CARYOPHYLLE.E. VI. SILENE. 



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Native of the Cape of Good Hope near Plettensberg's bay. 

 Many stems rising from the same root, usually decumbent. 

 Flowers white. 



Pilosella-like Catchfly. PI. procumbent. 



102 S. CE'RNUA (Thunb. fl. cap. ed. Schult. 1. p. 394.) plant 

 hairy ; flowers racemose, secund, drooping, calyxes with 10 

 stripes, fruit-bearing ones clavated; leaves linear, villous, sca- 

 brous. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. If. . G. Flowers 

 white. Perhaps S. piloselloides, Cham. 



Z)roo/>m#-flowered Catchfly. PI. procumbent ? 



103 S. GRA'CILIS (D. C. cat. monsp. 145.) glabrous; stem 

 erect, branched ; leaves linear, hardly ciliated, lower ones ovate ; 

 flowers erect, alternate, distant ; peduncles long ; calyxes blad- 

 dery, clavated ; petals 2-parted ; lobes linear. Q. H. Native? 

 Petals white. Perhaps this species should have been placed in 

 section Rupifraga on account of the long peduncles. 



Slender Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1823. PI. to 1 foot. 



104 S. IMBRICA TA (Desf. atl. 1. p. 349. t. 98.) stems erect, 

 branched, hairy at the base ; leaves villous, lower ones obtuse, 

 upper ones lanceolate, acute ; spikes secund, dense ; flowers 

 erect, appressed ; calyx clavated ; petals obcordate, with 2 mar- 

 ginal teeth, crowned. Q. H. Native of the north of Africa 

 near Mascar in corn-fields. Petals white. 



/j&n'ca<e-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 

 PL 1 to 1| foot. 



105 S. PERNO'CTANS (Link, ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 408.) stem 

 naked above, bifid, villous as well as the leaves, which are spa- 

 tulate ; racemes twiggy ; calyxes erect, stalked, without stripes. 

 O- H. Native of Portugal. Perhaps belonging to this section. 



Whole Night-fiovfer'mg Catchfly. PI. 1 foot. 



106 S. LINEARIFO'LIA (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 374.) 

 stems erect, a little branched, glabrous ; leaves very narrow, 

 acute; flowers erect, secund ; petals bifid, crowned. 0. $ . H. 

 Native of the alps of Caucasus. Petals white ? 



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



107 S. JENISEE'NSIS (Willd. enum. 473.) glabrous; stems 

 usually simple ; leaves rather fleshy, linear-lanceolate ; flowers 

 secund ; calyx ovate, inflated ; petals bifid, with 4-lobed ap- 

 pendages. If. . H. Native of Siberia on the banks of the Yenisee. 

 S. Jenisea, Poir. diet, suppl. 5. p. 154. Flowers white. 



Yenisee Catchfly. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1817. PI. 1 to l-i ft. 



108 S. ALTA'ICA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) root thick, woody, 

 rather branched ; stem simple, assurgent ; leaves linear, very 

 acute ; flowers few, on the top of stems, alternate ; calyx 

 cylindrically-ventricose ; petals revolute, bifid, linear. If. . H. 

 Native of Siberia on the Altaian mountains. Cucubalus fruti- 

 culosus, Gmel. syst. 2. p. 713. Pall. itin. 2. app. no. 110. t. T. 

 Petals white or purple. Perhaps S. ciliata. 



Altaian Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. PI. 1 foot. 



109 S. CILIA'TA (Pour. act. toul. 3. p. 328.) pubescent ; stems 

 numerous, prostrate, very leafy at the base ; leaves linear, 

 ciliated with bristles ; flowers few, secund ; calyx inflated, cla- 

 vated ; petals 2-parted ; recesses of calyx deflexed. ~if. . H. 

 Native of Crete and the Pyrenees. S. stellata, Lapeyr. but not 

 of hort. kew. S. Arvatica, Lag. in varied de cienc. 1805. p. 

 212. S. Ppurrettii, Poir. Petals purple. 



Var. ft, geniculdta (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 756.) hardly pubescent ; 

 calyx paler ; petals white. S. geniculata, Pourr. act. toul. 3. 

 p. 328. 



Ciliated-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1804. PI. trailing. 



110 S. LEGIONE'NSIS (Lag. gen. et spec. p. 14.) stem slender, 

 simple ; radical leaves lanceolate, acute, ciliated, stem ones few, 

 linear-awl-sliaped ; bracteas ovate, acuminated ; flowers 5-6, 

 secund ; calyx clavated, membranaceous. If. . H. Native of 

 Spain in the province of Leone. Petals purple or white. 



Leone Catchfly, Fl. June, July. PI. i to 1 foot. 



111 S. SESSILIFLORA (Desf. in Poir. diet, suppl. 5. p. 154.) 

 villous ; stems erect or procumbent, almost simple, somewhat 

 quadrangular ; lower leaves oblong-spatulate, rather fleshy, upper 

 ones narrow-linear ; flowers sessile, in dichotomous spikes ; 

 calyx turgid; petals 2-parted. 0. H. Native of Syria. Pe- 

 tals purple or flesh-coloured ? 



Sessile-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PI. -J to 1 foot. 



112 S. PE'NDULA (Lin. spec. 599.) pubescent, branched, 

 trailing ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; flowers axillary, pendulous ; 

 calyx inflated ; petals bifid, crowned. O- H. Native of Italy, 

 Sicily, and Candia. Curt. bot. mag. t. 114. Petals flesh- 

 coloured. This plant has some of the habit of Lychnis dioica. 



Var. /3, erectiflbra (Otth, mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 375.) 

 flowers erect, smaller. O- H. Native of Portugal in sandy 

 places at the bottom of the hills, and on the banks of the rivers 

 Munda and Douro, beyond the Tagus, and elsewhere in Beira 

 and Estramadura. S. scabrifl6ra, Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 184. Pe- 

 tals pale purple. 



Pendulous-flowered. Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1731. 

 PI. procumbent. 



113 S. LONGICAU'LIS (Pour, elench. hort. reg. madr. an. 1803.) 

 lower leaves spatulate, pubescent ; flowers spiked ; calyx ovate, 

 glabrous; petals 2-parted, acute. O H. Native of Spain. 

 Petals red ? 



Long-stemmed Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PI. procumbent. 



114 S. SECUNDIFLORA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 375.) 

 very smooth, glaucous ; leaves lanceolate, ciliated ; flowers se- 

 cund, stalked ; floriferous calyx cylindrical, fructiferous ones 

 clavated; petals 2-parted. Q. H. Native of Spain. S.glauca, 

 Pour, elench. hort. madr. an. 1803. Lag. gen. et spec. 15. but 

 not Zea. Petals pale purple or white. 



Side-flowered Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. PL 1 foot. 



115 S. VISCOSI'SSIMA (Ten. prod. fl. nap. xxvi.) villous; 

 clammy ; hairs jointed ; stems erect, smooth ; leaves fleshy, 

 radical ones obovate-spatulate, cauline ones lanceolate-oblong, 

 obtuse, channelled ; flowers in spike-like racemes ; petals 2- 

 parted. O- H. Native of fields near Naples. Perhaps be- 

 longing to this section ? Petals red or white. 



Very clammy Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PL 1 ft. 



116 S. DRUMMO'NDI (Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 89.) plant 

 clothed with glandular pubescence ; stems erect, simple ; leaves 

 remote, linear-lanceolate ; racemes loose, few-flowered ; pedicels 

 elongated, for the most part alternate ; calyx oblong-cylindrical, 

 erect. I/ . H. Native of North America on elevated gravelly 

 places, near the Saskatchawan. Flowers white. 



Drummond's Catchfly. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



117 S. FisTUi,6sA ; stems slender, fistular, branched; leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, smooth ; upper ones as well as bracteas 

 ciliated ; flowers axillary, solitary, 2 or 3, terminal ; calyx some- 

 what clavated; petals bifid. I/? H. Native of Barbary. S. 

 latifolia, Poir. voy. barb. 2. p. 165. 



Fistular-stemmed Catchfly. PL 2 feet ? 



SECT. VI. RUPI'FRAGA (from rupes, a rock, andfrango, to 

 break ; because the plants grow usually on rocks, which the roots 

 are supposed to break). Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 375. 

 Caulescent. Stems straight. Peduncles filiform. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, cylindrical, or clavate. The plants of this section 

 may always be known by their long filiform peduncles. 



1. Petals 4,-toothed. 



118 S. QUADRIDENTA'TA (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 748.) plant 

 tufted ; stems erect, slender, branched ; leaves small, narrow, 

 pilose ; flowers small, panicled ; calyx campanulate, clavated ; 

 petals 4-toothed. %. H. Native of the alps of Europe. 

 Cucubalus quadridentatus, Lin. spec. 414. Lychnis quadriden- 



