CARYOPHYLLEZ. VI. Sirens. 
branaceous margins ; flowers panicled; peduncles generally 2- 
3-flowered; calyx long, clavate, purplish; petals 2-lobed, 
crowned. %. H. Native of Persia and on Mount Atlas. 
Petals white on the upper surface but pale violet underneath. 
Desf. atl. 1. p. 351.—Tourn. itin. 2. p. 139. t. 154. 
Bupleurum-like Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1801. Pl. 
1 to 24 feet. 
228 S. ca‘nwa (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 382.) plant 
hoary-pubescent; stem twiggy, simple; lower leaves ovate- 
oblong, stalked, ciliated at the base, upper ones linear; flowers 
panicled ; peduncles 3-flowered; calyx long, clavated, purplish ; 
petals bifid, with long claws. 2. H. Native of? Petals 
whitish above, but brownish underneath ? 
Hoary Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1824. Pl. 2 feet. 
229 S. MOLLI'SSIMA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 498.) stem herbaceous, 
fleshy ; leaves fleshy, silky pubescent, radical ones ovate-spatu- 
late ; panicle corymbose, somewhat dichotomous ; petals bifid, na- 
ked; calyx cylindrically-clavate. %.H. Native of Italy and Asia 
Minor. Flowers white. Cucibalus mollissimus, Lin. spec. 593. 
Very soft Catchfly. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1739. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
230 S. pitosa (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 411.) plant hoary, villous ; 
stems erect, branched, clammy; leaves undulated, lower ones 
large, spatulate, upper ones lanceolate ; flowers in ample tricho- 
tomous panicles ; calyx cylindrically clavated ; petals 2-parted, 
crowned. 4%. H. Native of Italy, Hungary, and Transylvanica 
by the sea-side. Cucùbalus pilosus, Willd. enum. 471. Cucù- 
balus mollissimus, Waldst. et Kit. hung. 3. t. 248. Flowers 
white above but brownish or reddish beneath. 
Pilose Catchfly. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1739. Pl. 1 to 14 ft. 
231 S. re‘e1a (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1724.) plant clammy, pu- 
bescent ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; flowers large, panicled ; calyx 
downy, long, tubular; petals oblanceolate, undivided, crowned 
with bicuspidate appendages; stamens very long. %. H. 
ative of North America on the Mississippi. S. Virginica, 
var. Illinoénsis, Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p- 272. Flowers large, 
dark crimson, in trichotomous panicles. 
Royal Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1811. Pl. 2 to 5 feet. 
232 S. Batpwy’nu (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 288.) plant pilose ; 
leaves somewhat lanceolate ; flowers very large, in trichotomous 
panicles ; petals jagged, divaricating. %. F. Native of Flo- 
rida. Flowers very large, rose-coloured. 
Baldwyn’s Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Pl. 1 to 3 feet. 
233 S. Mocinia'na (D. C. prod. 1. p. 382.) plant rather 
villous ; stem simple, erect ; leaves lanceolate ; flowers panicled ; 
calyx cylindrically clavated, very long; petals 6-cleft, furnished 
with 2 bifid appendages. YJ. F. Native of Mexico. Moc. 
et Sesse. pl. mex. icon. ined. Flowers purple. 
Mocino’s Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1827. Pl. 3 to4 ft. 
234 S. racinta‘ra (Cav. icon. 6. p. 44. t. 564.) plant pubes- 
cent; stem erect, branched; leaves large, lanceolate, acute; 
Owers very large, terminal, rather drooping; peduncles 1- 
flowered ; calyx long, cylindrically ventricose: petals some- 
what 4-cleft ; stamens short. XY. F. Native of South Ame- 
rica. Flowers crimson, with a white, 2-parted crest. 
Jagged-petalled Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
255 S. rorunpirdria (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 288.) stems 
decumbent, pilose ; leaves broad-oval, stalked, ciliated ; flowers 
few, panicled ; calyx angular, cylindrically-clavated ; petals jagged, 
Somewhat 4-cleft, crowned. 2. H. Native of North America 
on the banks of the Ohio and Tenessee. Petals scarlet, 
Round-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Pl. decumbent. 
236 S. apscr/npens (Lag. gen. amer. 15.) plant villous, 
clammy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse, ciliated; peduncles 
1-flowered, fruit-bearing ones spreading; calyx oblong, cla- 
Vated, circularly reflexed at the base; petals bifid. ©.H. 
ative of Spain. Flowers red. 
413 
Ascending-stemmed Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. 
Pl. 3 foot. 
237 S. prantuor DES (Pers. ench. 1. p. 500.) leaves linear ; 
flowers panicled ; calyx striated, sessile between 2 leaves, which 
form an involucrum : petals bifid. ©? H. Native of the Levant. 
Cuctbalus saxifragus, Schreb. dec. 9. t. 5. Flowers*pink or 
purple? Calyx striped with purple. 
Dianthus-like Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
Secr. VIII. Aro‘cton (from a priv. and roxoc, tokos, the 
young or brood of any thing; because many of the plants con- 
tained in this section often produce nothing but male flowers.) 
Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 383. Caulescent. Flowers corym- 
bose. Calyxes clavated, with 10 stripes. 
* Perennial or shrubby. 
238 S. coRDIFÒLIA (All. ped. no. 1581. t. 23. f. 3.) plant 
clammy, glaucous; stems simple, hairy; leaves ovate, pointed, 
pubescent, upper ones somewhat cordate ; flowers 1-4, terminal, 
almost sessile ; calyx ovate, cylindrically clavated; petals quinque- 
fid with a bifid crest. %.H. Native of Piedmont on rocks, 
also about Nice. Petals pale pink above and yellowish beneath. 
Heart-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. Pl. 4 ft. 
239 S. rruricdsa (Lin. spec. 597.) stem shrubby at the base, 
much branched, tufted ; flowering stems simple ; leaves obovate, 
mucronate, dark-green, permanent, ciliated, particularly towards 
the base ; flowers crowded, fastigiately-panicled ; calyx clavate ; 
petals deeply emarginate, obtuse, with 4-parted appendages. 
h. H. Native of Sicily and the island of Cyprus on rocks. 
Smith, fl. gree. t. 428. S. nitida, Lag. gen. et spec. p. 15.— 
Bocce. sic. 48. t. 30. f. 2. Petals with greenish claws, flesh- 
coloured on the limb above, but greenish below. 
Shrubby Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1629. Sh. 1 to 14 ft. 
240 S. cxspitosa (Stev. in mem. soc. mosq. 2. p. 262.) plant 
tufted, roughish; root thick, woody; stems simple, slender, 
very leafy at the base ; leaves small, linear, acute; flowers 2-3, 
terminal; calyx clavated; petals 2-lobed, crowned? %. H. 
Native of Caucasus. Petals pink. 
Turfy Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1824. Pl. į to 4 ft. 
241 S. tomentosa (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 383.) 
plant very soft ; root woody, branched ; stems simple, very leafy 
at the base, almost leafless above; leaves fleshy, lower ones 
large, shell-formed, upper ones linear; flowers disposed in a 
crowded corymb ; calyx cylindrically-clavated ; petals 2-parted. 
4%. H. Nativeof Gibraltar on rocks. Petals pink. 
Tomentose Catchfly. Pl. 3 to 2 feet. 
242 S. PLATYPETALA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 383.) 
plant pilosely-pubescent ; stem humble, very leafy at the base ; 
leaves ciliated at the base, lower ones lanceolate-spatulate, upper 
ones linear-lanceolate ; flowers few, in a panicled corymb ; calyx 
clavated ; petals broad-ovate, with long claws. 2%. H. Native 
of North America. S. Virginica, Rafinisque in litt. but not of 
Lin. Flowers large, crimson. 
Broad-petalled Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. PI. § foot. 
243 S. Berce'ru (Schott. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 411.) stem 
simple, pilose at the base ; leaves lanceolate, also pilose ; panicle 
corymbose, few-flowered ; calyx clavate, hispid; petals obcor- 
date, crowned. 2% ? H. Native of Italy. Flowers red ? 
Berger's Catchfly. PI. 1 foot. 
244 S. votyconoiprs (Pers. ench. 1. p. 500.) plant pilose ; 
root thick ; stems procumbent, branched ; leaves small, lower 
ones lanceolate, upper ones elliptical, acute ; flowers sessile, in 
corymbs; calyx cylindrical; petals emarginate, naked? %. 
H. Native of the island of Naxia. Cucdbalus polygonoides, 
Willd. spec. pl. 2. p. 690. Flowers white, with a purple circle 
in the centre. Leaves like those of Thýmus serpyllium. 
Polygonum-like Catchfly. Pl. trailing. 
