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on old walls, would suppose it was the origin of one of the “ fairest 
flowers o’ the season,” 
“ The curious choice Clove July-flower, ” 
or Carnation of our gardens, with its endless diversity of colour and 
form ; yet such it is always considered to be. 
Mr. Leighton ( Shropsh . FI. p. 188.) gives the D. plumarius or 
common Pheasant's-eye Pink, as an inhabitant of old walls at Ludlow 
and Luflbrd, and Haughmond Abbey ; and perhaps several of the 
stations usually assigned to D. Caryophyllus belong to it : it differs 
chiefly by the leaves rough on the margin, and the petals bearded and 
more deeply cut (digitato-multifid). It is the D. plumarius DC., but 
not of Linnaeus according to Sir J. E. Smith, who does not dis- 
tinguish it from D. Caryophyllus: the hairy variety of I). Caryophyllus 
found in Kent by Doody and the Rev. G. E. Smith, belongs to it, 
but there are numerous hybrids or varieties between them. Neither 
has any pretensions to be accounted native ; and we only admit D. 
Caryophyllus because it has been (in name at least) considered a 
doubtful native for more than 150 years. 
4. D. deltoides L. ( Maiden P .) ; flowers solitary, scales of the 
calyx ovate-acuminate about half the length of the tube, leaves 
somewhat rough and downy lower ones obtuse, petals crenate 
glabrous. — a. scales of the calyx about 2. E. B. t. 61. — 
id. scales of the calyx mostly 4, petals nearly white. D. glau- 
cus L. 
Borders of fields, banks and hedges, on a gravelly or sandy soil, in 
England and Scotland, extending as far nortli as Ross-shire. About 
Edinburgh, &c., where, in the King’s Park, grows the var. j8. Tf. . 
6 — 9. — A small plant much branched even from its very base. 
Petals very beautiful, usually rose-coloured, spotted with white, with 
a white eye enclosed in a deep purple ring. Stem pubescent, scabrous. 
5. D. cce' sius Sm. (Cheddar P.) ; stems mostly single-flowered, 
scales of the calyx roundish slightly pointed about four times 
shorter than the tube, leaves scabrous at the margin, petals un- 
equally jagged bearded. E. B. t. 62. 
On limestone rocks at Cheddar, Somersetshire. If -. 6, 7. — This 
exceedingly rare plant has very glaucous foliage, and comparatively 
large flagrant goit ers, of a delicate rose-colour. 
2. Saponaria Linn. Soapwort. 
Cal. monophyllous, cylindrical, 5-toothed, without bracteas 
at the base. Pet. 5, clawed. Stum. 10, alternate ones opposite 
the petals but not adhering to their claws. Styles 2. Cups. 
oblong 1-celled, or 2-celled at the base, 4-toothed. Seeds 
globose or reniform. — Named from sapo, soap; the plant yield- 
ing a mucilaginous juice, which has been employed in place of 
that useful article. 
1, S. * officinalis L. ( common S.); leaves ovato-lanceolate, 
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