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Saponaria officinalis

noun

Plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised. Synonyms: bouncing Bess, bouncing Bet, hedge pink, soapwort.

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... found on the same plant, and even in the same panicle, with either one or two ovaries. In Helianthemum the capsule has been described as unilocular or tri-locular; and in H. mutabile, "Une lame PLUS OU MOINS LARGE, s'etend entre le pericarpe et le placenta." In the flowers of Saponaria officinalis Dr. Masters has observed instances of both marginal and free central placentation. Lastly, St. Hilaire found towards the southern extreme of the range of Gomphia oleaeformis two forms which he did not at first doubt were distinct species, but he subsequently saw them growing on the same ...

— On the Origin of Species - 6th Edition • Charles Darwin

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