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CARYOPHYLLACE^E. 



ing, finely toothetl at the margin ; flowers few on each 

 stem, or solitary ; petals slightly cloven, crowned. 

 Resembling the last, but of humbler stature, though 

 bearing larger flowers. Common near the sea-shore, as 



MARfTlMA (Sea Campion). 



well as by the sides of mountain rivulets. A variety, 

 with handsome double flowers, has been found in Devon- 

 shire. Fl. all the summer. Perennial. 



*** Stems elongated ; flowers in whorls. 



4. S. Otites (Spanish Catchfly). Stems erect, with 

 opposite, tufted branches ; stamens and pistils on sepa- 

 rate plants ; petals narrow, entire, not crowned. 

 Sandy fields in the east of England. The stems are 

 about a foot high, viscid at the middle ; flowers small, 

 yellowish. Fl. July. Perennial. 



