62 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



corymbose cynics. Calyx sub-membrauous, coloured, cyliudrical- 

 clavate, umbilicate at the base, with 6 short obtuse teeth at the 

 apex. Petals with tlie laminte oblong-oblanceolate, emai-ginate, 

 each with 2 long free subulate scales at the base. Gynophore as 

 long as the capsule. Capsule about as long as the calyx. 



By river-sides, in cornfields and in waste places, but only where 

 it has escaped from gardens ; and apparently not permanently 

 naturalized in any locality. 



[England, Scotland]. Annual. Summer. 



Stem erect, hollow, simple or dichotomously or trichotoraously 

 branched in the upper part. Leaves sessile, 1 to 2 inches long, the 

 lowest ones narrowed at the base, all acute and entire. Flowers 

 very shortly stalked, } inch long l)y f inch broad. Calyx generally 

 tinged with red ; at first nearly cylindrical, but becoming more and 

 more enlarged upwards as the capsule increases in size. Petals 

 deep rose-colour or pale crimson ; the lamina Avith 2 erect narrow 

 acute scales about half as long as itself; claw not auricled at the 

 apex. Capsule cylindrical-ovoid, rather shoi'ter than the gyno- 

 phore, opening by G rcvolutc teeth, with 3 imperfect partitions 

 not nearly meeting in the centre. Seeds blackish, flat on the sides, 

 with a furrow on the back, finely rugose. Plant smooth, light green, 

 glaucous. 



Common Garden Catchjlij, LoheVs Catchjly. 



French, Silene Armerie. German, Garten Tauhenkropf. 



SPECIES VI.— SILENE A CAUL IS. Linn. 



Plate CCV. 



Rdch. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VI. Caryojjh. Tab. CCLXX. Fig. 5084. 



Rootstock slightly woody, much branched, producing procum- 

 bent barren shoots and extremely short ascending flowering stems, 

 with awl-shaped or linear-acute leaves. Flowers solitary, erect, 

 imperfectly dioecious, shortly stalked or sub-sessile. Calyx tubular, 

 oblong-rounded, scarcely umbilicate at the base, and with 5 rounded 

 teeth at the apex. Petals with the laminfe oblong-obovate, more or 

 less deeply notched at the apex, with a short notched scale at the 

 base. Gynophore shorter than the capsule. Capsule usually much 

 longer than the calyx. 



On damp rocks and rocky debris on mountains. Common on 

 those of Scotland, the North of England, and Wales. 

 England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer and Autumn. 



Stems with numerous short branches, so that the plant forms 



