406 
tata, Jacq. fl. aust. t. 120. suppl. t. 5. f 1. 
alpine plant with white flowers. 
Four-toothed petalled Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1822. 
Pl. 2 or 3 inches. 
119 S. rusrrra (Waldst. et Kit. hung. p. 235. t. 212.) stems 
tufted, branched at the base ; leaves pilose, lower ones spatulate ; 
peduncle erect, 1-flowered, rarely 2-3-flowered ; flowers small ; 
calyx campanulate, rather clavated; petals 4-toothed. 4%. H. 
Native of Hungary on the alps. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 40. 
S. quadridentata (3, pusilla, D. C. prod. 1. p. 375. A pretty 
little alpine plant, with small white flowers. 
Small Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1804. Pl. 1 to 2 inch. 
120 S. rontana (Tenore, fl. nap. append. 1. p. 26.) calyx 
clavate, and is as well as the peduncles clammy-villous ; petals 
quadrifid ; stem erect; leaves linear, flaccid, with pilose margins ; 
anthophorum long. X4. H. Native of Naples by the sides 
of fountains. Flowers white. 
Var. B; leaves shorter, stiffer and recurved ; flowers larger. 
Fountain Catchfly. Pl. 4 foot. 
121 S. ALPE'sTRIS (Jacq. fl. austr. 1. p. 60. t. 96.) glabrous ; 
root somewhat creeping ; stem simple, few-leaved; leaves al- 
most all radical, lanceolate, bluntish; flowers rather large, 
panicled ; calyx campanulately-clavated ; petals with a broad 
4-toothed border and 2-parted appendages; seeds ciliated. 
y.H. Native of Austria on the alps. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 111. 
Flowers white, shining. 
Alp Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1774. 
§ 2. Petals emarginate, or bifid. 
* Small perennial plants, with lanceolate leaves. 
122 S. Tomasr'n1r (Vis. in bot. zeit. 1829.) clammy-pubes- 
cent, dwarf; stem slender, branched, woolly at the base ; radical 
leaves spatulate, stalked, cauline ones lanceolate-linear, sessile ; 
flowers dichotomously-panicled ; calyx conico-clavate ; petals 
emarginate. Y%.H. Native of Dalmatia. This is an inter- 
mediate plant between S. alpéstris and S. quadridentata, but 
differs in the leaves being broader and blunter, and in all parts 
of the plant being viscid, as well as in the petals being emar- 
ginate, not 4-toothed. Flowers white. 
Tomasin’s Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
123 S. cra‘ta (Henk. adumbr. plant. 28.) glabrous ; stem 
filiform, diffuse, branched; leaves turned backwards, fleshy, 
channelled, mucronate ; flowers terminal ; calyx clavated, ven- 
tricose ; petals 2-parted, reticulated. 2%.H. Native? Poir. 
dict. suppl. 5. p. 155. Flowers pinkish or white. 
Grateful Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
124 S. rupr’stris (Lin. spec. 602.) glabrous; stems rather 
procumbent, branched ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; flowers small, 
panicled ; calyx campanulate, clavated ; petals obcordate, hardly 
crowned. %. H. Native of the alps of Sweden and Switzer- 
land, &c. Sturn. deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 22. t. 10. Flowers very 
pale pink. A pretty little glaucous plant, something like chick- 
weed in habit. 
Rock Catchfly. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1774. Pl. procumbent. 
125 S. cLAUcCIFÒLIA (Lag. in varied de cienc. 1805. p. 213.) 
glabrous; stem procumbent, branched, leafy; leaves ovate, 
obtuse, lower ones stalked, upper ones cordate; flowers small, 
panicled ; calyx clavated ; petals obovate. Y%.H. Native of 
Spain on the mountains of Leone. Flowers pale pink, nearly 
white. Very like S. rupéstris, but the anthophorum is longer. 
Glaucous-leaved Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 
procumbent. 
126 S. LYCHNIDIFLÒRA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 375.) 
clammy; stem erect, branched, pubescent at the base ; lower 
leaves lanceolate-spatulate, pubescent ; upper ones linear-lan- 
ceolate, glabrous ; flowers loosely panicled; calyx somewhat 
A pretty little 
Pl. 4 foot. 
CARYOPHYLLEZ. VI. Sitene. 
ovate ; petals with a broad obcordate border. Y%?H. Native 
of Candia. Flowers white or reddish. 
Lychnis-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June. July. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
Hardly 
** Annual plants, with flowers on long peduncles. 
differing from the annual species in the next section. 
127 S. CLANDESTINA (Jacq. coll. suppl. 5. t. 3. f. 3.) plant 
pubescent ; stems erect, much branched, slender; lower leaves 
oblong, obtuse, upper ones lanceolate, rather narrow ; flowers 
loosely panicled ; calyx ventricose; petals short, erect, bifid, 
with long claws, naked. ©.H. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Petals red witha white border. 
Hidden-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1801. 
+ foot, 
128 S. Porte’nsis (Lin. spec. 704.) glabrous; stem erect, 
dichotomously-branched ; leaves linear, acute, glabrous, lower 
ones stalked ; flowers loosely panicled, on long slender pedicels ; 
calyx clavated, purplish, but with white stripes; petals bifid. - 
©. H. Native of Portugal in sandy and gravelly places about 
Coimbra and Oporto. S. clandestina f, angustifolia, Otth. mss. 
in D.C. prod. 1. p. 876. Petals white on the upper surface, 
under surface purplish-green ; appendages in the throat white, 
rather bifid. Flowers only opening in the evening or while the 
sun is overclouded. 
Oporto Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. Pl. 4 tol ft. 
129 S. ANTIRRHI NA (Lin. spec. 600.) almost smooth; stem 
erect, branched, rather leafy; leaves lanceolate, acute, some- 
what ciliated ; flowers small, panicled; calyx ovate, glabrous ; 
petals obcordate, crowned. ©. H. Native of North America 
in waste fields and on the banks of rivers from Pennsylvania to 
Carolina, common throughout Canada. Viscdgo amer. &c. Dill. 
elth. p. 422. t. 313. Flowers small, white, or greenish. 
Snapdragon-like Catchfly. Fl. June, Jul: Clt. 1732. Pl. 1 ft. 
130 S. GeminirLora (Willd. enum. 472.) pubescent ; stems 
rather branched ; lower leaves elliptical-spatulate, upper ones 
lanceolate, bluntish; flowers terminal, twin; calyxes clavated, 
10-ribbed; petals bifid. @©.H. Nativeof? Flowers solitary 
or twin, on the top of the branches, purple, but of a livid-pur- 
plish colour externally. 
Twin-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1816. Pl. 
4 to 3 foot. 
131 S. rinirérra (Willd. enum. 473.) stems branched ; leaves 
linear-spatulate ; flowers dichotomous, terminal; calyx cylin- 
drically clavated, 10-ribbed ; petals bifid. ©.H. Native of? 
Petals greenish-yellow. 
Flax-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. Pl. 1 foot.. * 
132 S. pivarica‘ta (Clem. elench. hort. reg. madr. ann. 
1806. p. 105.) clammy; stem erect, pubescent, branched ; 
leaves ciliated, lower ones spatulate, obtuse, upper ones lanceo- 
late, acute; flowers terminal, as well as in the forks of the 
stem ; calyx cylindrically-clavated ; petals obovate, emarginate, 
crowned. ©.H. Native of Sicily. S. Sicula, Cyrillo. Petals 
rose-coloured. 
Dwwaricate-branched Catchfly. FI. June, July. Clt. 1818. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
133 S. rIGÍDULA (Smith. fl. graec. t. 430.) stem much branched 
from the base, divaricate, with the joints smooth and the inter- 
nodes clammy ; branches filiform; leaves lanceolate, smooth ; 
peduncles 1-flowered ; calyx long, clavate; petals 2-parted, 
with quadrifid appendages. ©. H. Native near Athens on 
Mount Hymettus. An elegant, much branched plant, with the 
habit of S. picta. Flowers rose-coloured. Stigmas twisted, 
pubescent, 
Stiff-leaved Catchfly. Pl. 1 foot. 
134 S. vintdsa (Cambess. in mem. mus. 14. p. 221. t. 14.) 
stem dwarf, villous, branched; leaves sessile, broad, linear, ob- 
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