84 BRITISH BOTANY. 



more or less hairy. Lower leaves spathulate, tapering into the 

 petiole ; the upper leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowers erect on 

 short peduncles (pedicels ?), in lax pyramidal clusters. Calyx in- 

 flated, slightly umbilicate, downy, and often glandular, with 

 ovate, blunt teeth. Petals cleft. Capsule ovate-oblong, acumi- 

 nate, with a long stipes (a column elevating the capsule, theca- 

 phore). Seeds tubercled, and flat on both sides. 



Said to be an escape from cultivation. Perennial; May- 

 August. 



S. Otites, Sm. Spanish Catchfly. — e.b. 85. l.b.s. 154, 

 A. 2. C. 3. Lat. 52-53°. Alt. 0-50 yds. Tern. 49-48°. 



Stems erect, downy or slightly viscid, 6-30 inches high. Lower 

 leaves spathulate ; upper leaves nearly linear. Flowers dioecious, 

 rarely polygamous, small, pale green, in an elongate, narrow, 

 clustered panicle. Calyx tubular-campanulate, with short tri- 

 angular teeth, often deeply cleft when in fruit. Petals linear, 

 entire, without scales. Capsule sessile. 



In dry, sandy or gravelly places in Norfolk, Sufiblk, etc. 

 Perennial ; July-August. 



S. inflata, Sm. Bladder Campion, or Common Catchfly. — 



E.B. 164. L.B.S. 153. 



A. 17. C. 75. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-250 yds. Tern. 52-44°. 



Stems ascending, often reclining at the base, branching. 

 Leaves oblong or ovate-lanceolate. Flowers in a terminal, many- 

 flowered cyme. Calyx glabrous, ovate, much inflated and veined, 

 with large triangular teeth. Petals deeply divided, sometimes 

 with two tubercles above the claw. Capsule rounded and stipitate. 



Fields, roadsides, 'and similar places. Perennial ; June- 

 August. 



The hoary, tubercled variety, hirsuta, Jjeight., is very common 

 in the south-east of England. 



/3. minor, Moris, Fl. Sard. — See Gr. and God. — This variety is 

 uncommon ; but it has been collected at Wandsworth, near the 

 Thames, with many other foreigners. 



S. maritima, With. Sea Catchfly. — e.b. 957. l.b.s. 153"^. 

 A. 18. C. 60. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-1000 yds. Tern. 52-36°. 



Root perennial, ligneous. Stems diff'use, prostrate, ascending 

 at the top, with numerous barren leafy shoots, round, slender, 

 rough with short spreading bristles, leafy. Leaves oblong, acute, 

 ciliated, thick, tapering below (the lower ones) ; upper ovate. 



