370 
DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Class X. 
6123 Steveni Fisch. 
6124 repens L. 
6125dubia W. 
6126 prostrata L. 
6127 muralis L. 
Steven's 
creeping 
doubtful 
trailing 
wall 
2 jl.au 
ijl.s 
1 my.s 
1 jls 
5 jn.o 
W 
St 
w 
w 
F 
Iberia 
Siberia 
1815. 
Siberia 1759. 
Germany 1739. 
1822. D CO 
1774. D p.l Bot. mag. 1448 
D p.l 
D p.l 
D s.l 
Bot. mag. 1281 
La. ill. t. 375. f. 1 
6128 Sax'ifraga L. 
(3 rigida Dec. 
1045. SAPONA'RIA. 
6129 officinalis IV. 
,3 plena 
6130 vaccaria W. 
6131 porrigens W. 
6132 ocymoides W. 
6133 orientalis W. 
61341utea W. 
small 
rigid 
W. SOAPWORT, 
common 
double-flower. 
perfoliate 
hairy 
Basil-leaved 
small-annual 
yellow 
f jl.au 
i jn.au 
Pk 
Pk 
Germany 1774. 
France 1769. 
Caryophyllece. Sp. 6 — 17 
D p.l Ex, bot. 2. t. 90 
D s.l 
2 jI.o 
2 jl.o 
2 jl.au 
1 jl.au 
i my.j! 
1 jn.au 
I jn.au 
'k 
Pk 
Pk 
Pk 
R 
Pk 
Y 
England hed, D co Eng. bot. 1060 
D CO 
Germany 1596. S s.l 
Levant 1680. S s.l J. vind. 2. 1. 109 
France 1768. R s.p Bot. mag. 154 
Levant 1732. R s.p Di. el.t.l67. f.204 
Switzerl. 1804. R s.p Smith spic. t. 5 
1046. DIANTHUS. W. Pink. 
6135 prolifer L. proliferous 
6136 diminutus L. small-flowered 
Caryophyllece. Sp. QQ—US. 
O pr f jl.au Pk England gra.pa. S p.l Eng. bot. 956 
O pr i \\ Pk S. Europe 1771. S p.l 
6137 armeria L. Deptford O or 1 jl.s R 
6138 pseud-armeria Bieb. false Deptford A or 1 jl.au Pu 
6139 discolor Sims. two-colored £ A or 1 jn.s Pu 
6140 barbatus L. 
6141 latifolius W. 
6142 japonicus Thunh. 
6143 cephalotes Ser. 
6144 capitatus Hec. 
61-15 polymorph us Bieb. 
/3 diutinus Lk. 
6146 ferrugi'neus i. 
6147 Carthusianorum L 
6148 atrorubens All. 
6149 arboreus L. 
6150 fruticosus L.. 
6151 sufFruticosus W. 
6152 carolinianus Walt. 
Sweet-William £ A 
broad-leaved ^ A 
Japanese 
headed 
capitate 
variable 
rusty 
Carthusian 
dark-red 
tree 
fleshy-leaved 
shrubby 
Carolina 
le .AJ or 
j£ A or 
j£ A or 
± A or 
£ O) or 
A or 
£ A or 
tt- __j or 
41. I or 
tt- I or 
Al or 
li jn.jl 
liJl.s 
1 jn.o 
IJ jn.o 
1? jn.o 
1 jn.o 
Pk 
Pk 
Pk 
Pk 
Pu 
R 
1| jl.s Br 
1^ jl.au R 
1 jl.s Cr 
\\ jn.au Pk 
li jn.s Pk 
1| jn.jl Pk 
1 jn.s Pu 
England gra.pa. S p.l Eng. bot. 317 
Crimea 1820. C p.l Bot. mag. 2288 
Caucasus 1803. C s.l Bot. mag. 1162 
Germany 1573. 
China 1804. 
1823. 
Caucasus 1822. 
Crimea 1822. 
Italy 1756. 
Germany 1573. 
Italy 1802. 
Greece 1820. 
Greece 1815. 
Siberia 1804. 
N. Amer. 1811. 
C r.m Bot. mag. 207 
C s.l Sw. fl. gard. 2 
C p.l Thunb. jap. t. 23 
C p.l 
C p.l 
C p.l 
pi Mi.ic.l.t.81.f.l 
s.l Loes. pruss. t. 7 
s.l Jac. ic. 3. t. 467 
s.l Bot. cab. 459 
r.m Tourn. it. 1. t. 9 
p.l 
r.m 
6153asper W. 
6154comnus W.&;K. 
6155 campestris Bieb. 
6156mtidus W.^K. 
6157 difFiisus Sibth. 
6158hir'tus Vill. 
6159guttatus Bieb. 
6160 versicolor Fisch. 
6161 pratensis Bieb. 
6162 chinensis L. 
6124 
rough-stalked 
hill 
field 
shining 
diffuse 
hairy 
rough-leaved 
changeable 
meadow 
China 
Pk 
Switzerl. 
1822. 
C 
s.l 
W 
Hungary 1800. 
c 
s.l 
W.R 
Tauria 
1815. 
c 
s.l 
R 
Carpath. 
1822. 
c 
s.l 
R 
Cyprus 
1820. 
c 
s.l 
R 
France 
1821. 
c 
S.1 
R 
Caucasus 
1816. 
c 
s.l 
R.Y 
Russia 
1823. 
c 
S.l 
W.Y 
Crimea 
1820. 
c 
s.l 
R 
China 
1713. 
s 
r.m 
Par. lond. 62 
Bot. mag. 1876 
(il37 6131 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
Some of the species are fine border plants, but the greater part are of little beauty, and only grown in botanic 
gardens. 
1045. Saponaria. In allusion to its mucilaginous sap, which is said to be fit for supplying the place of soap, 
sapo. S. officinalis plena is considered a border flower, but is inconvenient unless kept in pots, from its spread- 
ing very much by the roots, which are underground creepers, like those of couch. The leaves form a lather 
with soap, and take out spots of grease in the same manner. The whole plant is bitter, and was formerly used 
to cure the itch and the venereal disease. 
1046. Dianthus. Ato? avB-og, the flower of God, or divine flower ; so named on account of its pre-eminent 
beauty. Most of the species of this genus are highly valued, not only for the beauty of their flowers, but also 
as being evergreens ; their foliage during winter being as abundant and vivid as in summer. The fragrance 
of some of the species is peculiarly grateful, and no plant in this respect surpasses the carnation. D. barbatus 
is an old inhabitant of the flower garden, and was much esteemed in Gerarde's time " for its beauty to deck 
up the bosoms of the beautiful, and garlands and crowns for pleasure." The varieties arc numerous, but as the 
plant has never been treated by florists as a leading flower, they have not been named or improved. A hybrid 
variety called the Mule, or Fairchild's Sweet- William, is supposed to have been produced from seeds of the 
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