292 DECANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Silene. 



2. S. qiihiquevulnera. Variegated Catchfly. 



Hairy. Petals roundish, entire. Flowers lateral, alternate, 

 erect, as well as the capsules. Calyx somewhat shaggy. 



S. quinquevulnera. Linn. Sp. PI. 595. lVilld.v.2.69\. Fl.BrA66. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 2. t. 86. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 18. 12. 



Lychnis vulncrata. Scop. Cam. v. 1. 309, 



L. hirta minor, ttore variegato. Dodart Mem. 99. f. ed. Amst, 601 . 

 t. 23. 



In sandy cornfields, rare. 



Near Wrotham, Kent. Hudson. 



Annual. June, July. 



Root small, tapering. Herb of a rather darker green than the pre- 

 ceding, more densely hairy, but less viscid, and generally less 

 luxuriant. Cat. with many long, loose, shaggy, while hairs, in- 

 termixed with the shorter and thicker pubescence, especially 

 about the upper part, and ratlier smaller when in fruit, as well 

 as more upright, the lowermost of all only being very rarely di- 

 varicated or reflexed. Limb of each petal orbicular, wavy, but 

 not cloven ; the disk of a deep but rich crimson ; the margin 

 white, as well as the cloven scales. 



Frequently cultivated in gardens, where its flowers, though small, 

 make a brilliant appearance. 



** Stem forked ; branches panicled. 



3. S. inflata. Bladder Campion or Catchfly. 



Flowers copiously panicled, drooping. Petals cloven half 

 way down, mostly without scales. Calyx smooth, in- 

 flated, reticulated. Stem erect. Leaves ovate, acute. 



S. inflata. Fl. Br. 467. Comp. 68. Prodr. FL Grcec. v. 1. 293. 



Hook. Scot. 134, a. 

 Cucubalus inflatus. Salisb. Prodr. 302. 

 C. Behen. Linn. Sp. PL 59 \. M'illd.v.2. 684. Huds. \86. Engl. 



Bot. V. 3. 1. 1 64. FL Dan. t.9\4. Dreves Bilderb. t. 50. Ehrli. 



PL Off. 454. Bull. Fr. t.32\. 

 Lychnis Behen. Scop. Cam. v. 1. 305. 

 L. svivestris quse Been album vulgo. Bauh. Pin. 205. Rati Syn. 



337. 

 Viscago n. 913. Hall Hist. v. 1. 397. 

 Been album officinarum. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. 356./. 

 Behen album. Ger. Em. 678./. 

 B. album, sive Polemonium. l)od. Pempt, 172./. 

 Polemonium Dodontei. Dalech. Hist. 1 186./. 

 Melandryum Plinii quorundam. Clus. Hist. v. 1. 293./. 

 (3. Lychnis Papaver spumeum latifolium vulgare hirsvitum. Moris. 



Bles. 124. 



