52 CARYOPHYLLEJE. [Sii.i.M:. 



Sandy fields and roadsides of the E. counties, local ; fl. June-Aug. Rootstock 

 woody, branched. Stem 1-3 ft. Radical leaves J-3 in., many, slender, 

 puberulous. Panicle narrow, interrupted. Flowers in. diam., many, sub- 

 erect, pale yellow-green ; bracts membranous. Calyx obovoid, membranous. 

 Petals entire. Stamens and styles much exserted. Capsule ovoid, rupturing 

 the calyx. DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia, W. Asia to Persia. 



7. 8. nu tans, L. ; pubescent, stem above and calyx viscid, radical 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, cauline linear, flowers in panicled or subracemed 

 cymes drooping, calyx-teeth acute, petals 2-partite, scales lanceolate. S. 

 paradoxa, Sm. Nottingham Catchfly. 



Dry places and walls, Nottingham and other castles, rare ; S. Kent, Dovedale, 

 Orme's Head, Conway, Fife, Forfar, Kincardine, Jersey ; fl. May-July. 

 Rootstock woody, branched. Radical leaves 2-5 in., tufted, petioled ; 

 cauline small, narrow, sessile. Flower-stems 2-3 ft. Calyx J in.,- tubular, 

 swollen in the middle, membranous, nerves purple. Petals white or pink, 

 segments diverging, narrow, incurved. Capsule erect, exceeding and 

 rupturing the calyx. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), Siberia, Dahuria, Canaries. 

 Flowers dimorphic, fragrant at night. 



**** Calyx cylindric or ovoid, I0-nerved. Capsule without any septa. 



8. S. noctiflo ra, L. ; softly pubescent, viscid above, leaves all oblong- 

 lanceolate acute the lower petioled, flowers 1 or few all 2-sexual, calyx-tube 

 long, teeth slender, petals 2 -fid, scales truncate. 



Sandy fields, on the E. coasts only ; Forfar to Sussex ; fl. July- Aug. 

 Annual, 1-2 ft., erect, simple or dichotomous. Leaves 3-4 in., ^-1^ in. 

 broad. Flowers erect. Calyx 1 in., narrow in flower ; nerves green. !' In I." 

 rosy within, yellow outside, segments incurved by day. Capmle as long as, 

 and often rupturing, the calyx. DISTRIB. Europe, Siberia, W. Asia to 

 India ; introd. in U. States. Flowers open at night and very fragrant. 



3. LYCH NIS, L. CAMPION. 



Characters of Silcne, but styles 5. Sepals not foliaceous. Petals with an 

 appendage at the base of the blade. Styles and carpels opposite the sepals. 

 DISTKIB. N. temp, hemisphere ; species 30. ETYM. AJx" oy > fr m the 

 fla,me-likc flowers of some species, Styles sometimes, but rarely, 3-4, 

 when the species may be referred with equal justice to Silene. 

 * Petals 4-cleft. Capsule 5-tootlied, -without septa. 



1. It. Flos-cu'culi, L. ; flowers in loose dichotomous cymes, petals 

 4 -cleft. Ragged Robin. 



Moist meadows, copses, &c. ; ascends to near 2,000 ft. in the Highlands ; 

 fl. May-June. Glabrous. Rootstock slender. Stem 1-2 ft., roughish above. 

 Radical leaves petioled, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate ; cauline narrow. 

 Flowers drooping, pedicels slender. Calyx $ in /> veins purple; teeth 

 acuminate. Petals rosy, rarely white, segments linear ; scales long, 2-fid. 

 Capsule broadly ovoid, very shortly pedicelled. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), 

 Siberia. 



** Petals notched or 2-ftd. Capsule 5-toot/itd, rrith incomplete septa. 



2. L. Visca'ria, L. ; stem viscid at the nodes, petals notched. 

 Limestone rocks in N. Wales, and trap rocks local, in Mid. and S. Scotland ; 



fl. June-Aug. Glabrous, stout, 6-10 in. Rootstock perennial, woody. Radical 



