DECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Silene. 
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Maiden Pink. Sandy meadows, pastures, and heaths. Near Nottingham ; 
on the road to Lenton in Bedfordshire. Mantham Hill not far from 
Slough, near Windsor; Hildarsham, Cambridgeshire; Bridgnorth, 
Shropshire; near G. Strickland, Westmoreland, and about Hampton 
Court Park. Ray. Dupper’s Hill, near Croydon. Hudson. Near 
Whitewood, Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire. Relhan. King’s Park, Edin¬ 
burgh. Lightfoot. Cley, Norfolk; and Cheddar Rocks, Somersetshire. 
Mr. Crowe. Near Bury, Suffolk. Mr. Woodward. Hills between Bake- 
well and Chatsworth. Mr. Whately. Sand Banks near Wolierton, Not¬ 
tinghamshire, on the road from Derby to Nottingham. Mr. Saville. 
Blackford Hill plentifully, and many other places in Scotland. Mr. Brown. 
(Between Woller and Earl; also on Ratcliff Crag, and near Belford, 
Northumberland; Fountain’s Abbey, Yorkshire. Mr. Winch. In the 
glen at Avon Farm,* * * § (near Keynsham, Somerset. Mr. Fox. E.) 
P. July—Oct.f 
(3) Stem herbaceous, single-flowered. 
D. cje'sius. Stem mostly single-flowered: scales of the calyx roundish, 
short: petals irregularly toothed, hairy: leaves rough at the 
edges. E. Bot. 
Dill. Elth. 298. 385— E. Bot. 62. 
Stem trailing, the flowering branches rising upwards. Leaves bluish green, 
soft to the touch, but finely serrated with pointed semi-transparent 
glands at the edges. Calyx scales either two or four. Petals with short 
stiffish purple hairs at the base of the limb. Flowers pale pink. 
Mountain Pink. D.virgineusf3. Linn. D. glaucus. Huds. (A very rare 
plant; growing on calcareous rocks, as those of Cheddar, Somersetshire. 
£.) P. July.J 
TRIGYNIA. 
SILENE.§ (Calyx of one leaf, tubular, often ventricose, quin- 
quedentate : Petals five, clawed : limb notched, or bifid : 
Caps, three (imperfect) cells, six-toothed, many-seeded. 
E.) 
* (Probably the site of a Roman trajectus , sepulchral urns having been discovered in 
the adjacent rock, and a ferry remaining to this day. E.) 
+ (In some parts of Hungary, this plant dried in the sun, and steeped in wine, is much 
used to cure the ague. Townson’s Travels. From this species are derived numerous 
varieties which adorn our gardens, and which, like the Rose, are so pre-eminent as to be 
used as an expression of surpassing excellence; as “ the very Pink of courtesy,” Shaks.— 
“ the Pink of puppies ”—Young : “ the Pink of the dairy,” &c. E.) 
f (This species is worthy of being introduced on ornamental rock-work ; and will some¬ 
times display itself to great advantage when merely inserted in the crevice of a wall, speedily 
assuming a pendent character to the extent of several feet, and when covered with a 
profusion of pink blossoms make a beautiful appearance for weeks together. It is easily 
propagated, and well known to the inhabitants of Cheddar, who produce the roots with 
alacrity to strangers. E.) 
§ (A name said to have been given by Linnseus in allusion to the viscidity of these plants, 
but its derivation is obscure. E.) 
