410 



CARYOPHYLLE^E. VI. SILENE. 



nicled ; calyx clavate ; petals semi-bifid ; stamens long. I/ . H. 

 Native of Siberia. Petals red ? 



Creeping-rooted Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. PL 

 ^ to 1 foot. 



180 S. GLAU'CA (Zea. in Poir. diet, suppl. 5. p. 153.) plant 

 glabrous, glaucous ; stems erect ; leaves oblong-linear, acute ; 

 flowers 2 or 3, rising from the forks of the branches ; calyx 

 somewhat cylindrical ; petals rather crenated at the apex. 

 Q. H. Native of? Petals purple. 



Glaucous Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PI. | to 1 foot. 



181 S. UNDUIJEFOLIA (Mor. sard, clench, fasc. 1. 1827.) 

 plant clothed with glandular hairs ; stem erect ; leaves thickish, 

 oblong-obovate or lanceolate, waved ; flowers dichotomously- 

 panicled, erect ; calyx clavate ; petals rather emarginate. O- H. 

 Native of Sardinia. Flowers red ? 



Waved-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1829. PL 1 ft. 



182 S. TENUIFOLIA (Otth. TOSS, in D. C. prod. 1. p. 379.) 

 plant hardly pubescent ; stem erect, much branched, leafy , 

 leaves filiform, acute, ciliated at the base ; flowers few, panicled ; 

 calyx bladdery, clavated ; petals bifid. O- H. Native of Da- 

 huria. Petals purple. 



Fine-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1 820. PL % to 

 1 foot. 



* * Flowers large, purple, or red. 



183 S. ALLAMA'NI (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 379.) 

 plant pubescent ; stems erect, simple ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; 

 flowers large, few, panicled ; calyx cylindrical, coloured ; petals 

 broad, obcordate. O- H. Native of Mexico. Petals purple. 



Allaman's Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PL 1 foot. 



184 S. VIRGI'NICA (Lin. spec. 600.) plant covered with clammy 

 pubescence ; stems procumbent, assurgent, branched ; leaves 

 lanceolate, lower ones on very long footstalks, ciliated at the 

 base ; flowers large, panicled, sometimes crowded ; calyx amply 

 clavated ; petals broad, bifid, crowned, with long claws. 7. H. 

 Native of North America in the western parts of Virginia and 

 Carolina, and in the Illinois country. S. cheiranthoides, Poir. 

 diet. 7. p. 176. S. coccinea, Mcench. suppl. 306. PL aim. 231. 

 t. 203. f. 1. 1 Petals dark -purple. A beautiful species. The 

 leaves of this species are like those of the Globe Amaranth. The 

 plant is reputed anthelmintic. 



Pirginian Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1783. PL procum- 

 bent, ^ to ! foot. 



185 S. CATESB. A (Walt, carol. 141.) branched, decumbent, 

 clammy ; leaves lanceolate, broad, with roughish margins ; 

 flowers panicled ; calyx clavated, coloured ; petals bifid, with 2 

 lateral teeth, lobes acute ; claws of petals long ; stamens ex- 

 serted. y.. H. Native of Carolina. Lychnis viscosa, &c. 

 Catesb. carol. 54. t. 4. S. Virgmica, Michx. and Pursh, but 

 not of Lin. A beautiful species, with dark-crimson flowers. 



Catesby's Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. PL i to 1 ft. 



186 S. MEXICA NA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined. and D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 379.) plant glabrous ; root thick, horizontal ; stems 

 erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate, acute ; flowers panicled ; calyx 

 clavate, pilose ; petals 4-cleft, lobes acute, furnished with scale- 

 like appendages ; stamens hardly longer than the petals. % . F. 

 Native of Mexico. Petals red or purple. 



Mexican Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



187 S. CAPE'NSIS (Otth. mss. inD.C. prod. l.p. 379.) plant 

 covered with clammy pubescence ; stems horizontal, branched, 

 leafy ; branches erect ; leaves large, linear-lanceolate ; flowers 

 large, panicled, few ; calyx clavate, reticulate ; petals broad, 2- 

 parted, naked. . H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers red. 



Cape Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PL to 1 foot. 



188 S. NOCTIFLORA (Lin. spec. 599.) plant clammy, pubes- 



cent ; stems erect, branched ; leaves large, lower ones spatulate, 

 upper ones lanceolate ; flowers large, panicled ; calyx cylindri- 

 cal, ventricose, with alternate veins and stripes, teeth very 

 long; petals 2-parted, crowned. Q. H. Native of Sweden and 

 Germany. In England in fields on a sandy or gravelly soil, 

 particularly in Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, very common about 

 Wetherby, Yorkshire ; not rare in Suffolk and Norfolk, especially 

 on the west side of Norwich. Smith, engl. bot. 291. Lychnis 

 noctiflora, Schreb. spic. p. 31. Ocymoides noctifl6rum, Comm. 

 109. t. 34. Petals of a pale blush-colour, expanding at night, 

 with a short blunt bifid crest. This plant resembles the Lychnis 

 dioica in habit. 



Night-flowering Catchfly. 'FL July. England. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



189 S. ORNA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 96.) plant pubescent; 

 stems erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate, bluntish ; flowers pa- 

 nicled ; calyx cylindrical, ventricose, with alternate stripes and 

 veins ; petals 2-parted ; lobes broad, denticulated, crowned. 



$ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Sims, bot. mag. 

 382. Flowers the size of a. clove -pink, dark-purple. 



Ornamented Catchfly. Fl. May, Sep. Clt. 1775. PL 2 ft. 



* Flowers middle-sized, red, white, or cream-coloured. 



190 S. STRI'CTA (Lin. spec. 599.) plant hardly pubescent; 

 stem erect, branched ; leaves linear-lanceolate, lower ones 

 stalked ; flowers panicled, erect ; calyx cylindrically-clavated, 

 netted ; petals small, emarginate, crowned. () H. Native of 

 Spain. S. linaeola and S. ernthema, Wib. Petals red. 



Straight Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1802. PL 1 foot. 



191 S. CRE'TICA (Lin. syst. 421.) stem erect, pubescent at 

 the base, with the joints clammy ; leaves scabrous, lower ones 

 obovate, upper ones linear-lanceolate ; flowers panicled, on long 

 bractless pedicels ; calyx clavate ; petals 2-parted, narrow, with 

 2-parted, entire, acute appendages. O. H. Native of Crete 

 on rocks by the sea-side. Smith, fl. graec. t. 422. Dill. elth. 

 422. t. 314. f. 404. Flowers deep rose-coloured. 



Cretan Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1732. PL 1 to 

 1| foot. 



192 S. MUSCI'PULA (Lin. spec. 601.) plant smoothish, clammy; 

 stem erect ; branches alternate, long ; lower leaves lanceolate- 

 spatulate, upper ones linear ; flowers panicled ; calyx amply 

 clavated, netted ; petals bifid. O- H. Native of Spain. Clus. 

 hist. 1. p. 289. f. 1. Petals intensely red. 



This plant is very clammy, and when flies light upon it 

 they become entangled ; hence the name of Catchfly for the 

 whole genus. 



Fly-trap Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1596. PL 1 foot. 



193 S. LECCOPH* A (Smith, fl. graec. t. 424.) plant villous, 

 clammy, branched ; leaves linear-oblong, recurved, sessile ; stem 

 usually dichotomous, somewhat panicled ; calyx clavate ; petals 

 2-parted, narrow, with 2-parted entire appendages. O- H. 

 Native of the island of Cyprus. Flowers cream-coloured above, 

 but brownish beneath. 



WTiite-bronn-fiowereA Catchfly. FL June, July. PL -| foot.. 



194 S. CO'RSICA (D. C. fl. fiv4. p. 756.) plant pubescent, 

 very clammy ; stems procumbent, leafy ; leaves small, obovate ; 

 flowers terminal, erect ; calyx clavate ; petals 2-parted, crowned, 

 with long claws. I/ . H. Native of Corsica. Bocc. mus. t. 

 54. Petals purple? 



Corsican Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL pro- 

 cumbent. 



195 S. XERA'NTHEMA (Viv. fl. cors. app. in Schlecht. Linnaea, 

 1. p. 501.) hairy ; stem ascending ; leaves all lanceolate, sessile ; 

 peduncles axillary, opposite, usually 1 -flowered; petals semi- 

 bifid, exserted ; calyx elongated, membranous, hairy, glandular ; 

 capsules elliptically-clavate. 1 ? H. NatiVe of Corsica.. 



Dry-florvered Catchfly. PL ascending. 



