CARYOPHYLLACE^. 01 



petals obovate-roundish, more than half as long as the cla^', white 

 ■with a deep red disk. 



In sandy places and gravel-pits. Rare in England, and pro- 

 bably only escaped from cultivation. Trvily wild in Guernsey. In 

 England it has occurred near Sandgate and Wrotham, Kent ; 

 Duppas Hill, Surrey ; and Bury, SufTolk ; also between Tunbridge 

 Wells and Erant ; Sussex ; in Berkshire ; and at Camphill, Korth- 

 West Yorkshire. 



[England,] Channel Islands. Annual. Summer. 



Very like S. anglica, but much stouter in proportion to its 

 height, which is from 6 to 18 inches. The branches are stiller, not 

 spreading and straggling, the flowers are much closer and the petals 

 much larger than those of S. anglica, and with a deep dull crimson 

 base and centre giving off lines towards the apex. 



S. gallica, Linn. (S. eu-gallica, mihi), is probably only a variety 

 of this plant, as the only difference appears to be that the petals 

 are white without a red disk. I have retained the name " gallica" 

 as that of the aggregate species, as it is adopted by Koch, Godron, 

 and several other authors ; it includes, besides the above, S. lusitanica 

 (Linn.), S. cerastoides (D. C), S. tridentata (D. C.), &c. 



I have not seen British specimens of S. eu-gallica ; but probably 

 the late Dr. Bromfield is correct in referring to it a plant called 

 by him S. anglica, var. stricta. This occurred " among oats at 

 upper end of Colwell Heath," and in " a turnip-field on the farm at 

 Kite Hill, by Wootton Bridge," Isle of Wight. However, as I have 

 not seen specimens from these localities, I have not ventured to have 

 a Continental specimen drawn for the present work. 



Sjjotted Catchfli/, Variegated Catchfli/. 



This species is sometimes cultivated on account of its bright pretty flowers. 



Section IV.— ATOCION. 



Inflorescence corymbose (primary axis short), or reduced to a 

 solitary flower. Calyx sub-membranous, not bladdery, cylindrical- 

 clavate or ovoid-funnelshaped, faintly 10-nerved, quite filled by the 

 mature capsule. Capsule with imperfect partitions. 



SPECIES v.— S I L E N E ARMERIA. Linn. 



Plate CCIV. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VI Canjoph. Tab. CCLXXXIV. Fig. 5079. 



No perennial rootstock. Stems erect, slightly viscous in the 

 upper part. Elowers erect, numerous, in rather compact flat-topped 



