408 
amer. 1. p. 287. Petals white, almost naked. Peduncles half 
an inch long. Perhaps belonging to the section Behendntha. 
Snowy Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. PI. 4 to 1 foot. 
152 S. Mexzie su (Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 90. t. 30.) plant 
pubescent; stem erect, branched, dichotomous ; leaves broad- 
lanceolate, acuminated at both ends; peduncles scarcely higher 
than the leaves ; calyx obovate, 5-cleft; petals naked, bifid, with 
linear segments. Y%.H. Native of the north-west coast of 
America on low hills of Oakanagan. Flowers white. It is 
doubtful whether this plant belongs to this section. 
Menzies’s Catchfly. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
153 S. atstnorpes (Viv. append. fl. cors. in Schlecht. Linnea, 
1. p. 501.) procumbent ; stem hispid; hairs on the calyx glan- 
dular ; leaves oblong, hairy, ciliated at the base ; flowers ter- 
minal, stalked; petals bifid, with ovate segments ; capsule 
roundish. 2%? H. Native of Corsica. Perhaps belonging to 
the present section. 
Chickweed-like Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. procumbent. 
154 S. ruave’scens (Walds. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 131. t. 175.) 
hoary pubescent; stems erect, much branched, straight ; lower 
leaves lanceolate-spatulate, upper ones linear ; flowers loosely 
panicled; calyx cylindrical; petals 2-lobed. Y.H. Native of 
Hungary. S. mollis, Horn. hafn. 1. p. 418. Petals yellowish, 
crowned. 
Yellowish-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. Pl. 
4 to 1 foot. 
Secr. VII. SIPHONOMO'RPHA (from ciwy, siphon, a siphon, 
or tube, and popdn, morphe, form; in allusion to the long tu- 
bular form of the calyx.) Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 377. 
Caulescent. Flowers erect or drooping, panicled, rarely solitary, 
on short opposite pedicels. Calyx tubular, cylindrical or clavate 
at the apex. 
§ 1. Flowers nodding. Calyxes clavate of cylindrical. 
155 S. tonerre’raa (Vent. hort. cels. p. 83. t. 83. Smith, 
fl. grec, t. 419.) glabrous, clammy ; stems erect; leaves rather 
fleshy, lanceolate, with scabrous margins; flowers nodding, 
loosely panicled ; calyxes clavated; petals with a very long 2- 
parted involute border, and with 2-parted emarginate appendages. 
©. H. Native about Aleppo and in the island of Cyprus. 
Flowers greenish. Petals, stamens, and styles hairy at the base. 
Long-petalled Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. Pl. 14 
to 2 foot. 
156 S. toneicrria (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 377.) 
root woody; stems pubescent at the base, branched ;` leaves 
lanceolate, acute, lower ones stalked, pubescent, fringed with 
woolly hairs; flowers nodding, panicled; calyxes clavated ; 
petals 2-parted, each crowned with 2 callosities. ¥%.H. Na- 
tive of Portugal on calcareous soil near Coimbra, &e. Cucù- 
balus longicilius, Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 180. Flowers white on the 
upper surface, but purplish on the under. 
Long-haired Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
157 S. nu rans (Lin. spec. 596.) pubescent ; stems very leafy 
at the base; radical leaves spatulate, upper ones lanceolate ; 
flowers panicled, drooping one way; calyx cylindrical-ventri- 
cose; petals 2-parted, involute, with long 2-parted acute appen- 
dages. Y.H. Native almost throughout the whole of Europe 
in arid meadows. In Britain on limestone rocks and chalky 
cliffs, particularly on the walls of Nottingham castle and there- 
about ; in Dovedale, Derbyshire ; near north Queensferry, Scot- 
land; in Carnarvonshire ; on rocks about Knaresborough, York- 
shire; also on the Dover cliffs. Smith, engl. bot. 465. Fl. dan. 
242. S. latifdlia, Horn. hafn. suppl. 49.? Lychnis nitans, Scop. 
carn. 2. p. 525. Peduncles clammy. Flowers white, droop- 
ing, sweet-scented, expanding in the evening. 
CARYOPHYLLEZ#. VI. Sicens. 
Var. 3, incdna (Ser. herb. D. C.1. c.) stem leaves and calyxes 
hoary-tomentose ; calyx pale or purplish. 2. H. Native of 
Vallais. ` 
Var. y, oligophýlla (Otth. mss. D. Œ. 1. c.) plant dwarf, pubes- 
cent; stem simple, almost wanting, purplish ; leaves small, spatu- 
late ; peduncles 1-2-flowered. 
Var. ò alpina (Reyn. in litt. D. C. 1. ¢,) plant humble ; 
stems almost leafless ; leaves linear, pilose ; panicles few-flower- 
ed. %.H. Native on mount Ganterberg. 
Nodding-flowered, Nottingham or Dover Catchfly. Fl. June, 
July. Britain. Pl. 4 to 14 foot. 
158 S. viscdsa (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) plant pubescent, very 
clammy; stem simple, leafy; lower leaves large, lanceo- 
late, upper ‘ones linear-lanceolate, undulated; flowers large, 
nodding ; spike panicled, long ; calyx cylindrically-clavated, with 
10 stripes ; petals 2-parted, without a crest ; stamens very long. 
Xy. H. Native of Italy, Sweden, and the Levant, on mount 
Ararat ; also in Britain on the Dover cliffs. Cuctbalus visco- 
sus, Lin. spec. 592. Leaves almost like those of Cynogléssum 
officinale, but smaller. Flowers white, fragrant at night, droop- 
ing all round, not to one side. 
Clammy Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1739. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
159 S. inrra’cta (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 3. p. 257. t. 213.) 
glabrous; stems very leafy at the base; radical leaves rather 
spatulate, upper ones lanceolate-linear; flowers panicled, droop- 
ing one way; calyx cylindrically-ventricose ; petals 2-parted, 
crowned. %. H. Native of Hungary. Flowers white, sweet- 
scented, expanding in the evening. l 
Infracted-peduncled Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. 
Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
160 S. rrvıpa (Willd. enum. p. 474.) pubescent; stem 
flexuous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate; flowers panicled, drooping 
to one side ; petals bifid, crowned. 2.H. Native of Carniola. 
Like S. nutans and S. viridiflora, but differing from both in 
having a flexuous infracted stem. Flowers livid-green on the 
under surface, and white on the upper surface. S. nutans K 
livida, D. C. prod. 1. p. 378. 
Var. B, viridélla (D. C. prod. 1. p. 377. under S. nitans,) 
pubescent, much branched ; petals green or clothed with green 
pubescence. %. H. Native of the south of Europe. 
Var. y, saxdtilis (Sims, bot. mag. 689.) glabrous; leaves 
linear-lanceolate ; flowers usually white. Y%. H. Native of 
Siberia and France. S. Amblevana, Lej. fl. spa. 1. p. 199. 
S. nutans var. £, glabra, D. C. prod. 1. p. 377. 
Livid-flowered Catchfly. FÌ. June, July. Cit. 1816. Pl.1 ft. 
161 S. saxa‘tiuis (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 338.) smooth; stem 
few-leaved ; radical leaves oblong, bluntish, stalked, cauline 
ones lanceolate-linear ; calyx clavate, 10-striped; flowers pani- 
cled, nakedish, drooping; petals bifid, crowned. 4. H. Na- 
tive of Caucasus on rocks. Flowers small, white, with the lobes 
of the limb of the petals narrow. Panicle rather naked ; pe- 
duncles opposite, usually 3-flowered, erect after flowering. Calyx 
purplish. Anthophorum short. Perhaps the same as S. saxatilis, 
Sims, bot. mag. 689. 
Stone Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. PI. 1 foot. 
162 S. quapri’ripa (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 378.) 
stem single, rather tomentose ; radical leaves elliptical or spatu- 
late, upper ones lanceolate ; flowers panicled, secund ; peduncles 
1-flowered, nodding ; calyxes cylindrical; petals 2-4 cleft, or 
2-parted, with bifid lobes. 2. H. Native about Verona. 
Cucibalus quadrifida, Pollin. pl. ver. p. 11. Petals white ? 
Four-cleft-petalled Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. pl. 
3 to 1 foot. 
163 S. ru‘pens (Vest. in fl. 1821. p. 150.) pilose; stem 
erect; cauline leaves lanceolate, floral ones dilated at the base ; 
flowers nodding, panicled; peduncles 3-6-flowered ; calyx c0- 
