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CARYOPHYLLE^E. VI. SILENE. 



tata, Jacq. fl. aust. t. 120. suppl. t. 5. f. 1. A pretty little 

 alpine plant with white flowers. 



Four-toothed petalled Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1822. 

 PL 2 or 3 inches. 



119 S. PUSI'LLA (Waldst. et Kit. hung. p. 235. t. 212.) stems 

 tufted, branched at the base ; leaves pilose, lower ones spatulate ; 

 peduncle erect, 1 -flowered, rarely 2-3-flowered ; flowers small ; 

 calyx campanulate, rather clavated ; petals 4-toothed. 2 . H. 

 Native of Hungary on the alps. Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 40. 

 S. quadridentata ft, pusilla, D. C. prod. 1. p. 375. A pretty 

 little alpine plant, with small white flowers. 



Small Catchfly. F). May, Aug. Clt. 1804. PI. 1 to 2 inch. 



120 S. FONTA'NA (Tenore, fl. nap. append. 1. p. 26.) calyx 

 clavate, and is as well as the peduncles clammy-villous ; petals 

 quadrifid ; stem erect; leaves linear, flaccid, with pilose margins ; 

 anthophorum long. I/.. H. Native of Naples by the sides 

 of fountains. Flowers white. 



Var. ft ; leaves shorter, stiffer and recurved ; flowers larger. 

 Fountain Catchfly. PI. i foot. 



121 S. ALPE'STRIS (Jacq. fl. austr. 1. p. 60. t. 96.) glabrous ; 

 root somewhat creeping ; stem simple, few-leaved ; leaves al- 

 most all radical, lanceolate, bluntish ; flowers rather large, 

 panicled ; calyx campanulately-clavated ; petals with a broad 

 4-toothed border and 2 -parted appendages ; seeds ciliated. 

 3/.H. Native of Austria on the alps. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 111. 

 Flowers white, shining. 



^Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1774. PI. \ foot. 



2. Petals emarginate, or brfid. 

 * Small perennial plants, with lanceolate leaves. 



122 S. TOMASI'NII (Vis. in bot. zeit. 1829.) clammy-pubes- 

 cent, dwarf; stem slender, branched, woolly at the base ; radical 

 leaves spatulate, stalked, cauline ones lanceolate-linear, sessile ; 

 flowers dichotomously-panicled ; calyx conico-clavate ; petals 

 emarginate. If. . H. Native of Dalmatia. This is an inter- 

 mediate plant between S. alpestris and S. quadridentata, but 

 differs in the leaves being broader and blunter, and in all parts 

 of the plant being viscid, as well as in the petals being emar- 

 ginate, not 4-toothed. Flowers white. 



Tomasiris Catchfly. Fl. May, July. PI. to j foot. 



123 S. GRA'TA (Hsenk. adumbr. plant. 28.) glabrous ; stem 

 filiform, diffuse, branched ; leaves turned backwards, fleshy, 

 channelled, mucronate ; flowers terminal ; calyx clavated, ven- 

 tricbse ; petals 2-parted, reticulated. 3 . H. Native ? Poir. 

 diet, suppl. 5. p. 155. Flowers pinkish or white. 



Grateful Catchfly. Fl. May, July. PI. i to ^ foot. 



124 S. HUPE'STRIS (Lin. spec. 602.) glabrous; stems rather 

 procumbent, branched ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; flowers small, 

 panicled ; calyx campanulate, clavated ; petals obcordate, hardly 

 crowned. If.. H. Native of the.alps of Sweden and Switzer- 

 land, &c. Sturn. deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 22. t. 10. Flowers very 

 pale pink. A pretty little glaucous plant, something like chick- 

 weed in habit. 



Rock Catchfly. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1774. PI. procumbent. 



125 S. GLAUCIFOLIA (Lag. in varied de cienc. 1805. p. 213.) 

 glabrous ; stem procumbent, branched, leafy ; leaves ovate, 

 obtuse, lower ones stalked, upper ones cordate ; flowers small, 

 panicled ; calyx clavated ; petals obovate. If. . H. Native of 

 Spain on the mountains of Leone. Flowers pale pink, nearly 

 white. Very like S. rupestris, but the anthophorum is longer. 



Glaucous-leaved Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 procumbent. 



126 S. LYCHNIDIFLORA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 375.) 

 clammy ; stem erect, branched, pubescent at the base ; lower 

 leaves lanceolate-spatulate, pubescent ; upper ones linear-lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous ; flowers loosely panicled ; calyx somewhat 



ovate ; petals with a broad obcordate border. If.? H. Native 

 of Candia. Flowers white or reddish. 



Lychnis-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June. July. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



* Annual plants, with flowers on long peduncles. Hardly 

 differing from the annual species in the next section. 



127 S. CLANDESTI'NA (Jacq. coll. suppl. 5. t. 3. f. 3.) plant 

 pubescent ; stems erect, much branched, slender ; lower leaves 

 oblong, obtuse, upper ones lanceolate, rather narrow ; flowers 

 loosely panicled ; calyx ventricose ; petals short, erect, bifid, 

 with long claws, naked. O- H. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Petals red with a white border. 



Hidden-Rowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1801. PI. 

 | foot. 



128 S. PORTE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 704.) glabrous; stem erect, 

 dichotomously-branched ; leaves linear, acute, glabrous, lower 

 ones stalked ; flowers loosely panicled, on long slender pedicels ; 

 calyx clavated, purplish, but with white stripes ; petals bifid. 

 Q. H. Native of Portugal in sandy and gravelly places about 

 Coimbra and Oporto. S. clandestina /3, angustifolia, Otth. mss. 

 in D. C. prod. 1. p. 876. Petals white on the upper surface, 

 under surface purplish-green ; appendages in the throat white, 

 rather bifid. Flowers only opening in the evening or while the 

 sun is overclouded. 



Oporto Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. PI. | to 1 ft. 



129 S. ANTIRRHI'NA (Lin. spec. 600.) almost smooth ; stem 

 erect, branched, rather leafy ; leaves lanceolate, acute, some- 

 what ciliated ; flowers small, panicled; calyx ovate, glabrous; 

 petals obcordate, crowned. O- H. Native of North America 

 in waste fields and on the banks of rivers from Pennsylvania to 

 Carolina, common throughout Canada. Viscago amer. &c. Dill, 

 elth. p. 422. t. 313. Flowers small, white, or greenish. 



Snapdragon-like Catchfly. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1732. PL 1 ft. 



130 S. GEMINIFLORA (Willd. enum. 472.) pubescent; stems 

 rather branched ; lower leaves elliptical-spatulate, upper ones 

 lanceolate, bluntish ; flowers terminal, twin ; calyxes clavated, 

 10-ribbed; petals bifid. 0. H. Native of? Flowers solitary 

 or twin, on the top of the branches, purple, but of a livid-pur- 

 plish colour externally. 



Twin-flowered Catchfly. FL June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 



to | foot. 



131 S. LINIFOLIA (Willd. enum. 473.) stems branched ; leaves 

 linear-spatulate ; flowers dichotomous, terminal ; calyx cylin- 

 drically clavated, 10-ribbed; petals bifid. 0. H. Native of? 

 Petals greenish-yellow. 



Flax- leaved Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. PL 1 foot. 



132 S. DIVARICA V TA (Clem, clench, hort. reg. madr. ann. 

 1806. p. 105.) clammy; stem erect, pubescent, branched; 

 leaves ciliated, lower ones spatulate, obtuse, upper ones lanceo- 

 late, acute ; flowers terminal, as well as in the forks of the 

 stern ; calyx cylindrically-clavated ; petals obovate, emarginate, 

 crowned. .H. Native of Sicily. S. Sicula, Cyrillo. Petals 

 rose-coloured. 



Divaricate-branched Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



133 S. RIGIDULA (Smith, fl. grsec. t. 430.) stem much branched 

 from the base, divaricate, with the joints smooth and the inter- 

 nodes clammy ; branches filiform ; leaves lanceolate, smooth ; 

 peduncles 1-flowered; calyx long, clavate; petals 2-parted, 

 with quadrifid appendages. . H. Native near Athens on 

 Mount Hymettus. An elegant, much branched plant, with the 

 habit of S. picta. Flowers rose-coloured. Stigmas twisted, 

 pubescent. 



Stiff-leaved Catchfly. PL 1 foot. 



134 S. VILLOSA (Cambess. in mem. mus. 14. p. 221. t. 14.) 

 stem dwarf, villous, branched ; leaves sessile, broad, linear, ob- 



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