CARYOPHYLLE. VI. SILENE. 
cent; stems erect, almost simple ; leaves spatulate-lanceolate ; 
lower whorls of flowers elongated into panicles ; calyx spherical, 
with 10 stripes ; petals linear, ciliated, naked. Y%.H. Native 
of Hungary. Cuctbalus parviflorus, Willd. spec. 2. p. 689. 
Flowers whitish or yellowish-green, small. Petals undivided. 
Small-flowered Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1796. Pl. 1 
to 2 feet. 
33 S. erru'sa (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 370.) stems 
erect, almost simple; leaves linear, lower ones bluntish; flowers 
very numerous, small, effusely panicled; branches in whorls; 
calyx obovate, clavated, with 10 stripes. 2.H. Native on the 
banks of the Volga. Cuctbalus effùsus, Fisch. in litt. Flowers 
whitish-yellow. 
Effuse-flowered Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt.1823. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
34 S. VERTICILLA`TA (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 370.) 
plant very smooth ; stem much branched, and very leafy ; leaves 
linear, acute ; flowers in whorled spikes; whorls distant ; calyx 
ovate, clavated; petals bifid. m4. H. Native? Cuctbalus 
cespitosus, Poir. dict. suppl. 2. p. 416. Flowers whitish- 
yellow. 
Whorled-flowered Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
35 S. Srpi’rica (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) suftruticose, glabrous ; 
stems much branched; leaves _linear-lanceolate, numerous, 
ciliated or pubescent; flowers disposed in interrupted spikes ; 
calyx rather inflated, clavated, with 10 stripes; petals emar- 
ginate; stamens long. 2%. H. Native of Siberia in the deserts. 
Cuciibalus Sibiricus, Lin. spec. 592. Flowers greenish-yellow. 
: Siberian Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1773. Pl. 1 to 2 
eet, > 
36 S. cypso’pHita (Desf. cat. hort. par. 184.) plant branched, 
pubescent, flexuous, leafy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminated ; 
branches of panicle whorled; calyx clavate, bladdery, 10- 
striped, hairy; petals 2-lobed. 2%.H. Native of? Flowers 
whitish. 
Gypsophila-like Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl. 4 ft. 
37 S. pr'stans (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 370.) stem 
very long, twiggy, hardly pubescent; radical leaves broad, lan- 
ceolate-spatulate, obtuse, cauline ones linear, rounded at the 
apex; whorls very distant, few-flowered ; calyx long, clavated. 
Y. H. Native?” Flowers yellowish. 
Distant-whorled Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
38 S. MULTIFLO RA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) plant hardly pu- 
bescent ; stem simple, clammy ; leaves scabrous, linear -lanceo- 
late, lower ones spatulate, stalked; flowers disposed in inter- 
rupted whorled spikes; peduncles short; calyx cylindrical, 
clavated, with 10 stripes; petals 2-parted ; lobes narrow ; sta- 
mens very long. &? H. Native of Siberia and Hungary. 
Cucibalus multiflorus, Walds. and Kit. hung. 1. p. 56. t. 56. 
Flowers yellowish-white. 
Many-flowered Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. 
to 2 feet. 
39 S. ELATA (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 370.) plant 
glabrous ; stem very long, twiggy, simple ; cauline leaves few, 
ünear, radical ones lanceolate-spatulate ; flowers disposed in 
interrupted spikes; whorls 2-6-flowered; calyx clavated, not 
Striped; petals 2-parted. %.H. Native of Tauria. S. chlor- 
antha, Stev. in litt. not Willd. Flowers greenish-yellow. 
Tall Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
40 S. Rurue’nica (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 370.) 
stems creeping, much branched; branches opposite, erect; 
leaves linear-lanceolate, serrulated ; spikes of flowers very long ; 
peduncles equalling in length the calyx ; calyx clavated, with 
10 Stripes ; petals 2 parted. 4. H. Native of Russia. Very 
like S, Sibirica, but very distinct. Perhaps S. Tatérica ? Flowers 
yellowish. 
Var. B, pedunculata (Otth. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) peduncles 
VOL. I.—PART V. 
Clt. 1794. Pl.1 
401 
much longer than the calyx, lower ones branched. %.H. Na- 
tive of Russia and Volhynia. 
Russian Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 1 to2 ft. 
41 Tara'rica (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) plant glabrous; stems 
erect, simple, very leafy; leaves lanceolate, small; spike of 
flowers elongated, dense ; whorls 2-4-flowered ; calyx clavated, 
with 10_ stripes, reticulated; petals 2-parted ; stamens very 
long. Y.H. Native of Tartary. Cucùbalus Tatáricus, Lin. 
spec. 592. Flowers turned towards one side, white. 
Tartarian Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1769. PI. 2 feet. 
42 S. GIGANTE`A (Lin. spec. 598.) plant villous; leaves 
obovate, fleshy, upper ones connate at the base; whorls of 
flowers distant; calyx clavate, with 10 stripes; petals bifid, 
rounded, bicallose at the base; stamens long. ¢.G. Native 
of the north of Africa and Candia. Smith, fl. grec. 432. 
Lychnis, &c., Walth. hort. 32. t. 11. Leaves large, obovate. 
Flowers cream-coloured, expanding at night. 
Giant Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1738. Pl. 2 to 4 ft. 
43 S. wvotv Ta (Forsk. fl. egyp. arab. suppl. 210. no. 47.) 
stems thick, rather woody, villous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, un- 
der surface tomentose ; flowers opposite, but usually in whorls 
at the apex; calyx with 10 angles; petals bifid. 2%. F. Native 
near Constantinople. Flowers olive-coloured. 
Involute Catchfly. Pl. 2 feet. 
44 S. ScouLE RI (Hook, fi. bor. amer. p. 88.) plant pubes- 
cent, viscid; stem simple, erect, remotely leafy ; joints knotted ; 
leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, flat; spike long; flowers 
erect ; calyx oblong, clavate, 10-ribbed. 2%. H. Native of the 
north-west coast of America, and upon the low hills of the Co- 
lumbia. Flowers white. 
Scouler’s Catchfly. Pl. 1 to 3 feet. 
Sect. IV. Conormo’rpuHa (from xwyvoc, konos, a cone, and 
popgn, morphe, form; form of calyx.) Otth. mss. and D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 8371. Caulescent. Calyx cone-shaped, much swelled 
out at the bottom, with very long teeth. 
45 S. co’nica (Lin. spec. 598.) pubescent; stem simple, 
dichotomous ; leaves linear, soft; flowers solitary or panicled ; 
calyx conical, with 30 stripes; petals deeply emarginate, with 
acute emarginate appendages; capsule ovate. ©. H. Native 
of sandy corn-fields in France, Spain, and the Levant. In 
England a little to the north of Sandown Castle plentifully 5° 
opposite the Warren house at New Romney, Kent. Smith, 
engl. bot. t. 922. Jacq. aust. 253. S. conoidea, Huds. 189. 
Petals red. There is a flower always in the fork of the stem. 
Var. B, ramosa; stem much branched; leaves more downy ; 
calyx not so much inflated. ©. H. Native of Candia. S. cónica, 
Smith, fl. grec. t. 422. Flowers pale-red. This is probably a 
distinct species. It is a weed in Chelsea garden under the name 
of S. conoidea. 
Conical-calyxed Catchfly. 
to 1 féet. 
46 S. conorpeEa (Lin. spec. 598.) stems pubescent; leaves 
lanceolate-linear, almost glabrous ; flowers solitary or panicled ; 
calyxes long, conical, with 30 stripes ; petals entire, obovate, 
crested ; capsules bottle-formed. ©.H. Native of sandy corn- 
fields in France, Germany, &c.—Clus. hist. 1. p. 288. f. 2.— 
Mor. hist. 2. p. 542. sect. 5. t. 36. f. 6. Petals red. This is 
perhaps a variety of the last. l 
Conoid-calyxed Catchfly. Fl, June, July. Clt. 1683. Pl. 1ft. 
47 S. conrrLoRA (Nees. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 371.) stems 
pubescent ; leaves long, grassy, acute, hardly pubescent ; flowers 
panicled ; calyxes cylindrically-conical, with 30 stripes; petals 
obcordate. ©. H. Native of the Levant. Petals red. This 
is probably the S. cónica, Smith, fl. græc. t. 422. 
Cone-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 to 1 foot, 
3 F 
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