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83 S. picno’roma (Ehrh. beitr. 7. p. 144.) stems forked, 
once or twice, villous, as well as the leaves; leaves scabrous, 
ciliated, lower ones rosulate, spatulate, upper ones lanceolate ; 
spikes twin, secund; flowers nearly sessile, erect; calyxes 
` roundish, ventricose, with 10 ribs, villous; petals 2-parted, 
narrow, almost destitute of appendages. &. H. Native of 
Hungary, Tauria, and Candia. Walds. et Kit. hung. 1. t. 29. 
Smith, fl. græc. 413. S. membranàcea, Poir. dict. 7. p. 165. S. 
trinérvis, Sol. in Russ. aleppo, 2. p. 252. Flowers white, one 
always in the fork of the stem. 
Dichotomous-spiked Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1791. Pl. 
14 foot. 
84 S. nycra’ntHA (Willd. enum. 472.) pubescent; leaves 
somewhat fleshy, lower ones spatulate, upper ones lanceolate ; 
flowers secund; calyx clavated, 10-ribbed, after flowering some- 
what 4-sided ; petals bifid. ©. H. Native? Petals greenish- 
yellow. 
Night-flowered Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1815. Pl. 1 foot. 
85 S. TRINERVIA (Seb. et Maur. fl. rom. 152.) plant covered 
with knotted hairs ; stem slender, branched ; leaves linear-lan- 
ceolate, under surface 3-nerved; flowers secund ; calyx clavated, 
hispid from imbricating hairs, which are turned upwards ; petals 
semi-bifid. ©.H. Native about Rome. Petals whitish. 
Three-nerved-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
86 S. pivarica‘ta (Smith, fl. græc. 414.) hoary-pilose ; stem 
once or twice forked, divaricate: leaves all lanceolate, acute; 
flowers distant on short pedicels, rather nodding ; petals 2-parted ; 
lobes obovate, rounded as well as the appendages. ¢. H. 
Native of the Morea in fields. Flowers whitish, one always in 
the forks of the stems. 
Dwwaricate Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
87 S. racEemo'sa (Otth. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 384.) stem dicho- 
tomous, divaricate, racemose ; leaves lanceolate, narrow ; petals 
2-parted, rounded, as well as the appendages. ¢.H. Native 
of the Canary Islands. Flowers whitish? Perhaps the same as 
the preceding. 
Racemose Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
88 S. verutrna (Pour. in Desf. herb. ex Lois. in journ. 2. 
p. 324.) plant velvety; stem erect, branched ; lower leaves ob- 
ovate-lanceolate, upper ones lanceolate-linear ; flowers sometimes 
solitary in the axils, sometimes crowded; calyxes clavated ; 
petals semi-bifid. 2%. H. Native of Corsica. Petals red ? 
_ Velvety Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
89 S. saBuLETO RUM (Link. in Spreng. 1. nov. prov. 39.) 
hairy ; leaves lanceolate; flowers spiked also in the forks of 
the branches; calyx covered with long hairs, narrow, cylin- 
drically-clavated ; petals emarginate. ©. H. Native? Petals 
purplish-violet. 
Gravel-pit Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. Pl. 4 tol ft. 
90 S. BELLIDIFO LIA (Jacq. hort. vind. 3. t. 81.) hairy ; stem 
erect, slender, nearly simple ; leaves spatulate, lanceolate, acute ; 
spikes twin, secund; calyx cylindrically clavated, smoothish ; 
petals bifid; anthophorum long. ©. H. Native —? Petals 
pink, crowned. 
Daisy-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1794. Pl. 3 to 1 ft. 
91 S. pineuis (Vahl. ex horn. hafn. suppl. 49.) plant co- 
vered with silky hairs; leaves fleshy; radical ones spatulate, 
superior ones obovate-lanceolate ; calyx erect, clavate ; petals 
bifid. ©.H. Native of Denmark at Cape Spartel. Petals 
rose-coloured. Perhaps the same as S. bellidifolia, Jacq. 
Fat Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Pl. 4 to è foot. 
92 S. CHEIRANTHIFOLIA (Schott, in isis. 1818. fasc. 5. p. 
821.) flowers secund; calyx short, clavated; petals 2-parted ; 
capsules cylindrical ; seeds hardly revolute, channelled on the 
back. ©. H. Native at San Rocco. Petals rose-coloured on 
the upper surface. 
CARYOPHYLLE#. VI. Sizene. 
Wallflower-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
93 S. vesperti'na (Retz. obs. 3. p. 31.) pubescent ; stems 
branched, diffuse; leaves spatulate, acute, on ciliated petioles ; 
racemes secund; calyx bladdery-clavated; petals 2-parted; 
lobes obtuse. ©.H. Native of Mauritania, Greece, and Por- 
tugal in corn-fields. Curt. bot. mag. 677. S. bipartita, Desf. atl. 
1. p. 352. t. 100. Smith, fl. greec. 409. Petals rose-coloured, 
appendages deeply bifid, acute. This is a beautiful plant with 
diffuse or decumbent stems. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 11. 
Evening-flowered Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1796. Pl. 1 ft. 
94 S. pisra'cuya (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 189.) hairy; stem fork- 
ed at the top; racemes secund; flowers almost sessile ; leaves 
spatulate, upper ones lanceolate, acute ; calyx clavate; petals 2- 
parted, crowned. ©. H. Native of Portugal near Coimbra. 
Petals pale-purple above, but greenish beneath, and rather keeled. 
Two-spiked Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. Pl. 1 ft. 
95 S. oprusirozia (Willd. enum. p. 473.) stem villous ; leaves 
elliptically-spatulate, rounded, rather pubescent ; flowers secund, 
drooping, nearly sessile; calyx clavated, pubescent; petals 
bifid. ©.H. Native? Petals purple. Perhaps S. colorata. 
Blunt-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 
to 1 foot. 
96 S. pi’scotor (Smith, fl. greece. t. 410.) stem usually forked 
at the top, diffuse, villous; leaves obovate, obtuse, villous at 
the base, with the petioles rather connate; flowers in two rows, 
on short pedicels, pressed to the stem; calyx clavate, villous, 
with 10 red ribs; petals bifid; lobes narrow, obtuse, with the 
appendages emarginate and white. ©.H. Native of Cyprus. 
Plant branched from the base. Flowers rose-coloured on the 
upper surface, but greenish on the under surface. 
Discoloured-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 3 foot. 
97 S. cotora‘ta (Schousb. maroc.) stems branched, very 
hairy ; leaves obovate-spatulate, numerous, pubescent, ciliated 
at the base ; flowers secund ; calyx bladdery, clavated ; petals 
2-parted, crowned. ©.H. Native of Morocco and the island 
of Scio in corn-fields. Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 412. Petals 
purple on the upper surface and greenish below. Perhaps the 
same as S. discolor. 
Coloured Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1819. Pl. 4 tol ft. 
98 S. TuymIròLIA (Smith, fl. græc. t. 411.) stem procumbent, 
ligneous, branched, hairy; leaves ovate, acute, rather hairy, 
` ciliated, with fascicles of smaller axillary ones ; flowers sessile, 
or on pedicels, furnished with 2 bracteas or leaves ; petals bifid, 
narrow, with the appendages deeply emarginate. h.H. Na- 
tive of Cyprus by the seaside. Flowers white above but 
greenish beneath. 
Thyme-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Shrub procumbent. 
99 S. crassrrotta (Lin. spec. 597.) velvety; stem procum- 
bent, branched, leafy ; leaves ovate-spatulate, fleshy; bracteas 
very small; flowers secund; calyx bladdery, clavated ; petals 
emarginate, with long claws, properly crowned. ©.H. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals of a brownish dull colour. 
Thick-leaved Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Pl. pro- 
cumbent. 
100 S. Burcue’txrn (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 374.) 
pubescent; stems assurgent, simple ; leaves small, lanceolate ; 
flowers few, almost sessile, clavated ; anthophorum very long. 
©? H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch. cat. geogr- 
no. 27). Flowers white? ; 
Burchell’s Catehfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. decumbent. 
101 S. piroseLior pes (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnea. 1. p. 
41.) stems decumbent at the base, rather scabrous, naked above; 
radical leaves spatulate-lanceolate, rather mucronate, roughish ; 
flowers racemose, secund ; calyx club-shaped, drooping, when 
in flower, when in fruit erect; petals 2-parted, with linear, 
obtuse segments, furnished with 2-lobed appendages. - G 
