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CARYOPHYLLE.E. VI. SIIENE. 



83 S. DICHO'TOMA (Ehrh. beitr. 7. p. 144.) stems forked, 

 once or twice, villous, as well as the leaves ; leaves scabrous, 

 ciliated, lower ones rosulate, spatulate, upper ones lanceolate ; 

 spikes twin, secund; flowers nearly sessile, erect; calyxes 

 roundish, ventricose, with 10 ribs, villous ; petals 2-parted, 

 narrow, almost destitute of appendages. $. H. Native of 

 Hungary, Tauria, and Candia. Walds. et Kit. hung. 1. t. 29. 

 Smith, fl. grsec. 413. S. membranacea, Poir. diet. 7. p. 165. S. 

 trinervis, Sol. in Russ. aleppo, 2. p. 252. Flowers white, one 

 always in the fork of the stem. 



Dichotomous-spiked Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1791. PI. 

 li foot. 



84 S. NYCTA'NTHA (Willd. enum. 472.) pubescent; leaves 

 somewhat fleshy, lower ones spatulate, upper ones lanceolate ; 

 flowers secund ; calyx clavated, 1 0-ribbed, after flowering some- 

 what 4-sided ; petals bifid. . H. Native? Petals greenish- 

 yellow. 



Night-flowered Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1815. PI. 1 foot. 



85 S. TBINE'RVIA (Seb. et Maur. fl. rom. 152.) plant covered 

 with knotted hairs ; stem slender, branched ; leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, under surface 3-nerved; flowers secund ; calyx clavated, 

 hispid from imbricating hairs, which are turned upwards ; petals 

 semi-bifid. O- H. Native about Rome. Petals whitish. 



Three-nerved-]eaved Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. PL | to 1 foot. 



86 S. DIVARICA'TA (Smith, fl. grsec. 414.) hoary-pilose ; stem 

 once or twice forked, divaricate : leaves all lanceolate, acute ; 

 flowers distant on short pedicels, rather nodding ; petals 2-parted ; 

 lobes obovate, rounded as well as the appendages. $ . H. 

 Native of the Morea in fields. Flowers whitish, one always in 

 the forks of the stems. 



Divaricate Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



87 S. RACEMO'SA (Otth. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 384.) stem dicho- 

 tomous, divaricate, racemose ; leaves lanceolate, narrow ; petals 

 2-parted, rounded, as well as the appendages. $ . H. Native 

 of the Canary Islands. Flowers whitish ? Perhaps the same as 

 the preceding. 



Racemose Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



88 S. VELUTI'NA (Pour, in Desf. herb, ex Lois, in journ. 2. 

 p. 324.) plant velvety ; stem erect, branched ; lower leaves ob- 

 ovate-lanceolate, upper ones lanceolate-linear ; flowers sometimes 

 solitary in the axils, sometimes crowded ; calyxes clavated ; 

 petals semi-bifid. If. . H. Native of Corsica. Petals red ? 



Velvety Catchfly. Fl. May, July. PI. 1 to l foot. 



89 S. SABULETO'RUM (Link, in Spreng. 1. nov. prov. 39.) 

 hairy ; leaves lanceolate ; flowers spiked also in the forks of 

 the branches ; calyx covered with long hairs, narrow, cylin- 

 drically-clavated ; petals emarginate. Q. H. Native? Petals 

 purplish-violet. 



Gravel-pit Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. PI. | to 1 ft. 



90 S. BELLIDIFO'HA (Jacq. hort. vind. 3. t. 81.) hairy ; stem 

 erect, slender, nearly simple ; leaves spatulate, lanceolate, acute ; 

 spikes twin, secund ; calyx cylindrically clavated, smoothish ; 

 petals bifid; anthophorum long. 0. H. Native ? Petals 

 pink, crowned. 



Daisy-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1794. PI. to 1 ft. 



91 S. PI'NGUIS (Vahl. ex horn. hafn. suppl. 49.) plant co- 

 vered with silky hairs ; leaves fleshy ; radical ones spatulate, 

 superior ones obovate-lanceolate ; calyx erect, clavate ; petals 

 bifid. Q. H. Native of Denmark at Cape Spartel. Petals 

 rose-coloured. Perhaps the same as S. belhdifblia, Jacq. 



Fat Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. i to foot. 



92 S. CHEIRANTHIFO'LIA (Schott, in isis. 1818. fasc. 5. p. 

 821.) flowers secund ; calyx short, clavated; petals 2-parted ; 

 capsules cylindrical ; seeds hardly revolute, channelled on the 

 back. . H. Native at San Rocco. Petals rose-coloured on 

 the upper surface. 



Wallflower-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot. 



93 S. VESPERTI'NA (Retz. obs. 3. p. 31.) pubescent; stems 

 branched, diffuse ; leaves spatulate, acute, on ciliated petioles ; 

 racemes secund; calyx bladdery-clavated ; petals 2-parted; 

 lobes obtuse. 0. H. Native of Mauritania, Greece, and Por- 

 tugal in corn-fields. Curt. bot. mag. 677. S. bipartita, Desf. atl. 

 1. p. 352. t. 100. Smith, fl. graec. 409. Petals rose-coloured, 

 appendages deeply bifid, acute. This is a beautiful plant with 

 diffuse or decumbent stems. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 11. 



.EWnmo-flowered Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1796. PI. 1 ft. 



94 S. DISTA'CHYA (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 189.) hairy; stem fork- 

 ed at the top ; racemes secund ; flowers almost sessile ; leaves 

 spatulate, upper ones lanceolate, acute ; calyx clavate ; petals 2- 

 parted, crowned. . H. Native of Portugal near Coimbra. 

 Petals pale-purple above, but greenish beneath, and rather keeled. 



Two-spiked Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PL 1 ft. 



95 S. OBTUSIFOLIA (Willd. enum. p. 473.) stem villous ; leaves 

 elliptically-spatulate, rounded, rather pubescent ; flowers secund, 

 drooping, nearly sessile ; calyx clavated, pubescent ; petals 

 bifid. 0. H. Native ? Petals purple. Perhaps S. colorata. 



Blunt-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL 

 to 1 foot. 



96 S. DI'SCOLOR (Smith, fl. graec. t. 410.) stem usually forked 

 at the top, diffuse, villous ; leaves obovate, obtuse, villous at 

 the base, with the petioles rather connate ; flowers in two rows, 

 on short pedicels, pressed to the stem ; calyx clavate, villous, 

 with 10 red ribs; petals bifid ; lobes narrow, obtuse, with the 

 appendages emarginate and white. . H. Native of Cyprus. 

 Plant branched from the base. Flowers rose-coloured on the 

 upper surface, but greenish on the under surface. 



Discoloured-fioviered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PL | foot. 



97 S. COLORA'TA (Schousb. maroc.) stems branched, very 

 hairy ; leaves obovate-spatulate, numerous, pubescent, ciliated 

 at the base ; flowers secund ; calyx bladdery, clavated ; petals 

 2-parted, crowned. . H. Native of Morocco and the island 

 of Scio in corn-fields. Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 412. Petals 

 purple on the upper surface and greenish below. Perhaps the 

 same as S. discolor. 



Coloured Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1819. PL to 1 ft. 



98 S. THYMIFOLIA (Smith, fl. graec. t. 411.) stem procumbent, 

 ligneous, branched, hairy ; leaves ovate, acute, rather hairy, 

 ciliated, with fascicles of smaller axillary ones ; flowers sessile, 

 or on pedicels, furnished with 2 bracteas or leaves ; petals bifid, 

 narrow, with the appendages deeply emarginate. Ij . H. Na- 

 tive of Cyprus by the sea-side. Flowers white above but 

 greenish beneath. 



Thyme- leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Shrub procumbent. 



99 S. CRASSIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 597.) velvety ; stem procum- 

 bent, branched, leafy ; leaves ovate-spatulate, fleshy ; bracteas 

 very small ; flowers secund ; calyx bladdery, clavated ; petals 

 emarginate, with long claws, properly crowned. . H. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals of a brownish dull colour. 



Thick-leaved Catchfly. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. PL pro- 

 cumbent. 



100 S. BURCHE'LLII (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 374.) 

 pubescent ; stems assurgent, simple ; leaves small, lanceolate ; 

 flowers few, almost sessile, clavated ; anthophorum very long. 

 0? H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch. cat. geogr. 

 no. 271. Flowers white ? 



Burchell's Catchfly. FL June, July. PL decumbent. 



101 S. PILOSELLOI'DES (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 1. p. 

 41.) stems decumbent at the base, rather scabrous, naked above; 

 radical leaves spatulate-lanceolate. rather mucronate, roughish ; 

 flowers racemose, secund ; calyx club-shaped, drooping, when 

 in flower, when in fruit erect; petals 2-parted, with linear, 

 obtuse segments, furnished with 2-lobed appendages. If. . G. 



