400 



CARYOPHYLLEjE. VI. SILENE. 



upper ones pubescent, opposite, usually 6 ; calyx campanulate, 

 inflated ; petals 2-parted, with an auricle on each side, hence 

 quadrifid, with bifid, entire, divaricate appendages. If. . H. 

 Native of Negropont on Mount Delphi. Habit of plant and size 

 of flowers like that of S. pumilio. 



4uricled-peta\\ed Catchfly. PI. -J- foot. 



18 S. GRAMINIFOLIA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 368.) 

 plant glabrous ; stem erect, simple, very leafy at the base, 

 almost naked above ; leaves linear, scarcely ciliated ; flowers in 

 panicled spikes ; peduncles opposite, sometimes longer than the 

 calyx, sometimes shorter ; calyx ovate, 10-striated; petals semi- 

 bifid, with ciliated claws. I/ . H. Native of the Altaian 

 mountains. Flowers white. 



Grassy-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Jun. Jul. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



19 S. VISCAGINOIDES (Horn. hafn. suppl. 4. p. 49.) plant 

 glabrous ; stem erect, simple, somewhat leafy ; leaves linear, 

 hardly ciliated ; flowers in panicled spikes ; peduncles opposite, 

 length of calyx ; calyxes ovate, 1.0-striated ; petals semibifid, 

 with the claws not ciliated. If.. H. Native of Dahuria. Flowers 

 pink. Root woody, with many stems rising from the neck. 



Viscago-like Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. | to ft. 



20 S. PROCU'MBENS (Murr. com. gcett. 1784 and 1785. p. 83. 

 t. 2.) plant glabrous ; stems procumbent, branched, very leafy ; 

 leaves lanceolate; flowers axillary opposite, and terminal ; calyxes 

 ovate ; petals somewhat auricled, bifid ; anthophorum long. 

 H. If. . Native of Siberia. S. decumbens, Schreb. S. amoe'na, 

 Lin. spec. 596. exclusive of synomymes. Flowers white. 



Procumbent Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. pro- 

 cumbent. 



21 S. RUBE'LLA (Lin. spec. 600.) plant smooth, glaucous, 

 branched ; leaves obovate, rather scabrous on the margin ; 

 flowers fastigiately-panicled ; calyx 10-striated, clavate, but in- 

 flated after flowering ; petals emarginate, with bifid, entire ap- 

 pendages. () H. Native of Portugal and the Levant. Smith, 

 fl. grasc. t. 426. Delisle, fl. asgyp. t. 29. f. 3. Dill. elth. 314. 

 f. 406. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Red Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1732. PI. 1 foot. 



22 S. OBLONGIFOLIA (Otth. mss. inD. C. prod. l.p. 369.) plant 

 hardly pubescent ; stems assurgent ; leaves oblong, obtuse ; 

 flowers small, panicled, lax ; calyx only a little inflated, hardly 

 10-striated; anthophorum long. 0. H. Native? Flowers red? 



Oblong-leaved Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. PI. to 1 foot. 



23 S. APE'TALA (Willcl. spec. 2. p. 703.) plant hoary-pubes- 

 cent ; stem erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate, upper ones linear ; 

 flowers few, terminal, or in the forks ; calyx obovate, 1 0-striated ; 

 petals wanting. O- H. Native of Spain. Flowers apetalous. 

 Perhaps this species does not belong to this section. 



Jpetalous-fiovtered Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1801. PL | ft. 



24 S. TENUIFLORA (Guss. pi. rar. 1. p. 177. t. 36.) stem erect; 

 radical leaves spatulate, obtuse, pubescent, upper cauline ones 

 lanceolate-linear, smooth, tapering to the top ; panicle rather 

 dichotomous, few- flowered ; peduncles elongated, usually 1- 

 flowered ; calyx smooth, oblong, at length much inflated, 1 0- 

 nerved ; petals emarginate. O . H. Native of Abruzzo on the 

 edges of fields. Flowers red or white ? 



Fine-flowered Catchfly. Fl. May, July. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



25 S. SPERGULIFOLIA (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 305.) villous; 

 stems procumbent, diffused, branched ; branches 3-flowered ; 

 leaves small, linear, reflexed in fascicles ; flowers somewhat 

 panicled, crowded ; calyx inflated, 10-striated, beset with glan- 

 dular hairs ; petals semibifid, somewhat deflexed ; appendages 

 of petals obcordate. I/ . H. Native of Armenia and on dry 

 hills about Tiflis. Desf. cor. Tour. 73. t. 55; S. poly- 

 phyllus, Bieb. fl. taur. no. 835. exclusive of the synonymes. 

 Flowers white or tinged with purple, about the size of those of 

 S. Behen. 



Spurry-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. PL ft. 



26 S. CARYOPHYLLOI DBS (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 369.) stems erect, slender ; leaves linear, very narrow, upper 

 ones broader ; flowers large, terminal ; calyx inflated, somewhat 

 funnel-shaped, narrowed at the base ; petals 2-lobed. If. . H. 

 Native of the Levant. Cucubalus caryophylloides, Poir. diet, 

 suppl. 2. p. 416. Perhaps belonging to a separate section. 

 Flowers white or pinkish. 



CLve-pink-like Catchfly. Fl. July. PL 1 foot. 



27 S. HISPA'NICA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 369.) 

 plant pilose ; stems procumbent, somewhat 4-sided ; leaves 

 linear-oblong, obtuse ; flowers axillary, generally solitary ; calyx 

 ovate, 10-striated; petals small ; anthophorum wanting. If. H. 

 Native of Spain. S. parviflora, Zea, in Poir. diet, suppl. 5. p. 

 150. Flowers cream-coloured ? Perhaps belonging to a dif- 

 ferent section, as well as the two following species. 



Spanish Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PL -J- foot. 



28 S. CARNO'SA (Mcench. suppl. 206.) plant glabrous; stem 

 erect ; leaves acute, glaucous ; flowers solitary ; calyx smooth, 

 veiny; petals lanceolate, with 2-parted appendages. () H. 

 Native ? Petals purple, bordered with white. 



Fleshy Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PL 1 foot. 



29 S. ANGUSTIFO'IIA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 337.) stem branch- 

 ed ; leaves linear, glabrous ; flowers terminal ; calyx somewhat 

 campanulate, rather hairy ; petals bifid ; anthophorum scarcely 

 the length of the capsule. I/ . H. Native of Caucasus about 

 the falls of the Terek. Flowers white. 



Narrow-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PL 1 foot. 



SECT. III. OTI'TES (from owe woe, ous otos, an ear, the form of 

 the leaves of S. otites is compared to an ear-picker.) Otth. mss. 

 and D. C. prod. 1. p. 369. Caulescent. Flowers disposed in 

 verticillate spikes, or verticillate panicles, or racemes. 



30 S. OTI V TES (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) stems erect, rarely 

 branched, hardly pubescent, rather leafy ; lower leaves nume- 

 rous, spatulate, somewhat fleshy, upper ones lanceolate ; flowers 

 small, dioecious ; calyx of the female flowers spherical, those of 

 the male flowers somewhat club-shaped ; petals linear, undivided, 

 naked. 2/ . H. Native of Silesia, Austria, France, Switzer- 

 land, &c. In England in dry sandy or gravelly open grassy 

 fields ; chiefly in Norfolk, Suffolk, or Cambridgeshire ; between 

 Swaffham and Narford, Norfolk, on the grassy ridges of the 

 road ; also about Thetford, Barton-mills, and Bury. Cucubalus 

 Otites, Lin. spec. 594. Smith, engl. bot. t. 85, Fl. dan. 518. 

 Lychnis Otites, Scop. earn. 1. p. 305. Flowers small, yellowish. 

 Ray says this plant is useful in hydrophobia. 



Var. ft, umbellata (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 369.) 

 root thick, branched ; stems leafless, humble ; radical leaves 

 spatulate ; flowers umbellate, i; . H. Native of Syria. 



Var. y, macrophylla (Otth. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) plant rather 

 pubescent ; stem very high, branched ; leaves large, spatulate, 

 obtuse or acute ; flowers very numerous, somewhat panicled. 

 !{.. H. Native of Provence on Mount Cousson. 



Var. S, densiflbra (Otth. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) plant hairy ; 

 stem very high ; whorls many-flowered, very distant, dense. 

 1. H. Native of Tauria. S. densiflora, D'Urv. enum. 48. 



Ear-leaved or Spanish Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. England. 

 PL 1 to 3 feet. 



31 S. WOLGE'NSIS (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 370.) stem 

 branched, pubescent ; lower leaves large, lanceolate- spatulate, 

 ciliated, upper ones linear, long ; flowers in panicled whorls, 

 stalked ; petals linear. I/ . H. Native on the banks of the river 

 Volga. Cucubalus Wolgensis, Willd. enum. suppl. 24. Flowers 

 yellowish. 



Volga Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



32 S. PARVIFLORA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) plant hoary-pubes- 



