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Saponaria (L.). Soapwort. 
S. officinalis (L.). Fig. 79. Soapwort. Denizen. P. VIII. 
Banks, &c., generally near dwellings. Occasional. 
L. About Crosby, Formby, and Southport (D.) Railway 
banks near Hightown Station (h.s.f. ; f.m.w.). 
C. Bidston (H.). About Hoylake (D.). Meols ; Heswall 
(Mrs. s. B. : Miss c. g.). Wall at Prenton Hall (h.s.f.; f.p.m.) ; 
there in 1901. Hedgebank in Lingdale Lane, Claughton 
(f.m.w.) ; destroyed in 1900. Near the Hill Houses, West 
Kirby (f.m.w.). Leasowe (Dr. g.). Wayside near Frodsham 
(J.F.R.). 
b. puberula ( Syme ). Pubescent Soapwort. 
L. 1873, a little inland of Hightown Station ; Hedgebank at 
Ainsdale ; Hedgebank between Ince Blundell Park and 
Thornton, with partially double flowers (r.b.). 
C. 1875, roadside between Greasby and Irby Mill Hill ; 
between Barnston and Gayton Windmill; 1883, sandy cops on 
S. side of Great Meols (r.b.) ; there in 1893. 
Note. — “A curious variety, or rather monstrosity (S. hybrida, L .), has 
been found in Northamptonshire, and on the sandhills to the North of 
Liverpool, which has some of the upper leaves connate, and the corolla 
monopetalous.” — Mr. Syme, in English Botany , 3rd edition. 
S. Vaccaria (L.). Casual. 
L. 1863, in a cornfield at Crosby; in a field of barley at 
Seaforth in 1864 (t.g.). 1891, canal banks, Aintree (j.a.w.). 
C. About new roads at Claughton (Mrs. f.b.; h.s.f.). 1899, 
Birkenhead Docks (w. h. Holt). 
Silene (L.). Catchfly. 
S. Cucubalus (Wibel). Fig. 80. Bladder Campion. Native. 
P. VI-VIII. 
(S. inflat a, Smith). 
Fields and roadsides. Fairly frequent. 
C. Bidston; Hoylake; Thornton Hough; Willaston; Burton, 
&C. (Dr. G.). 
b. puberula (Syme). 
Rare. 
L. Hale Point (h.s.f.). Hall’s Lane, near the Mossponds, 
Aintree (f.m.w.). Hedge bank between Ince Station and 
Elton (r.b.). 
C. Among furze near Clatterbridge (D.). Three or four 
places between Willaston and Neston (f.m.w.). Roadside at 
Ness, and about Parkgate (r.b.). Overton (j.f.r.). 
