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nicled ; calyx clavate; petals semi-bifid; stamens long. Y. H. 
Native of Siberia. Petals red? 
Creeping-rooted Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 
4 to 1 foot. 
180 S. crau’ca (Zea. in Poir. dict. suppl. 5. p. 153.) plant 
glabrous, glaucous ; stems erect; leaves oblong-linear, acute ; 
flowers 2 or 3, rising from the forks of the branches; calyx 
somewhat cylindrical; petals rather crenated at the apex. 
©.H. Native of? Petals purple. 
Glaucous Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
181 S. unputa#rdria (Mor. sard. elench. fasc. 1. 1827.) 
plant clothed with glandular hairs ; stem erect ; leaves thickish, 
oblong-obovate or lanceolate, waved; flowers dichotomously- 
panicled, erect ; calyx clavate; petals rather emarginate. ©. H. 
Native of Sardinia. Flowers red ? 
Waved-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1829. Pl. 1 ft. 
182 S. renurrorta (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 379.) 
plant hardly pubescent; stem erect, much branched, leafy, 
leaves filiform, acute, ciliated at the base ; flowers few, panicled ; 
calyx bladdery, clavated ; petals bifid. ©.H. Native of Da- 
huria. Petals purple. 
Fine-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 
1 foot. 
Pl. 5 to 
***** Flowers large,spurple, or red. 
183 S. Atrama‘n1 (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 379.) 
plant pubescent; stems erect, simple ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; 
flowers large, few, panicled ; calyx cylindrical, coloured ; petals 
broad, obcordate. ©. H. Native of Mexico. Petals purple. 
Allaman’s Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
184 S. Virer’nica (Lin. spec. 600.) plant covered with clammy 
pubescence ; stems procumbent, assurgent, branched ; leaves 
lanceolate, lower ones on very long: footstalks, ciliated at the 
base ; flowers large, panicled, sometimes crowded ; calyx amply 
clavated ;_ petals broad, bifid, crowned, with long claws. %. H. 
Native of North America in the western parts of Virginia and 
Carolina, and in the Illinois country. S. cheiranthoides, Poir. 
dict. 7. p. 176. S. coccinea, Moench. suppl. 306.—PI. alm. 231. 
t. 203. f. 1.? Petals dark-purple. A beautiful species. The 
leaves of this species are like those of the Globe Amaranth. The 
plant is reputed anthelmintic. 
Virginian Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt.1783. Pl. procum- 
bent, 4 to į foot. 
185 S. Caressa (Walt. carol. 141.) branched, decumbent, 
clammy; leaves lanceolate, broad, with roughish margins ; 
flowers panicled; calyx clavated, coloured; petals bifid, with 2 
lateral teeth, lobes acute; claws of petals long; stamens ex- 
serted. %. H. Native of Carolina. Lychnis viscdsa, &c. 
Catesb. carol. 54. t. 4. S. Virginica, Michx. and Pursh, but 
not of Lin. A beautiful species, with dari-crimson flowers. 
Catesby’s Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Pl. tol ft. 
186 S. Mexica'na (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined. and D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 379.) plant glabrous ; root thick, horizontal; stems 
erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate, acute ; flowers panicled ; calyx 
clavate, pilose ; petals 4-cleft, lobes acute, furnished with scale- 
like appendages ; stamens hardly longer than the petals. %4. F; 
Native of Mexico. Petals red or purple. 
Mexican Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
187 S. Cave’nsis (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 379.) plant 
covered with clammy pubescence ; stems horizontal, branched, 
leafy ; branches erect; leaves large, linear-lanceolate ; flowers 
large, panicled, few; calyx clavate, reticulate ; petals broad, 2- 
parted, naked. ©. H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers red. 
Cape Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
188 S. noctirtéra (Lin, spec. 599.) plant clammy, pubes- 
CARYOPHYLLEX. VI. Sieve. 
cent; stems erect, branched; leaves large, lower ones spatulate, 
upper ones lanceolate ; flowers large, panicled ; calyx cylindri- 
cal, ventricose, with alternate veins and stripes, teeth very 
long ; petals 2-parted, crowned. ©. H. Native of Sweden and 
Germany. In England in fields on a sandy or gravelly soil, 
particularly in Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, very common about 
Wetherby, Yorkshire ; not rare in Suffolk and Norfolk, especially 
on the west side of Norwich. Smith, engl. bot. 291. Lychnis 
noctiflora, Schreb. spic. p. 31. Ocymoides noctiflòrum, Comm. 
109. t. 34. Petals of a pale blush-colour, expanding at night, 
with a short blunt bifid crest. This plant resembles the Lychnis 
dioica in habit. 
Night-flowering Catchfly. Fl. July. England. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
189 S. orna‘ra (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 96.) plant pubescent; 
stems erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate, bluntish ; flowers pa- 
nicled ; calyx cylindrical, ventricose, with alternate stripes and 
veins ; petals 2-parted; lobes broad, denticulated, crowned. 
3. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Sims, bot. mag. 
382. Flowers the size of a clove-pink, dark-purple. 
Ornamented Catchfly. Fl. May, Sep. Clt. 1775. PI. 2 ft. 
s*#*** Flowers middle-sized, red, white, or cream-coloured. 
190 S. srricta (Lin. spec. 599.) plant hardly pubescent; 
stem erect, branched; leaves linear-lanceolate, lower ones 
stalked; flowers panicled, erect; calyx cylindrically-clavated, 
netted; petals small, emarginate, crowned. ©.H. Native of 
Spain. S. linæòla and S. eranthema, Wib. Petals red. 
Straight Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1802. Pl. 1 foot. 
191 S. Cre’tica (Lin. syst. 421.) stem erect, pubescent at 
the base, with the joints clammy; leaves scabrous, lower ones 
obovate, upper ones linear-lanceolate; flowers panicled, on long 
bractless pedicels ; calyx clavate; petals 2-parted, narrow, with 
2-parted, entire, acute appendages. ©.H. Native of Crete 
on rocks by the sea-side. Smith, fl. greece. t. 422.—Dill. elth. 
422. t. 314. f. 404. Flowers deep rose-coloured. 
Cretan Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clit. 1732. 
14 foot. 
192 S. muscr’puta (Lin. spec. 601.) plant smoothish, clammy ; 
stem erect > branches alternate, long; lower leaves lanceolate- 
spatulate, upper ones linear; flowers panicled; calyx amply 
clavated, netted ; petals bifid. ©.H. Native of Spain.—Clus. 
hist. 1. p. 289. f. 1. Petals intensely red. ; 
This plant is very clammy, and when flies light upon it 
they become entangled ; hence the name of Catchfly for the 
whole genus. 
Fly-trap Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1596. Pl. 1 foot. 
193 S. LEUCOPHÆ A (Smith, fl. greec. t. 424.) plant villous, 
clammy, branched ; leaves linear-oblong, recurved, sessile ; stem 
usually dichotomous, somewhat panicled ; calyx clavate ; petals 
2-parted, narrow, with 2-parted entire appendages. ©. H 
Native of the island of Cyprus. Flowers cream-coloured above, 
but brownish beneath. 
White-brown-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PI. 4 foot. 
194 S. Co’rstca (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 756.) plant pubescent, 
very clammy ; stems procumbent, leafy ; leaves small, obovate ; 
flowers terminal, erect ; calyx clavate ; petals 2-parted, crowned, 
with long claws. Y%.H. Native of Corsica.—Bocc. mus. t. 
54. Petals purple? 
Corsican Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Pl. pro- 
cumbent. ' 
195 S. XERA'NTHEMA (Viv. fl. cors. app. in Schlecht. Linnæa, 
1. p. 501.) hairy ; stem ascending ; leaves all lanceolate, sessile ; 
peduncles axillary, ‘opposite, usually 1-flowered; petals semi- 
bifid, exserted ; calyx elongated, membranous, hairy, glandular ; 
capsules elliptically-clavate. %? H. Native of Corsica. 
Dry-flowered Catchfly, P1. ascending. 
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