CARYOPHYLLEZ. VI. Sirens. 
loured ; petals bifid, crowned. 
furt. Petals white ? 
Red-calyxed Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
164 S. LatıròLIa (Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 414.) stem branched, 
tall, hairy; leaves ovate-oblong, hairy beneath ; panicle diffuse, 
with the branches very clammy ; flowers drooping ; pedicels and 
calyx coloured, very villous; calyx clavate; petals 2-parted, 
crowned.. 1. H. Native of Barbary? Flowers white. 
Broad-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. 
to 14 foot. 
165 S. vIRIDIFLÒRA (Lin. spec. 597.) covered with soft hairs ; 
stem branched, leafy; leaves large, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 
lower ones stalked ; flowers elongated, panicled, drooping ; calyx 
ventricose, clavated ; petals bifid, with long claws, crowned with 
bifid linear appendages. ¢.H. Native of Portugal and Spain. 
Lychnis, &c. Herm. par. 199. t. 199. Flowers greenish-white. 
Green-flowered Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1739. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
166 S. cHrora’nTHa (Willd. spec. 2. p. 694.) plant glabrous; 
stems erect, simple, rather leafy ; radical leaves lanceolate-spatu- 
late, with scabrous margins, upper ones short, linear; flowers 
panicled, drooping one way ; calyx cylindrical ; petals 2-parted, 
with filiform lobes. Y%.H. Native of Germany, Viscago, &c. 
Dill. elth. 425. t. 316. f. 408.—Mentz. pug. t. 2. f. 1. (bad.) 
Panicle clammy. Flowers numerous, greenish-yellow. 
German green-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1732. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
167 S. psammr‘tis (Link. in Spreng. nov. prov. p. 39.) hairy ; 
leaves lanceolate; flowers lateral, solitary, drooping; petals 
profoundly 2-lobed. 4%. H. Nativeof? Petals cream-coloured. 
Sand Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Pl. 1 foot. 
4? H. Native near Clangen- 
Pi. 
§ 2. Flowers erect ; calyxes elongated, clavated. 
* Small plants, probably belonging to section Rupifraga. 
Calyxes not clavate. 
168 S. Nicaxe’nsis (All. ped. no. 1576. t. 44. f. 2.) plant 
villous, very clammy; stems branched, rather procumbent; 
leaves linear, obtuse; flowers panicled, nearly erect; calyx 
cylindrical ; petals semibifid, with long claws, and. bifid appen- 
dages; lobes of petals ovate-flat. ©. H. Native in the fields 
about Nice, and in Portugal, &c. in sand by the sea-side. S. 
villdsa, Moench. meth. 708. S. arenaria, Desf. atl. 1. p. 354. 
S. arenicola, Presl. ex Spreng. Petals white on the upper sur- 
face, but of a pale yellowish-purple colour on the under surface, 
expanding in the evening. Radical leaves like those of Cerds- 
tium vulgatum. 
Nice Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. procumbent. 
169 S. ramosa ; plant pubescent, clammy ; stems erect, much 
branched; leaves narrow, lanceolate; flowers numerous, pani- 
cled, erect ; calyx ovate; petals bifid. ©. H. Native of 
Barbary in the sand by the sea-shore. S. ramosissima, Desf. 
atl. 1. p. 354. Petals small, white. 
Much-branched Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 4 
to 1 foot. 
170 S. arsnariorpes (Desf. atl. 1. p. 355.) pubescent; 
stems somewhat tufted, slender, branched ; leaves narrow-linear ; 
Owers panicled ; calyx tubular, villous; claws of petals a little 
igher than the calyx, with a bifid border. Y¥.H. Native of 
arbary in corn-fields. Petals white. Calyx purplish. ` 
Arenaria-like Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 foot. 
171 S. rusca‘ra (Link. et Brot. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 413.) 
item simple, clothed with glandular pubescence; leaves lanceo- 
ate ; flowers panicled, on short pedicels ; calyx campanulate, 
viscid, striated, coloured; petals somewhat emarginate. X. 
Native of Portugal. Flowers reddish brown. 
Darkened Catchfly. Pl. 1 foot. 
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* * Perennial, flowers white or cream-coloured. 
172 S. carHérica (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 378.) plant 
velvety, clammy above ; stem erect, branched, leafy; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, nearly smooth; flowers small, loosely 
panicled; calyx clavate ; petals 2-parted, naked; stamens very 
long. w.H. Native of Italy and Sicily. Cuctibalus Cathé- 
licus, Lin. spec. 593. Cucibalus glutinosus, Retz. S. Mussini, 
Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 415. Jacq. vind. 1. t.59. Panicle very 
large and spreading. Petals white, with linear lobes. 
Universal Catchfly. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1711. Pl. 1 to 3 ft. 
173 S. spine’scens (Smith, fl. græc. t. 431.) stem shrubby at 
the base, much branched, tufted ; branches opposite, horizontal, 
as stiff as spines, pubescent; leaves stalked, spatulate, mucronu- 
late, pubescent, upper ones narrow, lanceolate; floriferous 
branches erect, panicled ; peduncles 1-flowered; calyx clavate ; 
petals bifid, with small bifid entire appendages. h.F. Native 
of Asia Minor. Flowers cream-coloured. 
Spinescent-branched Catchfly. Shrub 1 to 1} foot. 
174 S. re‘nurs (Willd. enum. p. 474.) glabrous ; leaves linear- 
lanceolate, lower ones rather spatulate, ciliated at the base; 
flowers panicled, erect; peduncles 3-flowered; bracteas lan- 
ceolate, with membranous ciliated margins ; calyx cylindrically 
campanulate; petals 2-parted, with profoundly 2-lobed obtuse 
appendages. %.H. Native of Siberia. Petals pale cream-co- 
loured. 
Slender Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Pl. $ foot. 
*** Annual plants, with white flowers. 
175 S. piversiroxia (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 378.) 
stem erect, much branched, hardly pubescent; cauline leaves 
oblong-ovate, those on the branches linear, bluntish; flowers 
small, panicled ; calyx clavate, almost glabrous ; anthophorum 
short. @©.H. Native of? S. antirrhina, Hort. madr. Petals 
whitish ? 
Divers-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
176 S. £’LEGANs (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 185.) stem short, gene- 
rally 2-flowered, somewhat pubescent ; radical leaves lanceolate- 
linear, acute, cauline ones very short; calyx with 10 stripes ; 
petals bifid. ©.H. Native of Portugal on the tops of the 
mountains called Herminius, near Cantharus. Petals white, but 
reddish on the outside. 
Elegant Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Cit. 1819. Pl. $ foot. 
177 S. INAPE'RTA (Lin. spec. 660.) root creeping ; stems nu- 
merous from the root, simple; leaves all linear, scabrous or vil- 
lous, with the margins serrulately-ciliated ; flowers few, panicled, 
erect; calyx clavate at the apex ; petals 2-parted, narrow, ob- 
tuse, with bifid entire appendages. 4%. H. Native of Greece on 
the mountains, and many places in the south of Europe. Smith, 
fl. grec. t. 420.—Dill. elth. t. 314. f. 407. Panicle clammy. 
Flowers cream-coloured above, but rust-coloured beneath. 
Unopen Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Clt. Pl. § to ¢ foot. 
**** Perennial, flowers small, red, or flesh-coloured. 
178 S. sparuta‘tra (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 341.) plant dwarf, 
pubescent ; root thick, woody ; stems numerous, ascending, rather 
dichotomous ; lower leaves spatulate, upper ones ovate ; flowers 
few, panicled ; calyx short, clavate ; petals bifid. X4. H. Na- 
tive of Caucasus. S. pygme‘a, Adam. app. Web. et Mohr. 
cat. 1. p. 58. no. 26. Flowers deep-purple, about the size of 
those of S. quinquevilnera. 
Spatulate-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. ift 
179 S. re pens (Patrin. herb. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 379.) plant 
hardly pubescent; root long, creeping; stems erect, almost 
simple A leaves linear, grassy, acute ; flowers few, erect, pa- 
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