290 DECANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. Silene. 



DEC ANURIA TRIGYNIA, 



CUCUBALUS haccifer, which has hitherto found a place 

 in every British Flora, and which, in Fl, Brit. 464^, stands 

 as the only representative of its genus, must here be 

 omitted. Dillenius, in his edition of Ray's Synopsis^ 267, 

 speaks of this plant as having been " gathered in hedges 

 in Anglesea, {Mona,) by Mr. Foulkes of Llanbeder, and 

 sent by him to Dr. Richardson." Now it appears, by a 

 subsequent letter from the same gentleman, preserved in 

 the archives of the Richardson family, and published in 

 the Correspondence of LinncEus and other naturalists, 

 London 1821, t;. 2. 171, that he, Mr. Foulkes, only re- 

 ceived a7i account of the Cucuhalus " from one who pre- 

 tended to know^ plants very well," but that he could never 

 find it, nor has this account ever been confirmed. The 

 figure in E7igl. Bot. v, 22. t, 1577 was necessarily drawn 

 from a garden specimen. 



234. SILENE. Catcbfly, or Campion. 



Lmn.Gen.22^. Juss.^02. FlBr.A^b. Lam.t.377. Gcertn. t.lSO. 

 Cucubalus. Linn. Gen. 225 ; (except C. baccifer, which is Tourn. 



t. 176.) Juss. 302. Lam. t. Z11 .f. 2. 

 Viscago. Bill. Elth. 416. t. 309—317. 



Nat. Ord. see ji. 232. , 



Cat. inferior, of 1 leaf, tubular, angular or furrowed, with 5 

 marginal teeth, or oblong segments, permanent. Pet. 5 ; 

 claws narrow, as long as the calyx, bordered, dilated up- 

 ward, attached to the receptacle, which is cylindrical, 

 sometimes much elongated and columnar ; limb flat, in- 

 volute in the bud, obtuse, either undivided or cloven, 

 either naked at the base, or furnished with 2, simple or 

 divided, distinct or combined, upright scales, which form 

 a crown at the mouth of the flower. Filain. awl-shaped, 

 5 alternate ones attached to the petals, and rather later 

 than the rest. Anth. oblong, or roundish. Germ, cylin- 

 drical. Styles short, erect. Stigmas oblong, oblique, 

 downy along the upper or inner side. Caps, covered by 

 the calyx, ovate-oblong, often stalked, imperfectly 3-celled, 

 opening by 6 teeth, more or less deeply separated, at the 

 summit. fe6?5 numerous, kidney- shaped, stalked, rough- 

 ish, attached to the central column. 



Herbaceous, occasionally somewhat shrubby, often annual, 



