CARYOPHYLLE^l. VI. SILENE. 



409 



loured ; petals bifid, crowned. 2/ ? H. Native near Clangen- 

 furt. PetalS white ? 



7fe</-calyxed Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PL 1 foot. 



164 S. LATir6i.iA (Horn. hort. hafn. l.p. 414.) stem branched, 

 tall, hairy ; leaves ovate-oblong, hairy beneath ; panicle diffuse, 

 with the branches very clammy ; flowers drooping ; pedicels and 

 calyx coloured, very villous ; calyx clavate ; petals 2-parted, 

 crowned. If. . H. Native of Barbary ? Flowers white. 



Broad-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PL 1 

 to 1| foot. 



165 S. VIRIDIFLORA (Lin. spec. 5 9 7.) covered with soft hairs ; 

 stem branched, leafy; leaves large, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 

 lower ones stalked ; flowers elongated, panicled, drooping ; calyx 

 ventricose, clavated ; petals bifid, with long claws, crowned with 

 bifid linear appendages. $ . H. Native of Portugal and Spain. 

 Lychnis, &c. Herm. par. 199. t. 199. Flowers greenish-white. 



Green-flowered Catchfly. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1739. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



166 S. CHLORA'NTHA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 694.) plant glabrous; 

 stems erect, simple, rather Jeafy ; radical leaves lanceolate-spatu- 

 late, with scabrous margins, upper ones short, linear ; flowers 

 panicled, drooping one way ; calyx cylindrical ; petals 2-parted, 

 with filiform lobes. Ij. . H. Native of Germany, Viscago, &c. 

 Dill. elth. 425. t. 316. f. 408. Mentz. pug. t. 2. f. 1. (bad.) 

 Panicle clammy. Flowers numerous, greenish-yellow. 



German green-floivered Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1732. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



167 S. PSAMMI'TIS (Link, in Spreng. nov. prov. p. 39.) hairy; 

 leaves lanceolate ; flowers lateral, solitary, drooping ; petals 

 profoundly 2-lobed. If. . H. Native of ? Petals cream-coloured. 



Sand Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PL 1 foot. 



2. Flowers erect ; calyxes elongated, clavated. 



* Small plants, probably belonging to section Rupifraga. 

 Calyxes not clavate. 



168 S. NIC^EE'NSIS (All. ped. no. 1576. t. 44. f. 2.) plant 

 villous, very clammy ; stems branched, rather procumbent ; 

 leaves linear, obtuse ; flowers panicled, nearly erect ; calyx 

 cylindrical ; petals semibifid, with long claws, and bifid appen- 

 dages ; lobes of petals ovate-flat. Q. H. Native in the fields 

 about Nice, and in Portugal, &c. in sand by the sea-side. S. 

 villosa, Mcench. meth. 708. S. arenaria, Desf. atl. 1. p. 354. 

 S. arenicola, Presl. ex Spreng. Petals white on the upper sur- 

 face, but of a pale yellowish-purple colour on the under surface, 

 expanding in the evening. Radical leaves like those of Ceras- 

 tium vulgatum. 



Nice Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL procumbent. 



169 S. RAMO SA ; plant pubescent, clammy ; steins erect, much 

 branched ; leaves narrow, lanceolate ; flowers numerous, pani- 

 cled, erect; calyx ovate; petals bifid. Q. H. Native of 

 Barbary in the sand by the sea-shore. S. ramosissima, Desf. 

 atl. 1. p. 354. Petals small, white. 



Much-branched Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL | 

 to 1 foot. 



170 S. ARENARIOIDES (Desf. atl. 1. p. 355.) pubescent; 

 stems somewhat tufted, slender, branched ; leaves narrow-linear ; 

 flowers panicled ; calyx tubular, villous ; claws of petals a little 

 higher than the calyx, with a bifid border. I/ . H. Native of 

 Barbary in corn-fields. Petals white. Calyx purplish. 



Arenaria-like Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PL \ foot. 



171 S. PUSCA V TA (Link, et Brot. ex Spreng'. syst. 2. p. 413.) 

 stem simple, clothed with glandular pubescence ; leaves lanceo- 

 late ; flowers panicled, on short pedicels ; calyx campanulate, 

 viscid, striated, coloured ; petals somewhat emarginate. I/ . 

 H. Native of Portugal. Flowers reddish brown. 



Darkened Catchfly. PL 1 foot. 



. VOL. I. PART. V. 



* * Perennial, flowers white or cream-coloured. 



172 S. CATHOLICA (Otth. mss. inD. C. prod. 1. p. 378.) plant 

 velvety, clammy above ; stem erect, branched, leafy ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, nearly smooth ; flowers small, loosely 

 panicled ; calyx clavate ; petals 2-parted, naked ; stamens very 

 long. If. . H. Native of Italy and Sicily. Cucubalus Catho- 

 licus, Lin. spec. 593. Cucubalus glutinosus, Retz. S. Mussini, 

 Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 415. Jacq. vind. 1. t. 59. Panicle very 

 large and spreading. Petals white, with linear lobes. 



Universal Catchfly. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1711. PL 1 to 3 ft. 



173 S. SPINE' SCENS (Smith, fl. graec. t. 431.) stem shrubby at 

 the base, much branched, tufted ; branches opposite, horizontal, 

 as stiff as spines, pubescent ; leaves stalked, spatulate, mucronu- 

 late, pubescent, upper ones narrow, lanceolate ; floriferous 

 branches erect, panicled; peduncles 1 -flowered; calyx clavate ; 

 petals bifid, with small bifid entire appendages. Jj . F. Native 

 of Asia Minor. Flowers cream-coloured. 



Spinescent-branched Catchfly. Shrub 1 to 1 % foot. 



174 S. TE'NUIS (Willd. enum. p. 474.) glabrous ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, lower ones rather spatulate, ciliated at the base ; 

 flowers panicled, erect ; peduncles 3-flowered ; bracteas lan- 

 ceolate, with membranous ciliated' margins ; calyx cylindrically 

 campanulate ; petals 2-parted, with profoundly 2-lobed obtuse 

 appendages. % . H. Native of Siberia. Petals pale cream-co- 

 loured. 



Slender Catchfly. FL June, July. Clt. 1816. PL f foot. 



* * * Annual plants, with white flowers. 



175 S. DIVERSIFOLIA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 378.) 

 stem erect, much branched, hardly pubescent ; cauline leaves 

 oblong-ovate, those on the branches linear, bluntish; flowers 

 small, panicled ; calyx clavate, almost glabrous ; anthophorum 

 short. 0. H. Native of? S. antirrhma, Hort. madr. Petals 

 whitish ? 



Divers-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PL 1 foot. 



176 S. E'LEGANS (Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 185.) stem short, gene- 

 rally 2-flowered, somewhat pubescent ; radical leaves lanceolate- 

 linear, acute, cauline ones very short ; calyx with 10 stripes; 

 petals bifid. H. Native of Portugal on the tops of the 

 mountains called Herminius, near Cantharus. Petals white, but 

 reddish on the outside. 



Elegant Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PL | foot. 



177 S. INAPE'RTA (Lin. spec. 660.) root creeping ; stems nu- 

 merous from the root, simple ; leaves all linear, scabrous or vil- 

 lous, with the margins serrulately-ciliated ; flowers few, panicled, 

 erect ; calyx clavate at the apex ; petals 2-parted, narrow, ob- 

 tuse, with bifid entire appendages. If.. H. Native of Greece on 

 the mountains, and many places in the south of Europe. Smith, 

 fl. graec. t. 420. Dill. elth. t. 314. f. 407. Panicle clammy. 

 Flowers cream-coloured above, but rust-coloured beneath. 



Unopen Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Clt. PL to | foot. 



* * * * p erenn i a i t jl on!er g small, red, or flesh- coloured. 



178 S. SPATULA'TA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 341.) plant dwarf, 

 pubescent ; root thick, woody ; stems numerous, ascending, rather 

 dichotomous ; lower leaves spatulate, upper ones ovate ; flowers 

 few, panicled ; calyx short, clavate ; petals bifid. 7/ . H. Na- 

 tive of Caucasus. S. pygma^a, Adam. app. Web. et Mohr. 

 cat. 1. p. 58. no. 26. Flowers deep-purple, about the size of 

 those of S. quinquevulnera. 



Spatulate-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Pl.-Jft. 



179 S. RE PENS (Patrin. herb, in D. C. prod. 1. p. 379.) plant 

 hardly pubescent ; root long, creeping ; stems erect, almost 

 simple ; leaves linear, grassy, acute ; flowers few, erect, pa- 



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