CARYOPHYLLEZ. VI. Sirent. 
in large spreading panicles; calyx greatly inflated, with broad 
teeth ; petals fringed, incurved after flowering. 21. H. Native 
of Crete, Sicily, and Caucasus. Cucdbalus fimbriatus, Bieb. fi. 
taur. 1. p. 333. suppl. 303. Flowers white. 
Fringed-petalled Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1803. PI. 
2 to 4 feet. 
5 S. La'cERA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2255.) hispid ; leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, undulated, on long footstalks; calyxes greatly in- 
flated ; petals jagged, with the appendages 2-parted ; alternate 
stamens deflexed. ©? H. Native of Caucasus in the alps. 
Cucibalus lácerus, Bieb. fl. taur. 3. p. 803. Flowers white. 
Jagged-petalled Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl. 
procumbent, 14 foot long. . 
6 S. sTELLA' TA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 84.) stems erect, branched, 
pubescent; leaves 4 in a whorl, lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous; 
flowers panicled; calyxes bladdery, pubescent; petals fringed. 
Y.H. Native of North America on hills and in shady woods 
from New England to Virginia and in Canada. Sims, bot. mag. 
1107. Flowers white, without a crown. 
Stellate-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1696. Pl. 1 
to Ji foot. 
* Petals bifid. 
7T S. Coutreria'na (Otth. mss. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 368.) 
very smooth; stem branched; leaves small, linear-lanceolate ; 
flowers in spreading panicles ; those flowers in the forks of the 
panicle are on very long stalks; calyx somewhat spherical, 
greatly inflated ; petals with the claws wedge-shaped, and with 
the limb 2-parted, into broad, somewhat truncate lobes. 2? H. 
Native of Iberia and about Constantinople. Flowers white. 
Coulter’s Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
8 S. INFLA'TA (Smith, fl. brit. 467.) stems branched ; flowers 
panicled ; calyx bladdery ; petals bifid, naked ; claws of petals 
wedge-shaped; styles very long. 2%.H. Native very com- 
mon throughout Europe. Common in Britain in fields, pastures, 
and by way-sides. Fl. græc. 293. Cucùbalis Bèhen, Lin. spec. 
591. Smith. engl. bot. t. 164. Fl. dan. 914, Bull. fr. t. 321. 
Flowers white, drooping. Plant glaucous. 
Ve ar. a, vulgàris (Otth. mss.) smooth ; leaves lanceolate. 
ar. 2, hirsùta (Smith, engl. fl. 2. p. 291.) hairy; leaves 
broad, lanceolate. Near Cromer, Norfolk, and near Edinburgh. 
_ Var. y, angustifolia (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 741.) smooth; leaves 
linear, Cucùbalus angustifòlius, Schrank. hort. monac. t. 83. 
Ten. fl. nap. t. 37. 
Var. ò, rùbra (Ram. pyr. ined.) petals purple. In the Py- 
renees and the Alps about Bern in Switzerland. 
Var. e, viridiflora (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p- 747.) calyx leafy, pro- 
foundly 5-lobed ; petals half abortive, green. Cucùbalus viridis, 
Lam. dict. 2. p. 221. 
Var. č, castràta (Lapeyr. abr. pyr. 247.) unisexual ; petals 
abortive. In humid meadows of the Pyrenees. 
Var. n, uniflora (Otth, mss.) humble, glabrous ; flowers soli- 
tary, rarely in twos or threes. In the Alps. S. uniflòra, Roth. 
cat. 1. p. 52. This is probably a variety of S. maritima. 
This species may be used as a substitute for asparagus or green 
peas, the young shoots having the flavour of both. They ought 
to be gathered when about two inches long, and the more they 
are blanched the better. Bryant (Fl. Dietetica) says its culture 
would well reward the gardener’s trouble. In Gothland they 
apply the herb externally in erysipelous eruptions. The leaves 
oiled have also somewhat the flavour of peas, and proved of 
Breat use to the inhabitants of Minorca in 1685, when a swarm 
of locusts had destroyed the harvest. 
Inflated or Bladder Catchfly. Fl. July. Brit. Pl.4 to 3 ft. 
S. maritima (With. 414.) root creeping ; stems. prostrate, 
ranched; flowers slightly panicled, or solitary, terminal ; ca- 
399 
lyxes bladdery ; petals bifid; with a bifid scale at the base of 
each at the throat ; claws of petals wedge-shaped ; styles occa- 
sionally 4 or 5; leaves lanceolate. 2%. H. Native of many 
parts of Europe on the sandy and stony sea-coast, as well as in 
the beds of alpine torrents in Britain. Smith, engl. bot. 957. 
S. amee'na, Huds. 188. S. inflata 8, Hook. scot. 135. ò. D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 368. Cuctbalus Béhen (, Lin. spec. 591. Fl. dan. 
857. Plant glaucous. Stems prostrate. Flowers white, larger 
than those of S. inflata. 
Var. B, major ; plant larger. 
Sea Campion or Catchfly. Fl. July, Sept. Brit. Pl. } to 4 ft. 
10 S. raBa'ria (Willd. spec. 2. p. 685. Smith, fl. gree. 315.) 
smooth, glaucous; stems erect, dichotomous ; flowers in race- 
mose fascicles; calyx bladdery; petals 2-parted, narrowed, with 
2-parted, emarginate appendages; leaves obovate, fleshy, acute. 
4%. H. Native of Sicily and the Grecian islands. Cucdbalus 
fabarius, Thore, chl. land. 172.? S. uniflora y, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 
747.?—Boce. mus. 133. t. 92. Flowers white or pale red. 
Bean-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1731. Pl. 1 to 34 ft.- 
11 S. ova‘ra (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. J. p. 316.) stem simple ; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated; flowers panicled; calyx 
ovate, inflated ; stamens protruding. uw. H. Native of the 
western part of Georgia and Carolina. Flowers pale red or 
white. Perhaps a variety of S. inflàta. 
Var. B, flòre-plèno (D. C. prod. 1. p. 368.) flowers double. 
Cucùbalus polypétalus. Walt. fl. carol. 141. ? 
Ovate-leaved Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 1ft. 
12 S. BE'HEN (Lin. spec. 599.) plant glabrous and glaucous ; 
leaves obovate-lanceolate, mucronulate, lower ones stalked, 
upper ones ovate-lanceolate, sessile; flowers panicled; calyx 
oval, inflated, veiny; petals 2-parted; lobes very short and 
obtuse, with the appendages 2-parted and emarginate. ¢. H. 
Native of Candia. Smith, fl. graec. 416. Lychnis vesicaria, 
Lin. l. e.—Dill. elth. 427. t. 317. f. 409. Flowers pale pink. 
Bladdery Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1713. Pl. 14 ft. 
13 S. cx'sta (Smith, fl. grec. t. 417.) plant smooth, glau- 
cous ; stems numerous, branched ; leaves obovately roundish ; 
flowers corymbosely-panicled; petals 2-parted, narrow, with 
2-parted entire appendages; calyx obovate, 10-nerved. Y. H. 
Native of Mount Parnassus. Flowers greenish-white. Habit 
of Siléne inflata. 
Grey Catchfly, Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
14 S. Lævica ra (Smith, fl. grec. 418.) plant smooth, glau- 
cous ; branched from the base; stem paniculately-dichotomous ; 
leaves elliptically-roundish, obtuse, upper ones more acute; 
petals deeply emarginate, obtuse, without any appendages. 
©. H. Native of the island of Cyprus on the mountains. 
Flowers small, red, erect, with one always in the forks of the stem. 
Smoothed Catchfly. Pl. 4 foot. 
15 S. ’npica (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 34.) canescent ; stems 
ascending, branched; leaves large, lanceolate, acute; flowers 
solitary, stalked, drooping ; calyx inflated, tomentose, netted ; 
teeth of calyx broad, blunt, with scarious margins; petals 2- 
lobed, crowned by entire appendages. ©.H. Native of Ni- 
aul. Flowers purple. 
P Indian Catchfly. Pr July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 3 to 4 ft. 
16 S. Lanvaindsa (Bertol. journ. bot. 4. p. 76.) plant 
shrubby, tufted; stems woolly; leaves lanceolate-linear, 3- 
nerved, with woolly margins, lower ones very long 3 calyx 
ovate, inflated, pubescent; petals: bifid (quadrifid according to 
Bertol). 4%. H. Native of Italy. Lychnis alpina, Bert. l. c. 
Till. cat. 4. pil. 105. t. 41. f. 2. Flowers white. 
Woolly Catchfly. Pl. 1 foot. 
17 S. auricusa‘ra (Smith, fl. grec. t. 435.) plant tufted, 
woody at the base; stem pubescent, 1-flowered ; flower ter- 
minal; lower leaves rosulate, lanceolate, mucronate, fringed, 
