408 



CARYOPHYLLEjE. VI. SILENE. 



amer. 1. p. 287. Petals white, almost naked. Peduncles half 

 an inch long. Perhaps belonging to the section Behendntha. 

 Snmvy Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. PI. i to 1 foot. 



152 S. MENZIESH (Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 90. t. 30.) plant 

 pubescent ; stem erect, branched, dichotomous ; leaves broad- 

 lanceolate, acuminated at both ends ; peduncles scarcely higher 

 than the leaves ; calyx obovate, 5-cleft ; petals naked, bifid, with 

 linear segments. I/ . H. Native of the north-west coast of 

 America on low hills of Oakanagan. Flowers white. It is 

 doubtful whether this plant belongs to this section. 



Menzies's Catchfly. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



153 S. ALSINOI'DES (Viv. append, fl. cors. in Schlecht. Linnaea, 

 1. p. 501.) procumbent ; stem hispid; hairs on the calyx glan- 

 dular ; leaves oblong, hairy, ciliated at the base ; flowers ter- 

 minal, stalked ; petals bifid, with ovate segments ; capsule 

 roundish. T ? H. Native of Corsica. Perhaps belonging to 

 the present section. 



Chicknieed-like Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PL procumbent. 



154 S. FLAVE'SCENS (Walds. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 131. t. 175.) 

 hoary pubescent ; stems erect, much branched, straight ; lower 

 leaves lanceolate-spatulate, upper ones linear ; flowers loosely 

 panicled ; calyx cylindrical ; petals 2-lobed. If. . H. Native of 

 Hungary. S. mollis, Horn. hafn. 1. p. 418. Petals yellowish, 

 crowned. 



Yellowish -flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. PI. 

 ^ to 1 foot. 



SECT. VII. SIPHONOMO'RPHA (from aujtuv, siphon, a siphon, 

 or tube, and fiop<j>r), morphe, form ; in allusion to the long tu- 

 bular form of the calyx.) Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 377. 

 Caulescent. Flowers erect or drooping, panicled, rarely solitary, 

 on short opposite pedicels. Calyx tubular, cylindrical or clavate 

 at the apex. 



1 . Flowers nodding. Calyxes clavate or cylindrical, 



155 S. LONGIPE'TALA (Vent. hort. eels. p. 83. t. 83. Smith, 

 fl. graec. t. 419.) glabrous, clammy ; stems erect; leaves rather 

 fleshy, lanceolate, with scabrous margins ; flowers nodding, 

 loosely panicled ; calyxes clavated ; petals with a very long 2- 

 parted involute border, and with 2-parted emarginate appendages. 

 Q. H. Native about Aleppo and in the island of Cyprus. 

 Flowers greenish. Petals, stamens, and styles hairy at the base. 



Long-petalled Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1825. PL 1^ 

 to 2 foot. 



156 S. LONGICI'LIA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 377.) 

 root woody ; stems pubescent at the base, branched ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, lower ones stalked, pubescent, fringed with 

 woolly hairs ; flowers nodding, panicled ; calyxes clavated ; 

 petals 2-parted, each crowned with 2 callosities. 2/ . H. Na- 

 tive of Portugal on calcareous soil near Coimbra, &c. Cucu- 

 balus longicilius, Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 180. Flowers white on the 

 upper surface, but purplish on the under. 



Long-haired Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



157 S. NU'TANS (Lin. spec. 596.) pubescent ; stems very leafy 

 at the base ; radical leaves spatulate, upper ones lanceolate ; 

 flowers panicled, drooping one way; calyx cylindrical-ventri- 

 cose ; petals 2-parted, involute, with long 2-parted acute appen- 

 dages. If. . H. Native almost throughout the whole of Europe 

 in arid meadows. In Britain on limestone rocks and chalky 

 cliffs, particularly on the walls of Nottingham castle and there- 

 about ; in Dovedale, Derbyshire ; near north Queensferry, Scot- 

 land ; in Carnarvonshire ; on rocks about Knaresborough, York- 

 shire; also on the Dover cliffs. Smith, engl. bot. 465. Fl. dan. 

 242. S. latif olia, Horn, hafii. suppl. 49. ? Lychnis nutans, Scop', 

 earn. 2. p. 525. Peduncles clammy. Flowers white, droop- 

 ing, sweet-scented, expanding in the evening. 



Var. fl, incdna (Ser. herb. D. C. 1. c.) stem leaves and calyxes 

 hoary- tomentose ; calyx pale or purplish. If.. H. Native of 

 Vallais. 



Var. 7, oligophylla(Ott\\. mss. D. C. 1. c.) plant dwarf, pubes- 

 cent ; stem simple, almost wanting, purplish ; leaves small, spatu- 

 late ; peduncles 1-2-flowered. 



Var. S, alplna (Reyn. in litt. D. C. 1. c,) plant humble ; 

 stems almost leafless ; leaves linear, pilose ; panicles few-flower- 

 ed. T(.. H. Native on mount Ganterberg. 



Nodding-flowered, Nottingham or Dover Catchfly. Fl. June, 

 July. Britain. PL -J to 1^ foot. 



158 S. VISCOSA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 497.) plant pubescent, very 

 clammy ; stem simple, leafy ; lower leaves large, lanceo- 

 late, upper ones linear-lanceolate, undulated ; flowers large, 

 nodding ; spike panicled, long ; calyx cylindrically-clavated, with 

 10 stripes ; petals 2-parted, without a crest ; stamens very long. 

 11 . H. Native of Italy, Sweden, and the Levant, on mount 

 Ararat ; also in Britain on the Dover cliffs. Cucubalus visco- 

 sus, Lin. spec. 592. Leaves almost like those of Cynoglossum 

 qfficinale, but smaller. Flowers white, fragrant at night, droop- 

 ing all round, not to one side. 



Clammy Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1739. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



159 S. INFRA'CTA (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 3. p. 257. t. 213.) 

 glabrous ; stems very leafy at the base ; radical leaves rather 

 spatulate, upper ones lanceolate-linear ; flowers panicled, droop- 

 ing one way ; calyx cylindrically-ventricose ; petals 2-parted, 

 crowned, y. . H. Native of Hungary. Flowers white, sweet- 

 scented, expanding in the evening. 



Infracted-ped uncled Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. 

 PL 1 to 1| foot. 



160 S. LI'VIDA (Willd. enum. p. 474.) pubescent; stem 

 flexuous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate ; flowers panicled, drooping 

 to one side ; petals bifid, crowned. If. . H. Native of Carniola. 

 Like S. nutans and S. viridiflbra, but differing from both in 

 having a flexuous infracted stem. Flowers livid-green on the 

 under surface, and white on the upper surface. S. nutans K 

 livida, D. C. prod. 1. p. 378. 



Far. ft, viridella (D. C. prod. ]. p. 377. under S. nutans,) 

 pubescent, much branched ; petals green or clothed with green 

 pubescence. % . H. Native of the south of Europe. 



Var. y, saxdtilis (Sims, bot. mag. 689.) glabrous ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate ; flowers usually white. I/ . H. Native of 

 Siberia and France. S. Amblevana, Lej. fl. spa. 1. p. 199. 

 S. nutans var. e, glabra, D. C. prod. 1. p. 377. 



Livid-flowered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PL 1 ft. 



161 S. SAXA'TILIS (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 338.) smooth; stem 

 few-leaved ; radical leaves oblong, bluntish, stalked, cauline 

 ones lanceolate-linear; calyx clavate, 10-striped; flowers pani- 

 cled, nakedish, drooping ; petals bifid, crowned. If. . H. Na- 

 tive of Caucasus on rocks. Flowers small, white, with the lobes 

 of the limb of the petals narrow. Panicle rather naked ; pe- 

 duncles opposite, usually 3-flowered, erect after flowering. Calyx 

 purplish. Anthophorum short. Perhaps the same as S. saxdtilis, 

 Sims, bot. mag. 689. 



Stone Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. PL 1 foot. 



162 S. QUADRI'FIDA (Otth. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 378.) 

 stem single, rather tomentose ; radical leaves elliptical or spatu- 

 late, upper ones lanceolate ; flowers panicled, secund ; peduncles 

 1 -flowered, nodding; calyxes cylindrical; petals 2-4 cleft, or 

 2-parted, with bifid lobes, "if. . H. Native about Verona. 

 Cucubalus quadrifida, Pollin. pi. ver. p. 11. Petals white ? 



Four- ck/i-petalled Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PL 

 I to 1 foot. 



163 S. RU'BENS (Vest, in fl. 1821. p. 150.) pilose; stem 

 erect ; cauline leaves lanceolate, floral ones dilated at the base ; 

 flowers nodding, panicled; peduncles 3-6-flowered ; calyx co- 



