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**** Stems elongated ; flowers in leafy clusters, alternate. 



5. S. Anglica (English Catchfly). Whole plant hairy 

 and viscid ; leaves narrow, tapering ; flowers lateral, 

 alternate, erect, the lower ones when in fruit reflex ed ; 

 petals crowned, slightly cloven. Not uncommon in many 

 parts of England, varying from 6 to 12 inches high, or 

 more, according to soil. The flowers are inconspicuous 

 and of a pinkish white hue. Fl. all the summer. 

 Annual. 



***** Stems panicled, leafy ; calyx nbt bladder-like. 



6. S. nutans (Nottingham Catchfly). Flowers all 

 drooping one way; branches opposite, 3-forked; calyx 

 much swollen ; petals deeply cloven, crowned. On lime- 

 stone and chalk rocks ; not common. It grows about 

 1| foot high, with large fragrant flowers, which expand 

 in the evening. Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



7. S. conica (Striated Corn Catchfly). Stem erect, 

 forked ; leaves narrow, downy ; petals cloven, crowned ; 

 calyx of the fruit conical, with 30 furrows. In sandy 

 fields, very rare ; from 6 to 12 inches high ; flowers 

 small, reddish. Fl. July. Annual. 



8. S. noctiflora (Night-flowering Catchfly). Stem 

 erect, repeatedly forked ; calpx with long teeth, oblong 

 when in fruit, 10-ribbed. Sandy and gravelly fields ; not 

 common. Shorter than the last, and with larger flowers, 

 which expand about sun-set, and close early in the 

 morning, and are very fragrant during the night. Fl. 

 July. Annual. 



4. LYCHNIS (CUmpion). 



1. L. Flos-Cuculi (Eagged Eobin). Petals deeply 

 4-cleffc, crowned; capsule 5-toothed; leaves very narrow; 

 flowers loosely panicled. A pretty and well-known 

 marsh plant, with a purplish green, angular stem, the 

 lower part of which is roughish with short bristly hairs, 

 the upper parts slightly viscid ; flowers rose-coloured, 



