408 DECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Silene. 



Capsule 1 -celled. Halljr. Plant greyish green. Leaves op- 

 posite, united at the base. Flowers fine red. 



I have a specimen gathered many years ago in England, but 

 cannot recollect where. — Sandy corn fields. A little to the north 



R. Syn. ed. iii. 



J 



June, J 



noctiflo'ra. S. Petals cloven : calyx with 10 angles : the teeth as long i 



as the tube : stem forked. 



E. hot. 291-Cam. hort. 34-#. ox. v. 20. 12. 



Stem upright, hairy, clammy. Leaves broad-spear-shaped, 

 hairy. Flowers solitary, on fruit-stalks, slanting, whitish. Ca~ 

 lyx cylindrical ; when in fruit, globular-egg-shaped, full of seed, 

 scored, with a net-work of veins ; teeth nearly as long as the ca- 

 lyx. Flower opening in the night sweet scented in the summer, 

 not so in the autumn. Linn. Leaves growing together at the 

 base. Flowers few, in the bosom of the upper leaves, and termi- 

 nating, mostly nodding. Seed-vessel upright. Mr. Woodward. 

 Bloss. whitish, with a pinky tinge ; only expanded in the evening. 



Night-flowering Catchjly. Corn fields. Between Newmarket 

 and Canvass-hall in Woodditton. About Norwich. [Sandy 

 fields, Norfolk, frequent. Mr. Wooeward.] A. July. 



(4) Stemless. 



acaulis. S. Stemless, depressed : petals notched at the end : capsules 



globular. 



Dick. h. s.-L\ghtf. 12. at p. 221-/7. dan. 21-2>i/A elth. 

 167* ZUG.-AlAoni 79- l-Pona ap. Clus. ii. 341. 2-Ger. 

 em. 593. %-Barr. 3%C-Park. 639. 10-J. B. iii. ?(&* 

 Pet. 56. 4. 



Forms a thick turf. Leaves awl-shaped, smooth, but the 

 edges beset with hooked teeth pointing downwards. Flowers 

 single, bright purple. Fruit -stalks sometimes not I an inch 

 high, but lengthening as the fruit advances to maturity, to I or 

 2 inches. Petals inversely heart-shaped, with 2 small teeth 

 forming the crown. Capsule as long again as the calyx, smooth, 

 shining, tinged with purple. Mr. Woodward. 



Moss Catchfly. Mountains of Caernarvonshire, near Llanberrxs, 

 Dartmoor, Devonsh. Isles of Mull, Rum, and Skye, Highland ■ 

 Mountains. [Ben Lomond. Lightf. Dr. J. E. Smith. — Mal- 

 ghyrdy and Ben Vurloch. Mr. Brown.] P. May, June, 



STELLA'RIA. Cal 5 leaves, expanding : petals ' 



5, mostly divided down to the base : cafs. 

 ! cell : seeds many. 





