CAUYOPIIYLLACE^. 59 



Thctford, and Ereswell, Suffolk; Brandon, Norfolk; and also on 

 Dirleton Common, Haddingtonshire, and Montrose Links, Forfar- 

 shire ; though possihly not native in the Scotch localities, 



England, [Scotland]. Annual. Summer. 



Crown of the root producing one or more stems, which are 2 to 

 15 inches high, irregularly dichotomously branched towards the 

 top. Leaves all very narrow ; the lower ones attenuated at the 

 base, and less acute than the upper ; the uppermost of all (or 

 bracts) with numerous ribs and long acuminate points. Flowers 

 f inch long by f inch across. Calyx truncate, intruded or umbi- 

 licate at the base (above which it swells out very much as the 

 capsule increases in size), teeth nearly one-third the length of the 

 whole. Petals with the claw dilated into 2 auricles at the top, 

 and much longer than the lamina, which is rose-colour. Capsule 

 ovoid-conical, nearly filling the calyx. Seeds roundish-reniform, 

 Avith the edges of the parallel sides not rounded off, so as some- 

 what to resemble a vertebra, covered with very small tubercles. 

 Plant green, with small hairs and sticky glands towards the upper 

 part of the stem and on the calyx ribs. 



Striated Cainjnon or Catchfiij. 



FrencL, Sileae Conique. German, Kegdkelchigcr Tauhenkropf. 



Section III.— VISCAGO. 



Inflorescence pseudo-racemose or -spicate; sometimes forked, 

 with. a single flower in the fork (primary axis short). Calyx 

 not bladdery; at first sub-cylindrical, afterwards ovoid, strongly 

 10-nerved, without anastomosing veins, tightly enclosing the 

 capsule. Capsule with imperfect partitions. 



SPECIES I V.-SILENE GALLIC A. Kodi. 

 Plates CCII. CCIII. 



No perennial rootstock or barren shoots. Stem erect or de- 

 cumbent. Lower leaves oblanceolate or obovate ; upper ones 

 oblong or linear. Flowers erect, in terminal racemes, alternate, 

 sub-secund. Calyx at first cylindrical, afterwards ovoid, not 

 umbilicate at the base, with 5 rather lorn? triaui?ular acuminate 

 teeth at the apex, and 10 hairy ribs. Lamina of the petal oblong- 

 obovate or -oblanceolate or elliptical, entire, denticulate or slightly 

 notched at the tip, with 2 distinct scales at the base. Filaments 

 hairy. Gynophore rudimentary. Capsule ovoid, about as long as 

 the calvx teeth. 



