Mr. Winch. Near Darlington. — Essex; Wood at Purfleet ; and in a hedge 
at Laindon Hills. Gloucestersh. Somerton and Beverstone. Side of the Avon, 
by the passage at Conham near Bristol. — Hampsh. Odiham. — Kent ; Near 
Linton; Blackheath ; near Morden College. At Lyminge and Sibton: Rev. 
G. E. Smith’s PI. of S. Kent. Between the Half-way House and Gad’s Hill, 
in the way to Rochester. — Lancash. Near Blackpool. Near Southport: Mr. 
G. Crosfield. On the brink of the river below Preston. — Leicestersh. Hedges 
about orchards, &c. but not common. — Middlesex ; Near the churchyard at 
Iver. — Norfolk; Hedges by the Bungay road at Haddisco; and under a wall 
at the entrance to Lower Sheringham. — Notts ; Near the Bath at Mansfield. — 
Shropsh. By the road-side between Llanarnonerch and the new bridge. Nes- 
cliffe, on the road to Oswestry. Banks of the Severn above and below Bridge- 
north. — Somersetsh. Road-side near Burnt-house Gale Turnpike, on the Wells 
road. — Suffolk ; Westleton, Hackestow, &c. By the turnpike road atMarles- 
ford. Near Bungay, by the road to Flixton. Hedge at Beccles by Rose Hall, 
and on the Halesworlh road. — Surrey ; Between London and Dulwich. — 
Sussex; Between Storrington and Washington Common; very plentiful at 
East Bourne, and on the wide beach towards Langley Fort. — Warwickshire ; 
Hedge-bank at Dunnington, opposite Mr. Gould’s. Naturalized in a hedge at the 
S. W. corner of a field that was formerly my father’s garden, about a quarter of a 
mile from Rugby, on the road to Barby ; July 10, 1831 : W. B. — Westmoreland ; 
Banks of the Lune at Kirby Lonsdale, abundantly. — Worcestersh. Near Han- 
ley. — Yorksh. NearShipton; Collingham Moor ; Snaith ; and on the banks of 
the Swale by Topcliffe. — WALES. Anglesea ; Hedges at Llangadwalader, 
and other places. — Brecknocksh. At Llangattock, near Crickhowel. — Den- 
bighsh. Denbigh Castle, between the church and the town ; also on the left of 
the road as you enter the town of Ruthin from Denbigh.— Flintsh. Among the 
ruins and rubbish of Basingwerk Abbey. — Glamorgansh. Burrows about Ma- 
rino ; near Swansea ; and between Cardiff and Llandaff. — Montgomerysh. 
Hedges of the lane that leads from Llan Rhaiadr to Pistill Rhaiadr : Bot. 
Guide. — SCOTLAND. Road-sides between Dean and Ravelston ; near Ross- 
lyn Chapel ; banks of the Esk, above coalpits ; and side of the Mill-Lead, op- 
posite the old bridge at Musselburgh : Mr. Maughan. Cliesh Wood, Kinross- 
shire: Mr. Arnott. — Behind Burnt-Island: Mr. Neill. — IRELAND. Fields 
of Odin, above Rathfarnham : Mr. J. T. Mackay. 
Perennial. — Flowers in July, August, and September. 
Root somewhat fleshy, branching, and creeping. Plant nearly 
or quite smooth, a little succulent. Stem about 18 inches or 2 feet 
high, upright, round, leafy ; panicled in the upper part. Leaves 
sessile, opposite, egg-spear-shaped, inclining to elliptic, pointed, 
3-ribbed, entire, combined at the base. Flowers in a roundish ter- 
minal panicle, large, flesh-coloured, or pale pink, sometimes white ; 
sweet scented, on short, opposite, downy stalks, which are accom- 
panied by spear-shaped pointed bracteas Calyx somewhat downy, 
an inch long. Petals inversely heart-shaped, their claws with four 
angles, and crowned with a cloven scale. + 
A variety with double flowers has been found wild at Haughmond Abbey, 
Shrewsbury, by Dr. F.vans. — At Impington near Cambridge, by the Rev. Mr. 
Relhan. — At North Glemham, in the road to Swelling, by the Rev.G.CnABB. — 
Between Cheriton and Bramdean, Hampshire, by Dr. Pulteney. — In the road 
to Sittingbourne, Kent, and at Cornforth, Lancashire, by Dr. Martyn. — And 
on the banks of the Dodder, near Ball’s Bridge and Donnybrook, in Ireland, by 
Mr. J. T. Mackay. — This variety is frequently cultivated in gardens. 
A curious variety, with combined sheathing upper leaves, and a monopetal- 
ous corolla, was found in Northamptonshire by Gerarde ; and recently near 
Liverpool, by Dr. Bostock. 
t Whole plant bitter. Bruised and agitated with water, it raises a lather like 
soap, which washes spots out of clothes, (whence called Fuller’ s-herb). A 
decoction of it, applied externally, cures the itch. The Germans use it instead 
of sarsaparilla in syphilitic complaints. — M. Andry, of Paris, cures violent go- 
norrhaeas, by giving half an ounce of the inspissated juice daily : and with the ex- 
tract, and a decoction of the leaves and roots, M. Jurine removes ulcers, pains, 
and emaciations, which have resisted the use of mercury. Withering. 
