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numerous, erect ; calyx conical, with 30 furrows ; petals rosy, cleft, 

 with ligules. — Sandy fields ; very rare. — Fl. May — July. Annual. 



5. S. dnglica (English Catchfly). — -Hairy and viscid, 6 — 12 in. 

 or more high ; stem erect or branched ; leaves narrow ; flowers 

 small, in leafy racemose cymes ; calyx with green pubescent ribs 

 and bristle-like teeth ; petals white or pink, bifid, with ligules ; 

 capsules drooping. — Gravelly fields ; not uncommon. — Fl. all the 

 summer. Annual. 



6. S. qidiiqueviihiera^ found chiefly in the Channel Islands, 

 differs in its petals, which are white, with a red spot on each 

 (whence the specific name meaning " Five Wounds "), and are not 

 cleft. 



7. S. acaulis (Moss Campion). — Densely tufted, bright-green, 

 moss-like ; stem much branched ; leaves narrow, fringed at the 

 base ; flowers pink or white, short-stalked, solitary, erect, \ in. 

 across ; calyx tubular, smooth, with 10 veins ; petals slightly notch- 

 ed with notched ligules. — Confined to the summits of our loftiest 

 mountains, where it forms a matted turf gay with blossoms.— Fl. 

 June — August. Perennial. 



8. S. Ot'ites (Spanish Catchfly). — Stem erect, about a foot high, 

 viscid, with whorled branches ; leaves few, narrow ; flowers small, 

 erect, yellowish ; petals narrow, not notched, without ligules ; 

 stamens and carpels generally on separate plants. — Sandy fields in 

 the east of England. — Fl. June— August. Perennial. 



9. S. niUans (Nottingham Catchfly). — Pubescent and viscid, 

 about i^ feet high; branches opposite, 3-forked; yf(9?f'^/-i- large, 

 white or pink, all drooping one way, most expanded and fragrant 

 in the evening ; calyx tubular, swollen in the middle ; petals 

 deeply cleft, with ligules. — On limestone rocks and castle-walls ; 

 not common. — Fl. May — July. Perennial. 



lo."^ 5. itdlica (Italian Catchfly), a tall, viscid, pubescent species, 

 with trichotomous QXQCt pa?ucles, bifid petals without ligules, and 

 a long stalk to the capsule, occurs as a casual in Kent. 



II. S. noctiflbra (Night-flowering Catchfly). — Softly pubescent 

 and viscid, about a foot high ; stem erect, repeatedly forked ; 

 flowers erect, reddish-white, rather large; calyx with 10 green, 

 hairy ribs ; petals deeply notched, unrolling about sunset, and clos- 

 ing early in the morning, very fragrant during the night. — Sandy 

 and gravelly fields ; not common. — Fl. July, August. Annual. 



4. Lychnis (Campion). — Herbaceous plants differing in no in- 

 variable characters from Silene ; but generally with 5 styles and 5 

 or 10 teeth to the capsule. (Name from the Greek luchnos, a lamp, 

 probably from the orange flowers of some species.) 



