DECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Silene. 



407 



from the forks of 



Arme 



leaves heart-shaped, smooth. 



Knlph. 8-FI. dan. 559-Clus. i. 288. 1-Dod. 176. 1-Lob. 

 obs. 242. 3-H. «r. v. 2L26-Ger. 481. 2. 



Whole //*#/ smooth. Stem upright. Leaves oblong, the up. 

 per heart-shaped. Flowers terminating, the ends of the branches 

 subdividing into forks, the forks close together. Petals nicked 

 at the end ; teeth of the crown taper-pointed, open* Linn. Stem 

 forked. Leaves sea-green, opposite. Petals pale red, slightly 

 notched at the end. 



Common Catchfly. Corn fields, and old walls. Banks of the 

 river half a mile below Chester. [Common in gardens.] 



A. July, Aug. 



S. Petals entire : calyx of the fruit globular, tapering to a conoi'dea. 



point, with 30 scores : leaves smooth. 



Clus. i. 288. 2-Lob. obs. 183. 2, and ic. i. 339- 2-Ger. em. 

 470. 7-7. B. iii. 349. 4-iW. 631. 1-H. ox. v. 21. 33. 



These are the figures which Linnseus refers to his S. conoidea 3 

 and with these, as well as with the description of S. conoidea f my 

 specimens from the London Botanic Garden accord. Mr. Hud- 

 son, indeed, gives to the S.conoidea, the synonyms which Linnseus 

 has referred to the L. conica, but he mentions no place of growth, 

 except on the authority of R. Syn. Dr. Stokes. But it can hardly 

 be supposed that Ray or Dill, should have been mistaken in this 

 case, we must therefore'believe the S. conica to be the plant ga- 

 thered near Sandown Castle, without however meaning to deny 

 that the S. conoidea may be likewise English. 



Stem beset with clammy hairs. Leaves spear-shaped, smooth. 

 Calyx ribs rough with hair. Capsules globular, with a cylindrical 

 beak. Petals small, undivided, entire. Nectaries with 3 clefts, 

 pointed, and with a tooth besides on each side at the base of the 

 blossom. Linn. Leave s s edges and mid-rib underneath downy, 

 and sometimes also the whole of the leaf. Calyx rounded at the 

 base. In S. conica the calyx is lopped at the base, and the whole 

 plant covered with short thick cottony down, without a mixture 

 of longer hairs, and not clammy. Dr. Stokes. Floavers dull red. 



Common Catcfyly. 



A. June, July. 



S. Petals cloven : calyx of the fruit conical, with 30 scores ; co'nica. * 



leaves soft. 



7 acq. amtr. 253-J. B. iii. 350. l~Lai. ic. i. 338, 2-Ger. 



em, 470. 6-rari, 633. 11. 



