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cent ; stems erect, almost simple ; leaves spatulate-lanceolate ; 

 lower whorls of flowers elongated into panicles; calyx spherical, 

 with 1 stripes ; petals linear, ciliated, naked. l/.H. Native 

 of Hungary. Cucubalus parviflorus, Willd. spec. 2. p. 689. 

 Flowers whitish or yellowish-green, small. Petals undivided. 



Small-flowered Calchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1796. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



33 S. EFFU X SA (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 370.) stems 

 erect, almost simple ; leaves linear, lower ones bluntish ; flowers 

 very numerous, small, effusely panicled ; branches in whorls ; 

 calyx obovate, clavated, with 10 stripes. I/ . H. Native on the 

 banks of the Volga. Cucubalus effusus, Fisch. in litt. Flowers 

 whitish-yellow. 



.E/ttse-flowered Catchfly. Fl.Ju.Aug. Clt.1823. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



34 S. VERTICILLA'TA (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 370.) 

 plant very smooth ; stem much branched, and very leafy ; leaves 

 linear, acute ; flowers in whorled spikes ; whorls distant ; calyx 

 ovate, clavated; petals bifid. %. H. Native? Cucubalus 

 caespit6sus, Poir. diet, suppl. 2. p. 416. Flowers whitish- 

 yellow. 



Whorled-fiowered. Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



35 S. SIBI'RICA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) suffruticose, glabrous ; 

 stems much branched ; leaves linear-lanceolate, numerous, 

 ciliated or pubescent ; flowers disposed in interrupted spikes ; 

 calyx rather inflated, clavated, with 10 stripes; petals emar- 

 ginate ; stamens long. 3 . H. Native of Siberia in the deserts. 

 Cucubalus Sibiricus, Lin. spec. 592. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Siberian Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1773. PI. 1 to 2 

 feet. 



36 S. GYPSO'PHILA (Desf. cat. hort. par. 184.) plant branched, 

 pubescent, flexuous, leafy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminated ; 

 branches of panicle whorled ; calyx clavate, bladdery, 10- 

 striped, hairy ; petals 2-lobed. TJ. . H. Native of? Flowers 

 whitish. 



Gypsophi/a-\ike Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL |ft. 



37 S. DI'STANS (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 370.) stem 

 very long, twiggy, hardly pubescent ; radical leaves broad, lan- 

 ceolate-spatulate, obtuse, cauline ones linear, rounded at the 

 apex ; whorls very distant, few-flowered ; calyx long, clavated. 

 ij. . H. Native ? Flowers yellowisTi. 



Distant-whorled Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



38 S. MULTIFLO'RA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) plant hardly pu- 

 bescent ; stem simple, clammy ; leaves scabrous, linear -lanceo- 

 late, lower ones spatulate, stalked ; flowers disposed in inter- 

 rupted whorled spikes ; peduncles short ; calyx cylindrical, 

 clavated, with 10 stripes; petals 2-parted ; lobes narrow ; sta- 

 mens very long. $ ? H. Native of Siberia and Hungary. 

 Cucubalus multiflorus, Walds. and Kit. hung. 1. p. 56. t. 56. 

 Flowers yellowish-white. 



Many-flowered Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1794. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



39 S. ELA'TA (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 370 ) plant 

 glabrous ; stem very long, twiggy, simple ; cauline leaves few, 

 linear, radical ones lanceolate- spatulate ; flowers disposed in 

 interrupted spikes ; whorls 2-6-flowered ; calyx clavated, not 

 striped ; petals 2-parted. % . H. Native of Tauria. S. chlor- 

 antha, Stev. in litt. not Willd. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Tall Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



40 S. RUTHE'NICA (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 370.) 

 stems creeping, much branched ; branches opposite, erect ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, serrulated ; spikes of flowers very long ; 

 peduncles equalling in length the calyx ; calyx clavated, with 

 10 stripes; petals 2 parted. If.. H. Native of Russia. Very 

 like S. Sibirica, but very distinct. Perhaps S. Tatdrica ? Flowers 

 yellowish. 



Far. /3, peduncul&ta (Otth. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) peduncles 



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much longer than the calyx, lower ones branched. If. . H. Na- 

 tive of Russia and Volhynia. 



Russian Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



41 TATA'RICA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) plant glabrous; stems 

 erect, simple, very leafy ; leaves lanceolate, small ; spike of 

 flowers elongated, dense ; whorls 2-4-flowered ; calyx clavated, 

 with 10 stripes, reticulated ; petals 2-parted ; stamens very 

 long. l/.H. Native of Tartary. Cucubalus Tataricus, Lin. 

 spec. 592. Flowers turned towards one side, white. 



Tartarian Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1769. PI. 2 feet. 



42 S. GIGANTE'A (Lin. spec. 598.) plant villous ; leaves 

 obovate, fleshy, upper ones connate at the base ; whorls of 

 flowers distant; calyx clavate, with 10 stripes; petals bifid, 

 rounded, bicallose at the base ; stamens long. $ . G. Native 

 of the north of Africa and Candia. Smith, fl. grsec. 432. 

 Lychnis, &c., Walth. hort. 32. t. 11. Leaves large, obovate. 

 Flowers cream-coloured, expanding at night. 



Giant Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1738. PI. 2 to 4 ft. 



43 S. INVOLU TA (Forsk. fl. aegyp. arab. suppl. 210. no. 47.) 

 stems thick, rather woody, villous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, un- 

 der surface tomentose ; flowers opposite, but usually in whorls 

 at the apex; calyx with 10 angles ; petals bifid. 1. F. Native 

 near Constantinople. Flowers olive-coloured. 



Involute Catchfly. PI. 2 feet. 



44 S. SCOULE'RI (Hook, fl. bor. amer. p. 88.) plant pubes- 

 cent, viscid; stem simple, erect, remotely leafy ; joints knotted ; 

 leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, flat ; spike long ; flowers 

 erect; calyx oblong, clavate, 10-ribbed. Tf.. H. Native of the 

 north-west coast of America, and upon the low hills of the Co- 

 lumbia. Flowers white. 



Scouler's Catchfly. PL 1 to 3 feet. 



SECT. IV. CONOIMO'RPHA (from KUVOS, konos, a cone, and 

 fiop<j>i], morphe, form ; form of calyx.) Otth. mss. and D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 371. Caulescent. Calyx cone-shaped, much swelled 

 out at the bottom, with very long teeth. 



45 S. CO'NICA (Lin. spec. 598.) pubescent; stem simple, 

 dichotomous ; leaves linear, soft ; flowers solitary or panicled ; 

 calyx conical, with 30 stripes ; petals deeply emarginate, with 

 acute emarginate appendages ; capsule ovate. Q. H. Native 

 of sandy corn-fields in France, Spain, and the Levant. In 

 England a little to the north of Sandown Castle plentifully ; 

 opposite the Warren house at New Romney, Kent. Smith, 

 engl. bot. t. 922. Jacq. aust. 253.' S. conoidea, Huds. 189. 

 Petals red. There is a flower always in the fork of the stem. 



Var. /3, rambsa ; stem much branched ; leaves more downy ; 

 calyx not so much inflated. 0- H. Native of Candia. S. conica, 

 Smith, fl. grsec. t. 422. Flowers pale-red. This is probably a 

 distinct species. It is a weed in Chelsea garden under the name 

 of S. conoidea. 



Com'caJ-calyxed Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. England. PL ^ 

 to 1 feet. 



46 S. CONOI'DEA (Lin. spec. 598.) stems pubescent ; leaves 

 lanceolate-linear, almost glabrous ; flowers solitary or panicled ; 

 calyxes long, conical, with 30 stripes ; petals entire, obovate, 

 crested ; capsules bottle-formed. O H. Native of sandy corn- 

 fields in France, Germany, &c. Clus. hist. 1. p. 288. f. 2. 

 Mor. hist. 2. p. 542. sect. 5. t. 36. f. 6. Petals red. This is 

 perhaps a variety of the last. 



Conoirf-calyxed Catchfly. FL June, July. Clt. 1683. PL 1 ft. 



47 S. CONIFLOHA (Nees. in litt. D. C. prod. 1. p. 371.) stems 

 pubescent ; leaves long, grassy, acute, hardly pubescent ; flowers 

 panicled ; calyxes cylindrically-conical, with 30 stripes ; petals 

 obcordate. O- H. Native of the Levant. Petals red. This 

 is probably the S. conica, Smith, fl. graac. t. 422. 



Cone-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PL f to 1 foot. 

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