CARYOPHYLLEZ. VI. Sitene. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope near Plettensberg’s bay. 
Many stems rising from the same root, usually decumbent. 
Flowers white. 
Pilosella-like Catchfly. Pl. procumbent. 
102 S. cz’rnva (Thunb. fl. cap. ed. Schult. 1. p. 394.) plant 
hairy ; flowers racemose, secund, drooping, calyxes with 10 
stripes, fruit-bearing ones clavated; leaves linear, villous, sca- 
brous. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. ¥%.G. Flowers 
white. Perhaps S. pilosellotdes, Cham. 
Drooping-flowered Catchfly. Pl. procumbent ? 
103 S. cra‘ciztis (D. C. cat. monsp. 145.) glabrous; stem 
erect, branched ; leaves linear, hardly ciliated, lower ones ovate; 
flowers erect, alternate, distant ; peduncles long ; calyxes blad- 
dery, clavated ;. petals 2-parted; lobes linear. ©. H. Native? 
Petals white. Perhaps this species should have been placed in 
section Rupifraga on account of the long peduncles. 
Slender Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Cit. 1823. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. 
104 S. ımsBRIca ra (Desf. atl. 1. p. 349. t. 98.) stems erect, 
branched, hairy at the base; leaves villous, lower ones obtuse, 
upper ones lanceolate, acute; spikes secund, dense; flowers 
erect, appressed ; calyx clavated ; petals obcordate, with 2 mar- 
ginal teeth, crowned. ©. H. Native of the north of Africa 
near Mascar in corn-fields. Petals white. 
Imbricate-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 
Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
105 S. perno’ctans (Link. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 408.) stem 
naked above, bifid, villous as well as the leaves, which are spa- 
tulate; racemes twiggy ; calyxes erect, stalked, without stripes. 
©.H. Native of Portugal. Perhaps belonging to this section. 
Whole Night-flowering Catchfly. Pl. 1 foot. 
106 S. ringariro’11a (Otth. mss. and D.C. prod. 1. p. 374.) 
stems erect, a little branched, glabrous; leaves very narrow, 
acute; flowers erect, secund ; petals bifid, crowned. ©. &. H. 
Native of the alps of Caucasus. Petals white ? 
Linear-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
107 S. Jentser’nsis (Willd. enum. 473.) glabrous; stems 
usually simple; leaves rather fleshy, linear-lanceolate ; flowers 
secund ; calyx ovate, inflated; petals bifid, with 4-lobed ap- 
pendages. Y.H. Native of Siberia on the banks of the Yenisee. 
S. Jenisea, Poir. dict. suppl. 5. p. 154. Flowers white. 
Yenisee Catchfly. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1817. Pl. 1 to14 ft. 
108 S. Axra‘tca (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) root thick, woody, 
rather branched; stem simple, assurgent ; leaves linear, very 
acute; flowers few, on the top of stems, alternate; calyx 
cylindrically-ventricose ; petals revolute, bifid, linear. %. H. 
ative of Siberia on the Altaian mountains. Cucùbalus fruti- 
culosus, Gmel. syst. 2. p.713. Pall. itin. 2. app. no. 110. t. T. 
Petals white or purple. Perhaps S. ciliata. 
Altaian Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Pl. 1 foot. 
109 S. citia‘ra (Pour. act. toul. 3. p. 328.) pubescent ; stems 
numerous, prostrate, very leafy at the base; leaves linear, 
ciliated with bristles; flowers few, secund ; calyx inflated, cla- 
vated ; petals 2-parted; recesses of calyx deflexed. Y. H. 
Native of Crete and the Pyrenees. S. stellata, Lapeyr. but not 
of hort. kew. S. ArvAtica, Lag. in varied de cienc. 1805. p. 
212. S. Pourréttii, Poir. Petals purple. 
Var. B, geniculata (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 756.) hardly pubescent ; 
pgs paler; petals white. S. geniculata, Pourr. act. toul. 3. 
Ciliated-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1804. Pl. trailing. 
_ 110 S. Lectone’nsis (Lag. gen. et spec. p. 14.) stem slender, 
simple ; radical leaves lanceolate, acute, ciliated, stem ones few, 
linear-awl-shaped ; bracteas ovate, acuminated; flowers 5-6, 
secund; calyx clavated, membranaceous. 2%. H. Native of 
Spain in the province of Leone. Petals purple or white. 
Leone Catchfly, Fl. June, July. Pl. % to 1 foot. 
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111 S. sesstrirLora (Desf. in Poir. dict. suppl. 5. p. 154.) 
villous ; stems erect or procumbent, almost simple, somewhat 
quadrangular ; lower leaves oblong-spatulate, rather fleshy, upper 
ones narrow-linear; flowers sessile, in dichotomous spikes ; 
calyx turgid; petals 2-parted. ©.H. Native of Syria. Pe- 
tals purple or flesh-coloured ? 
Sessile-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
112 S. pe’nNputa (Lin. spec. 599.) pubescent, branched, 
trailing; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; flowers axillary, pendulous ; 
calyx inflated; petals bifid, crowned. ©.H. Native of Italy, 
Sicily, and Candia. Curt. bot. mag. t. 114. Petals flesh- 
coloured. This plant has some of the habit of Lychnis dioica. 
Var. B, erectiflora (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 375.) 
flowers erect, smaller. ©. H. Native of Portugal in sandy 
places at the bottom of the hills, and on the banks of the rivers 
Munda and Douro, beyond the Tagus, and elsewhere in Beira 
and Estramadura. S. scabriflora, Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 184. Pe- 
tals pale purple. 
Pendulous-flowered Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1731. 
Pl. procumbent. 
113 S. roxcicav'ris (Pour. elench. hort. reg. madr. an. 1803.) 
lower leaves spatulate, pubescent; flowers spiked ; calyx ovate, 
glabrous; petals 2-parted, acute. ©. H. Native of Spain. 
Petals red ? 
Long-stemmed Catchfly. FI. June, July. Pl. procumbent. 
114 S. secuxnDIFLòRA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 375.) 
very smooth, glaucous; leaves lanceolate, ciliated; flowers se- 
cund, stalked; floriferous calyx cylindrical, fructiferous ones 
clavated ; petals 2-parted. ©. H. NativeofSpain. S. glatica, 
Pour. elench. hort. madr. an. 1803. Lag. gen. et spec. 15. but 
not Zea. Petals pale purple or white. 
Side-flowered Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Pl. 1 foot. 
115 S. vıscosrssıma (Ten. prod. fl. nap. xxvi.) villous ; 
clammy; hairs jointed; stems erect, smooth; leaves fleshy, 
radical ones obovate-spatulate, cauline ones lanceolate-oblong, 
obtuse, channelled; flowers in spike-like racemes ; petals 2- 
parted. ©. H. Native of fields near Naples. Perhaps be- 
longing to this section? Petals red or white. 
Very clammy Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Pl. 1ft. 
116 S. Drummo’xpr (Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 89.) plant 
clothed with glandular pubescence; stems erect, simple ; leaves 
remote, linear-lanceolate ; racemes loose, few-flowered ; pedicels 
elongated, for the most part alternate ; calyx oblong-cylindrical, 
erect. 2/. H. Native of North America on elevated gravelly 
places, near the Saskatchawan. Flowers white. 
Drummond’s Catchfly. Pl. 1 to 2 feet.. 
117 S. FistuLdsa; stems slender, fistular, branched; leaves 
ovate, acuminated, smooth; upper ones as well as bracteas 
ciliated ; flowers axillary, solitary, 2 or 3, terminal ; calyx some- 
what clavated; petals bifid. 2? H. Native of Barbary. S. 
latifolia, Poir. voy. barb. 2. p. 165. 
Fistular-stemmed Catchfly. Pl. 2 feet? 
Secr. VI. Rupr'rraca (from rupes, a rock, and frango, to 
break ; because the plants grow usually on rocks, which the roots 
are supposed to break). Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 375. 
Caulescent. Stems straight. Peduncles filiform. Calyx cam- 
panulate, cylindrical, or clavate. The plants of this section 
may always be known by their long filiform peduncles, 
§ 1. Petals 4-toothed. 
118 S. quapripenta’ta (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 748.) plant 
tufted ; stems erect, slender, branched; leaves small, narrow, 
pilose; flowers small, panicled; calyx campanulate, clavated ; 
petals 4-toothed. %. H. Native of the alps of Europe. 
Cucubalus quadridentatus, Lin. spec. 414. Lychnis quadriden- 
