Mantham Hill near Slough, about 

 a mile and half from Windfor. Found alfo by Mr. Dent 

 near Hilderfham in Cambridgefhire, on a little Hill where 

 Pur\e grows next to Juniper Hill ; and by Mr. Fr. Willugh- 

 by near Bridgenorth in Shropfhire : by Mr. Lawfon, on a 

 fandy HiU a little below Common Holm Bridge, where the 

 Water k crojfcd near Great Strickland, Weftmorland. 



Reptatrix eft, foliis peranguftis : Cauliculi duos trefve flo-i 

 res geftant rubellos cum corolla pundtorum faturatiorum cir- 

 ca umbilicum. Serius florere incipit & ad Autumnum ufque 

 perfeverat. 



i. Caryophyllus fimplex flore minore pallide rubente C. B. 

 Common Pinks. In muris lapideis & lateritiis eodem ferk 

 modo oritur quo Keiri feu Leucoium luteum. I have ob- 

 ferved it in many places ; whether originally a Native or no> 

 l cannot fay. 



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