400 
upper ones pubescent, opposite, usually 6; calyx campanulate, 
inflated; petals 2-parted, with an auricle on each side, hence 
quadrifid, with bifid, entire, divaricate appendages. Y. H. 
Native of Negropont on Mount Delphi. Habit of plant and size 
of flowers like that of S. pumilio. 
Auricled-petalled Catchfly. Pl. 4 foot. 
18 S. craminirotia (Otth. mss. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 368.) 
plant glabrous; stem erect, simple, very leafy at the base, 
almost naked above ; leaves linear, scarcely ciliated; flowers in 
panicled spikes ; peduncles opposite, sometimes longer than the 
calyx, sometimes shorter ; calyx ovate, 10-striated; petals semi- 
bifid, with ciliated claws. Y%. H. Native of the Altaian 
mountains. Flowers white. 
Grassy-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Jun. Jul. Clt. 1819. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
19 S. viscacinoipes (Horn. hafn suppl. 4. p. 49.) plant 
glabrous; stem erect, simple, somewhat leafy; leaves linear, 
hardly ciliated ; flowers in panicled spikes ; peduncles opposite, 
length of calyx ; calyxes ovate, 10-striated; petals semibifid, 
with the claws not ciliated. 2%.H. Native of Dahuria. Flowers 
pink. Root woody, with many stems rising from the neck. 
Viscago-like Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1824. Pl. 4 to 3 ft. 
20 S. procumbens (Murr. com. gætt. 1784 and 1785. p. 83. 
t. 2.) plant glabrous ; stems procumbent, branched, very leafy; 
leaves lanceolate; flowers axillary opposite, and terminal; calyxes 
ovate; petals somewhat auricled, bifid; anthophorum long. 
H. . Native of Siberia. S.dectimbens, Schreb. S. amece‘na, 
Lin. spec. 596. exclusive of synomymes. Flowers white. 
Procumbent Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. pro- 
cumbent. 
21 S. rupe'tra (Lin. spec. 600.) plant smooth, glaucous, 
branched; leaves obovate, rather scabrous on the margin; 
flowers fastigiately-panicled ; calyx 10-striated, clavate, but in- 
flated after flowering ; petals emarginate, with bifid, entire ap- 
pendages. ©.H. Native of Portugal and the Levant. Smith, 
fl. grec. t. 426. Delisle, fl. egyp. t. 29. f. 3.—Dill. elth. 314. 
f. 406. Flowers rose-coloured. 
Red Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1732. Pl. 1 foot. 
22 S. oBLoNGIFÒLIA (Otth. mss. in D.C. prod. 1. p. 369.) plant 
hardly pubescent; stems assurgent; leaves oblong, obtuse ; 
flowers small, panicled, lax ; calyx only a little inflated, hardly 
10-striated ; anthophorum long. ©. H. Native? Flowers red? 
Oblong-leaved Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. PI, 4 to 1 foot. 
23 S. arr’raza (Willd. spec. 2. p. 703.) plant hoary-pubes- 
cent; stem erect, branched; leaves lanceolate, upper ones linear; 
flowers few, terminal, or in the forks ; calyx obovate, 10-striated ; 
petals wanting. ©. H. Native of Spain. Flowers apetalous, 
Perhaps this species does not belong to this section. 
A petalous-flowered Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1801. Pl. 4 ft, 
24 S. TENUIFLÒRA (Guss. pl. rar. 1. p. 177. t. 36.) stem erect; 
radical leaves spatulate, obtuse, pubescent, upper cauline ones 
lanceolate-linear, smooth, tapering to the top; panicle rather 
dichotomous, few-flowered ; peduncles elongated, usually 1- 
flowered; calyx smooth, oblong, at length much inflated, 10- 
nerved; petals emarginate. ©. H. Native of Abruzzo on the 
edges of fields. Flowers red or white ? 
Fine-flowered Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
25 S. sPERGULIFÒLIA (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 305.) villous; 
stems procumbent, diffused, branched; branches 3-flowered ; 
leaves small, linear, reflexed in fascicles; flowers somewhat 
panicled, crowded ; calyx inflated, 10-striated, beset with glan- 
dular hairs ; petals semibifid, somewhat deflexed ; appendages 
of petals obcordate, X4. H. Native of Armenia and on dry 
hills about Tiflis. Desf. cor. Tour. 73. t. 55, S. poly- 
phyllus, Bieb. fl. taur. no. 835. exclusive of the synonymes. 
Flowers white or tinged with purple, about the size of those of 
S. Bèhen. 
CARYOPHYLLEÆ. VI. SıLexe. 
Spurry-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. Pl. ft. 
26 S. CARYOPHYLLOT DES (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 
369.) stems erect, slender ; leaves linear, very narrow, upper 
ones broader ; flowers large, terminal ; calyx inflated, somewhat 
funnel-shaped, narrowed at the base; petals 2-lobed. %. H. 
Native of the Levant. Cucibalus caryophylloides, Poir. dict. 
suppl. 2. p. 416. Perhaps belonging to a separate section. 
Flowers white or pinkish. 
Cleve-pink-like Catchfly. Fl. July. Pl. 1 foot. 
27 S. Hispa’nica (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 369.) 
plant pilose; stems procumbent, somewhat 4-sided ; leaves 
linear-oblong, obtuse ; flowers axillary, generally solitary ; calyx 
ovate, 10-striated ; petals snfall; anthophorum wanting. %4. H. 
Native of Spain. S. parviflora, Zea, in Poir. dict. suppl. 5. p. 
150. Flowers cream-coloured? Perhaps belonging to a dif- 
ferent section, as well as the two following species. 
Spanish Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. Pl. 4 foot. 
28 S.carno'sa (Meench. suppl. 206.) plant glabrous ; stem 
erect ; leaves acute, glaucous; flowers solitary; calyx smooth, 
veiny ; petals lanceolate, with 2-parted appendages. ©. 
Native? Petals purple, bordered with white. 
Fleshy Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Pl. 1 foot. 
29 S. ancustiro LIA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 337.) stem branch- 
ed; leaves linear, glabrous ; flowers terminal; calyx somewhat 
campanulate, rather hairy; petals bifid; anthophorum scarcely 
the length of the capsule. 2. H. Native of Caucasus about 
the falls of the Terek. Flowers white. 
Narrow-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
Sect. III. Orrres (from ove wroc, ous otos, an ear, the form of 
the leaves of S. otites is compared to an ear-picker.) Otth. mss. 
and D. C. prod. 1. p. 369. Caulescent. Flowers disposed in 
verticillate spikes, or verticillate panicles, or racemes. 
30 S. Orrres (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) stems erect, rarely 
branched, hardly pubescent, rather leafy ; lower leaves nume- 
rous, spatulate, somewhat fleshy, upper ones lanceolate ; flowers 
small, dioecious ; calyx of the female flowers spherical, those of 
the male flowers somewhat club-shaped ; petals linear, undivided, 
naked. %.H. Native of Silesia, Austria, France, Switzer- 
land, &c. In England in dry sandy or gravelly open grassy 
fields ; chiefly in Norfolk, Suffolk, or Cambridgeshire ; between 
Swaffham and Narford, Norfolk, on the grassy ridges of the 
road ; also about Thetford, Barton-mills, and Bury. Cucubalus 
Otites, Lin. spec. 594. Smith, engl. bot. t. 85. Fl. dan. 518. 
Lychnis Otites, Scop. carn. 1. p. 305. Flowers small, yellowish. 
Ray says this plant is useful in hydrophobia. 
Var. P, umbellata (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 369.) 
root thick, branched; stems leafless, humble; radical leaves 
spatulate; flowers umbellate. %.H. Native of Syria. 
Var. y, macrophylla (Otth. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) plant rather 
pubescent ; stem very high, branched; leaves large, spatulate, 
obtuse or acute; flowers very numerous, somewhat panicled. 
4%. H. Native of Provence on Mount Cousson. 
Var. ò, densiflora (Otth. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) plant hairy ; 
stem very high; whorls many-flowered, very distant, dense. 
y%.H. Nativeof Tauria. S. densiflora, D’Urv. enum. 48. 
Ear-leaved or Spanish Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. England. 
Pl. 1 to 3 feet. 
31 S. Woree’ysis (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 370.) stem 
branched, pubescent; lower leaves large, lanceolate-spatulate, 
ciliated, upper ones linear, long; flowers in panicled whorls, 
stalked ; petals linear. 2.H. Native on the banks of the river 
Volga. Cuctbalus Wolgénsis, Willd. enum. suppl. 24. Flowers 
yellowish. 
Volga Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
82 S. PARVIFLÒRA (Pers, ench. 1. p- 497.) plant hoary-pubes- 
