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CARYOPHYLLE^E. VI. SILENE. 



212 S. AMCENA (Lin. spec. 596.) plant rather pubescent; 

 root woody : stems decumbent, branched ; leaves soft, numerous 

 at the bottom, lanceolate, rather acute, nearly smooth ; flowers 

 numerous, disposed in ample secund panicles ; calyx cylindri- 

 cally clavated, obovate ; petals bifid, with a converging crest. 

 11 . H. Native of Tartary. Calyx long. Petals white. 



Pleasing Catchfly. Fl. July. Clt. 1779. PL decumbent. 



213 S. SUPI'NA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 336.) plant tufted, co- 

 vered with clammy pubescence ; stems woody, procumbent, 

 branched ; leaves linear, acute ; flowers on short alternate 

 pedicels ; calyxes long, cylindrically clavated, tomentose ; petals 

 with long claws, bifid, crowned ; lobes narrow, diverging, if.. H. 

 Native of Caucasus. Sims, hot. mag. t. 1997. Petals white. 



Var. ft, latifolia ; leaves broader and flat. 

 Supine Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1804. PI. procum- 

 bent i foot. 



214 S. DEPRE'SSA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 336.) plant clammy ; root 

 woody ; stems numerous, branched at the base, leafy, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves small, lanceolate, somewhat ciliated ; flowers soli- 

 tary, terminal, rarely twin ; calyx very long, cylindrically-cla- 

 vated ; petals bifid, with long claws, crowned. If. . H. Native 

 of Iberia on rocks about Tiflis. Flowers white. 



Depressed Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1816. PI. procumbent. 



215 S. PARADO'XA (Lin. spec. 1673.) stem erect, pubescent; 

 leaves smooth, hardly ciliated, lower ones obovately-lanceolate, 

 upper ones linear ; flowers large, disposed in racemose panicles ; 

 calyx long, cylindrically clavated, downy ; petals 2-lobed ; lobes 

 broad, obovate, with 2-parted appendages. 7. H. Native of 

 Dauphiny. Jacq. hort. vind. 3. t. 84. Flowers large, white. 

 This plant is said to grow on the Dover Cliffs, but certainly not 

 to be found there at present. What the older botanists found 

 on Dover Cliffs appear to be Silene nutans and S. viscosa, the 

 one with naked petals and the other with crested petals. 



Var. |3, fenuz/o&a (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 381.) stem 

 twiggy, simple ; leaves linear, acute. Native about Genoa. 

 Paradoxical or Dover Catchfly. Fl. July. Clt.? PI. 1J ft. 



216 S. CHLORvEFOLiA (Smith, icon. ined. 1. p. 13. 1. 13.) plant 

 very smooth and glaucous ; stems branched ; leaves elliptical, 

 pointed, upper ones rather cordate ; flowers large, disposed in 

 a terminal panicle; calyx long, cylindrical, rather clavated, 

 striped ; petals cloven half-way down, with a 2-lobed crest. 

 I/ . H. Native of Armenia. Sims, bot. mag. t. 807. Flowers 

 white, turning reddish as they fade. 



Chlora-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Aug. Sept Clt. 1796. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



217 S. ITA'LICA (D. C. fl. fr.4. p. 753.) pilosely-pubescent ; 

 stems branched at the base ; lower leaves spatulate, obtuse, stem 

 ones lanceolate, acute, connate ; flowers in spreading panicles ; 

 branches of panicle 3-flowered ; calyx long, clavated ; petals 

 2-lobed, obtuse, naked. l/.H. Native of Italy and Laconia, 

 1. c. Smith, fl. grsec. 429. Cucubalus It&licus, Lin. spec. 

 593. Jacq. obs. 4. p. 12. t. 79. Cucubalus silenoides, Vill. 

 dauph. 3. p. 614. S. Sicula, Presl. Petals white above but 

 flesh-coloured underneath. 



Var. ft, cana (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 382.) plant a 

 little branched, very soft ; panicle dense. S. mollissima, Lois, 

 not. p. 166. Petals white above, 1. c. 



Far. y, rubrifora (Otth. mss. in D. C. 1. c.) plant very soft ; 

 calyx purplish ; petals purple. 



Italian Catchfly. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1759. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



218 S. PANICULA'TA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 382.) 

 plant velvety, clammy ; stem erect, much branched, leafy ; 

 leaves lanceolate, thickish ; flowers in simple panicles ; calyx 

 cylindrically-clavated, long ; petals bifid ; stamens long. I/ . H. 

 Native of? Petals white? 



Panicled Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PI. \\ foot. 



219 S. PAUCIFLORA (Salzmann, exsic. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 382.) plant tufted, pubescent ; stems numerous, simple, slender, 

 almost leafless ; leaves linear-lanceolate, numerous at the base 

 of the stems ; flowers terminal and in few-flowered panicles ; 

 calyx narrow, cylindrical; petals 2-parted, reticulated, crowned. 

 H..H. Native of Corsica. Petals striped. 



Few-flowered Catchfly. Fl. May, July. PL 1 foot. 



220 S. JU'NCEA (Smith, fl. graec. t. 421.) stem simple, pubes- 

 cent, panicled at the top ; lower leaves obovate, acute, stalked, 

 hoary-pilose, upper ones sessile, linear-lanceolate, smooth, but 

 ciliated at the base ; calyx elongated, clavate ; petals 2-parted, 

 narrow, with 2-parted tridentate appendages. $ . H. Native 

 of Asia Minor. Branches long, paniculate, few-flowered. Flowers 

 white above and rusty beneath. 



Rushy Catchfly. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



221 S. PA'TULA (Desf. all. 1 . p. 356.) plant pubescent, clammy ; 

 stems erect, branched, branches spreading ; lower leaves ovate- 

 spatulate, upper ones lanceolate ; flowers panicled ; calyx long, 

 clavated, narrow ; petals semibifid, crested, with long claws. 

 l/.H. Native of Barbary in corn-fields. Petals white, about 

 the size of those of Lychnis didica. Peduncles 3-flowered. 



Spreading-brimdied Catchfly. FL May, July. Clt. 1 823. 

 PL | to 2 feet. 



222 S. POLYPHY'LLA (Lin. spec. 601.) plant pubescent ; stems 

 assurgent, much branched, very leafy ; leaves linear, acute ; 

 flowers erect, panicled; calyx clavated; petals bifid. If.. H. 

 Native of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia. Clus. hist. 1. p. 

 290. f. 2. Flowers white above but purplish below. 



Many-leaved Catchfly. FL June, July. Clt. 1800. PL 1 to 

 14 foot. 



223 S. NEMORA'LIS (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 3. p. 277. t.249.) 

 stem simple, pubescent ; leaves pubescent, lower ones large, 

 roundish, stalked, upper ones lanceolate ; flowers panicled ; 

 calyx long, clavated ; petals 2-parted, crowned, f . H. Native 

 of Hungary. Cucubalus floccosus, Fie. Petals white above 

 but purplish below. 



Grove Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1816. PL 1 to 1| foot. 



224 S. CALYCI'NA (Presl. sic. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 182.) 

 stem simple, erect, scabrous, clammy at the top; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, ciliately-serrulated ; flowers panicled, brac- 

 teate ; calyx long, clavate, and is as well as the pedicels clothed 

 with clammy pubescence ; petals bifid, coloured. 7(.? H. Na- 

 tive of Sicily. 



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



225 S. LONGIFLORA (Ehrh. beitr. 7. p. 144.) plant glabrous ; 

 stems erect, twiggy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, rather glaucous, 

 radical ones very long ; flowers panicled; peduncles 1 -flowered ; 

 calyx very long, clavated ; petals 2-parted, crowned. I/ . H. 

 Native of Hungary and Tauria, Waldst. et Kit. hung. 1. p. 7. 

 t. 8. Petals whitish above but tinged with red below. A tall, 

 smooth plant, with purplish stems. 



Var. ft,juncca (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 382.) leaves all 

 linear ; panicle small. 3(. . H. Native of Iberia. S. juncea, 

 Roth, catalect. l..p. 54. 



Long-flonered Catchfly. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1793. PL 

 14 to 3 feet. 



226 S. BUGLOSSIFOLIA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 32.) plant 

 hairy, clammy ; stem simple, leafy ; leaves undulated, the upper 

 ones lanceolate ; .flowers panicled ; peduncles 1 -flowered, oppo- 

 site, shorter than the flowers ; calyx cylindrical, an inch long ; 

 petals 2-parted, naked. $ . H. Native of the Levant at the 

 foot of Mount Ararat. Flowers white above. 



Bugloss-leaved Catchfly. Fl. Aug. PL 3 feet. 



227 S. BUPLEUROIDES (Lin. spec. 598.) plant glabrous, 

 clammy ; stem assurgent, branched ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, lower ones very long ; upper bracteas with broad, mem- 



