CARYOPHYLLACE^. 83 



leaves obovate, apiculate; upper linear, acute, entire. Flowers 

 erect, solitary, in the bosoms of the upper leaves. Calyx cylin- 

 drical, with 5 hairy, viscid, green ribs, becoming ovate and con- 

 tracted, at the apex not umbilicate. Limb of the petals obovate, 

 slightly oblique, entire or slightly notched, with truncate or 

 toothed scales. Filaments hairy. Capsule ovate-conical, nearly 

 sessile. Seeds black, reniform, flat on one side. 



Cornfields. Annual; June— September. 



Var. a. quinquevulnera, Lin. Petals white or roseate, with 

 a deep purple spot in the centre of the limb. Seam-boat Pier, 

 Wandsworth. 



We have gathered another variety of this plant in the above 

 locality, chiefly distinguished fi'om the common form by the fol- 

 lowing characters : — 



Stem round, hairy, with swollen joints. Leaves linear-oblong, 

 hairy, and glandular. Calyx beset witli long, spreading, white, 

 cartilaginous hairs. Petak spreading, notched, reflexed, pink. 

 Crown erect, composed of five erect, pinkish-white, cleft laminse. 



S. nutans, Lin. Nottingham Catchfly. — e.b. 465. 



A. 7. C. 12. Lat. 50-57°. Alt. 0-100 yds. Tern. 51-48°. 



Root tapering, fleshy. Stems 12-18 inches high, reclining 

 below, erect above, rather leafy, witli numeroiis short, barren, 

 leafy shoots. Leaves hoary; the lower spathulate or obovate, 

 tapering below; the upper linear-lanceolate. Flowers pendu- 

 lous, in a lax, elongate cluster, on short, lateral branches, the 

 terminal one most erect (Sm.) . Calyx attenuated at the l)ase, 

 swelling upwards, and obovate when at maturity. Limb of the 

 petals 2-parted, with lanceolate acute scales and linear segments. 

 Capsule ovate-conical, obtuse, bursting the calyx, much longer 

 than its stalk. Seeds black, flat, with sharp tubercles. 



On Nottingham Castle, Rocks in Dovedale, etc. Perennial ; 

 June, July. 



Var. S. paradowa, Sm. Leaves broader. Dover Cliffs. 



In the ' English Flora,^ vol. ii. p. 297, Smith repudiates S. ya- 

 radowa of Fl. Britannica, 1397, with this remark, "It seems, as 

 Ray thought, not distinct from the common species S. nutans, 

 though with somewhat broader leaves." 



S. italica, Pers. — Italian Catchfly. ? S. patens, Peete. — e.b.s. 

 2748. L.B.s. excluded species. 



Root woody. Stems erect or ascending, 6-18 inches high, 



