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CARYOPHYLLEjE. VI. SILENE. 



48 S. CYLINDRIFLORA (Otth. mss. D. C. prod. 1. p. 371.) 

 pubescent ; steins branched ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; flowers 

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

 claws of petals exceeding the calyx; petals bifid. O- H. 

 Native of the Levant. Flowers red. 



Cylindrical-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



. 49 S. UNDULA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 96.) pubescent; leaves 

 lanceolate, undulated, lower ones stalked ; flowers large, in lax 

 dichotomous panicles ; calyxes very long, cylindrically-conical, 

 with 10 stripes. $ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Claws of petals very long. Flowers red. 



Waved-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1775. PI. \\ foot. 



SECT. V. STACHYMO'RPHA (from trra-xyt, stachys, a spike, and 

 floppy, morphe, form ; in allusion to the flowers being disposed 

 in something like spikes in the axils of the leaves.) Otth. mss. 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 370. Caulescent. Flowers spiked, axillary, 

 not opposite, usually on short pedicels. Calyxes with 10 stripes. 

 The plants of this section are to be known by their flowers being 

 disposed in spikes or racemes, and by their alternate pedicels 

 being always axillary. 



1. Calyxes cylindrical when in flower. 



50 S. A'NGLICA (Lin. spec. 594.) hairy and viscid ; stems 

 branched ; leaves lanceolate, acute ; calyx 5-striped, cylindrical, 

 with very long acute teeth ; petals obcordate, small, with erect 

 cloven pyramidal appendages. Q. H. Native of France in 

 cultivated fields on a gravelly or sandy soil. In Britain about 

 Combe in Surry ; in Cambridgeshire ; between Dundee and St. 

 Andrews, and near Perth ; in Hertfordshire; at Lakenham and 

 Costesy near Norwich. Smith, engl. hot. 1178. Curt. fl. lond. 

 fasc. 4. t. 30. Petals white, occasionally marked with a red 

 spot of each. 



English Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Britain. PI. to 1 foot. 



51 S. LUSITA'NICA (Lin. spec. 594.) hairy; stems much 

 branched ; lower leaves obovate-spatulate, upper ones lanceo- 

 late, obtuse ; spike distich ; calyx rather ventricose, cylindrical, 

 with long teeth ; petals crenate, not bifid, with a triangular bor- 

 der. 0. H. Native of Spain and Sardinia. S. Sardoa, Mor. 

 sard, elench. ex Spreng. Dill. elth. t. 311. f. 401. Petals flesh- 

 coloured. 



Portugal Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1732. PI. | foot. 



52 S. TRIDENTA'TA (Desf. all. 1 . p. 349.) stems branched ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate ; spikes secund ; calyx sub-cylindrical, 

 with 10 ribs, teeth very long; petals 3-toothed. O- H. Native 

 of Algiers and Spain in corn-fields. Petals rose-coloured. 



Three-toothed-petalled Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. 

 PI. | to foot. 



53 S. GA'LLICA (Lin. spec. 595.) hairy and viscid ; stems 

 branched ; lower leaves spatulate, upper ones lanceolate, obtuse ; 

 spike secund ; calyx rather ventricosely cylindrical, with short 

 acute teeth; petals obovate, entire, crowned. O- H- Native 

 of France ; also of Chili and Buenos Ayres. Vaill. par. t. 1 6. t. 

 12. Dill. elth. 419. t. 310. f. 399. Petals flesh-coloured, with 

 darker streaks. The S. A'nglica, S. Lusitdnica, Lin. S. 

 cerastoides, Haenke, not Tenore, and S. micropetala of D. C. are 

 perhaps only slight variations of S. Gallica, Lin. 



French Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1683. PI. | to 1| ft. 



54 S. COARCTA'TA (Lag. gen. et spec. 15.) hairy ; lower leaves 

 lanceolate, stalked, upper ones lanceolate-linear ; flowers almost 

 sessile ; calyx hairy, fruit-bearing ones ovate, compressed at the 

 mouth; petals bifid. O- H. Native of Spain in the provinces 

 of Valencia and Murcia. Flowers rose-coloured or white. 



Compressed-calyned Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. 

 PI. | to 1 foot. 



55 S. OCYMOI'DES (Desf. cat. hort. par. 184.) hairy ; stems 

 branched ; leaves spatulate ; spike secund, few-flowered ; calyx 

 cylindrical, rather ventricose, very hairy, with long teeth ; petals 

 obovate, hardly crenate, with 2 longer appendages. H. 

 Native ? S. pedicellata, Poir. suppl. 5. p. 150. Petals purple, 

 with pale edges. 



Basil-like Catchfly. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. PI. | to 1 ft. 



56 S. DI'STICHA (Willd. enum. p. 476.) hairy ; stem much 

 branched ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute ; spikes twin, dense, 

 with a solitary flower in the fork ; calyx cylindrical ; petals 

 small, bifid. Q. H- Native of Minorca. S. microphylla, 

 Rcem. inSchrank. pi. rar. t. 39. Annal. mus. 14. t. 12. Petals 

 rose-coloured. 



Distich-spiked Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1817. PI. 2 feet. 



57 S. CEKASTIOI'DES (Lin. spec. 596.) stems branched, villous; 

 branches dichotomous ; leaves pubescent, lower ones rather spa- 

 tulate, upper ones linear-lanceolate, hardly stalked ; spike few- 

 flowered ; calyxes ovate-globose, rather ventricose, very hairy ; 

 petals emarginate, with the appendages 4-toothed. O- H. 

 Native of the south of Europe and north of Africa. Smith, 

 fl. grasc. 412. S. rigidula, Lin. amcen. 4. p. 313. S. matutina, 

 Presl. ex Spreng. Dill. elth. 416. t. 309. f. 307. Flowers 

 rose-coloured. 



Chickneed-like Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1732. PI. -J- to 

 1 foot. 



58 S. QUIHQUEVU'LNERA (Lin. spec. 595.) pubescent, viscid ; 

 stems branched ; leaves lanceolate, lower ones obtuse ; spike 

 secund ; calyx very villous, with short teeth ; petals roundish, 

 entire, with bicuspidate appendages. Q . H. Native of Spain, 

 France, Italy, Siberia, Carniola, &c. In England in sandy corn- 

 fields near Wrotham, Kent. Smith, engl. bot. t. 86. Cucubalus 

 variegatus, Lam. fl. fr. 8. p. 28. Petals deep crimson in the 

 middle, with pale borders. The specific name alludes to the 5 

 dark crimson spots, one in the centre of each petal. 



Five-wounded Catchfly. Fl. June, July. England. PL 1 ft. 



59 S. SCIO'TICA (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 372.) hairy; 

 stem erect, simple ; leaves shining, acuminated, radical ones 

 broad, spatulate, upper ones lanceolate, acute ; flowers spiked in 

 two rows, crowded ; calyx bladdery, cylindrical ; petals obcor- 

 date. O- H. Native of the island of Scio. S, Chia, Spreng. 

 syst. 2. p. 409. Petals crimson, with a white margin. 



Scio Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot. 



60 S. NOCTU'RNA (Lin. spec. 595.) stem simple, branched, 

 hairy ; leaves scabrous, on ciliated petioles, lower ones spatu- 

 late, upper ones lanceolate ; spikes secund, loose ; flowers 

 pressed to the stem ; calyxes obovate or rather clavate, 

 scabrous; petals deeply 2-parted, narrow. f. Q. H. Native 

 of Spain, France, Greece, &c. Smith, fl. grace. 408. Dill. elth. 

 420. t. 310. f. 400. Barrel, icon. t. 27. f. 1. S. spicata, D. C. fl. 

 fr. p. 759. Petals rose-coloured, but lead-coloured beneath, 

 minutely crowned. Capsule ovate, standing on a short stipe. 



f^ar. ft, pauciflbra (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 372.) 

 flowers few, distant ; petals smaller than in var. a. Cucubalus 

 reflexus, Lin. spec. 594. S. mutabilis, Lin. spec. 596. Flowers 

 small, white, greenish externally. 



JV^-flowering Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1683. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



61 S. GR*:FFE V RI (Guss. pi. rar. p. 170. t. 34.) root creeping; 

 stem erect, simple, few-flowered ; leaves lanceolate, ciliated, 

 hairy; flowers in secund racemes; calyx 10 striped, rather 

 scariose, tubular, at length clavate ; petals 2-parted, crowned by 

 2-parted truncate scales in the throat. 7. H. Native of 

 Abruzzo in the higher pastures. S. ciliata, Moretti, pi. ital. 6. 

 p. 4. Flowers white above, but greenish beneath. 



Grower's Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. PI. | to 1| foot. 



62 S. CINE' REA (Desf. atl. 1. p. 355.) silky-hoary; stem 



