CARYOPHYLLE^E. VI. SILENE. 



399 



in large spreading panicles ; calyx greatly inflated, with broad 

 teeth; petals fringed, incurved after flowering. If. . H. Native 

 of Crete, Sicily, and Caucasus. Cucubalus fimbriatus, Bieb. fl. 

 taur. 1. p. 333. suppl. 303. Flowers white. 



FnngW-petalled Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1803. PL 

 2 to 4 feet. 



5 S. LA'CERA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2255.) hispid ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, undulated, on long footstalks ; calyxes greatly in- 

 flated ; petals jagged, with the appendages 2-parted ; alternate 

 stamens deflexed. O? H. Native of Caucasus in the alps. 

 Cucubalus lacerus, Bieb. fl. taur. 3. p. 303. Flowers white. 



Jagged-petalled Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. 

 procumbent, 1-J foot long. 



6 S. STELLA' TA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 84.) stems erect, branched, 

 pubescent ; leaves 4 in a whorl, lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; 

 flowers panicled ; calyxes bladdery, pubescent ; petals fringed. 

 7/ . H. Native of North America on hills and in shady woods 

 from New England to Virginia and in Canada. Sims, bot. mag. 

 1107. Flowers white, without a crown. 



Stellate-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1696. PI. 1 

 to ]{ foot. 



* Petals bifid. 



7 S. COULTERIA'NA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 368.) 

 very smooth ; stem branched ; leaves small, linear-lanceolate ; 

 flowers in spreading panicles ; those flowers in the forks of the 

 panicle are on very long stalks ; calyx somewhat spherical, 

 greatly inflated ; petals with the claws wedge-shaped, and with 

 the limb 2-parted, into broad, somewhat truncate lobes. 1? H. 

 Native of Iberia and about Constantinople. Flowers white. 



Coulter's Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot. 



8 S. INFLA'TA (Smith, fl. brit. 467.) stems branched ; flowers 

 panicled ; calyx bladdery ; petals bifid, naked ; claws of petals 

 wedge-shaped ; styles very long. If. . H. Native very com- 

 mon throughout Europe. Common in Britain in fields, pastures, 

 and by way-sides. Fl. grsec. 293. Cucubalis Behen, Lin. spec. 

 591. Smith, engl. bot. t. 164. Fl. dan. 914. Bull, fr, t. 321. 

 Flowers white, drooping. Plant glaucous. 



Var. a, vulgaris (Otth. mss.) smooth ; leaves lanceolate. 



Var. ft, hirsuta (Smith, engl. fl. 2. p. 291.) hairy ; leaves 

 broad, lanceolate. Near Cromer, Norfolk, and near Edinburgh. 



Var. /, angustifblia (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 741.) smooth; leaves 

 linear. Cucubalus angustifolius, Schrank. hort. monac. t. 83. 

 Ten. fl. nap. t. 37. 



Var. S, riibra (Ram. pyr. ined.) petals purple. In the Py- 

 renees and the Alps about Bern in Switzerland. 



Var. e, viridijlora (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 747.) calyx leafy, pro- 

 foundly 5 -lobed ; petals half abortive, green. Cucubalus viridis, 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 221. 



Var. '(,, castrata (Lapeyr. abr. pyr. 247.) unisexual ; petals 

 abortive. In humid meadows of the Pyrenees. 



Var. r), uniflora (Otth, mss.) humble, glabrous ; flowers soli- 

 tary, rarely in twos or threes. In the Alps. S. uniflora, Roth, 

 cat. 1. p. 52. This is probably a variety of S. maritima. 



This species may be used as a substitute for asparagus or green 

 peas, the young snoots having the flavour of both. They ought 

 to be gathered when about two inches long, and the more they 

 are blanched the better. Bryant (Fl. Dietetica) says its culture 

 would well reward the gardener's trouble. In Gothland they 

 apply the herb externally in erysipelous eruptions. The leaves 

 boiled have also somewhat the-flavour of peas, and proved of 

 great use to the inhabitants of Minorca in 1685, when a swarm 

 of locusts had destroyed the harvest. 



Inflated or Bladder Catchfly. Fl. July. Brit. PL | to 3 ft. 



9 S. MARI'TIMA (With. 414.) root creeping ; stems prostrate, 

 branched ; flowers slightly panicled, or solitary, terminal ; ca- 



lyxes bladdery ; petals bifid ; with a bifid scale at the base of 

 each at the throat ; claws of petals wedge-shaped ; styles occa- 

 sionally 4 or 5 ; leaves lanceolate. 7 . H. Native of many 

 parts of Europe on the sandy and stony sea-coast, as well as in 

 the beds of alpine torrents in Britain. Smith, engl. bot. 957. 

 S. amce'na, Huds. 188. S. inflata ft, Hook. scot. 135. S. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 368. Cucubalus Behen /3, Lin. spec. 591. Fl. dan. 

 857. Plant glaucous. Stems prostrate. Flowers white, larger 

 than those of S. inflata. 



Var. ft, major ; plant larger. 



Sea Campion or Catchfly. Fl. July, Sept. Brit. PL \ to | ft. 



10 S. FABA'RIA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 685. Smith, fl. grsec. 315.) 

 smooth, glaucous ; stems erect, dichotomous ; flowers in race- 

 mose fascicles; calyx bladdery ; petals 2-parted, narrowed, with 

 2-parted, emarginate appendages ; leaves obovate, fleshy, acute. 

 I/ . H. Native of Sicily and the Grecian islands. Cucubalus 

 fabarius, Thore, chl. land. 172. ? S. uniflora y, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 

 747.? Bocc. mus. 133. t. 92. Flowers white or pale red. 



Bean-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1731. PL 1 to 3|ft. 



11 S. OVA V TA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 316.) stem simple ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated ; flowers panicled ; calyx 

 ovate, inflated ; stamens protruding. Tf. . H. Native of the 

 western part of Georgia and Carolina. Flowers pale red or 

 white. Perhaps a variety of S. inflata. 



Var. ft, /ore-plena (D. C. prod. 1. p. 368.) flowers double. 

 Cucubalus polypetalus. Walt. fl. carol. 141. ? 



Oae-leaved Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 1 ft. 



12 S. BE' HEN (Lin. spec. 599.) plant glabrous and glaucous ; 

 leaves obovate-lanceolate, mucronulate, lower ones stalked, 

 upper ones ovate-lanceolate, sessile ; flowers panicled ; calyx 

 oval, inflated, veiny ; petals 2-parted ; lobes very short and 

 obtuse, with the appendages 2-parted and emarginate. $ . H. 

 Native of Candia. Smith, fl. grsec. 416. Lychnis vesicaria, 

 Lin. 1. c. Dill. elth. 427. t. 317. f. 409. Flowers pale pink. 



Bladdery Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1713. PI. 1| ft. 



13 S. C^E'SIA (Smith, fl. grsec. t. 417.) plant smooth, glau- 

 cous ; stems numerous, branched ; leaves obovately roundish ; 

 flowers corymbosely-panicled ; petals 2-parted, narrow, with 

 2-parted entire appendages ; calyx obovate, 10-nerved. If. . H. 

 Native of Mount Parnassus. Flowers greenish-white. Habit 

 of Silene inflata. 



Grey Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PL 1 foot. 



14 S. L^EVIGA'TA (Smith, fl. grsec. 418.) plant smooth, glau- 

 cous ; branched from the base ; stem paniculately-dichotomous ; 

 leaves elliptically-roundish, obtuse, upper ones more acute ; 

 petals deeply emarginate, obtuse, without any appendages. 

 O- H. Native of the island of Cyprus on the mountains. 

 Flowers small, red, erect, with one always in the forks of the stem. 



Smoothed Catchfly. PL ^foot. 



15 S. I'NDICA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 34.) canescent ; stems 

 ascending, branched ; leaves large, lanceolate, acute ; flowers 

 solitary, stalked, drooping ; calyx inflated, tomentose, netted ; 

 teeth of calyx broad, blunt, with scarious margins ; petals 2- 

 lobed, crowned by entire appendages. O H. Native of Ni- 

 paul. Flowers purple. 



Indian Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PL 3 to 4 ft. 



16 S. LANUGINOSA (Bertol. journ. bot. 4. p. 76.) plant 

 shrubby, tufted ; stems woolly ; leaves lanceolate-linear, 3- 

 nerved, with woolly margins, lower ones very long ; calyx 

 ovate, inflated, pubescent ; petals bifid (quadrifid according to 

 Bertol). If. . H. Native of Italy. Lychnis alpina, Bert. 1. c. 

 Till. cat. 4. pil. 105. t. 41. f. 2. Flowers white. 



fFoo% Catchfly. PL 1 foot. 



17 S. AURICULA'TA (Smith, fl. graec. t. 435.) plant tufted, 

 woody at the base; stem pubescent, 1 -flowered; flower ter- 

 minal ; lower leaves rosulate, lanceolate, mucronate, fringed, 



