CARYOPHYLLE^E. VI. SILENE. 



413 



branaceous margins ; flowers panicled ; peduncles generally 2- 

 3-flowered ; calyx long, clavate, purplish ; petals 2-lobed, 

 crowned. If. H. Native of Persia and on Mount Atlas. 

 Petals white on the upper surface but pale violet underneath. 

 Desf. atl. 1. p. 351. Tourn. itin. 2. p. 139. 1. 154. 



Bupleurum-like Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1801. PL 

 1 to 2| feet. 



228 S. CA v NA(Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 382.) plant 

 hoary-pubescent; stem twiggy, simple; lower leaves ovate- 

 oblong, stalked, ciliated at the base, upper ones linear ; flowers 

 panicled ; peduncles 3-flowered ; calyx long, clavated, purplish ; 

 petals bifid, with long claws. If.. H. Native of? Petals 

 whitish above, but brownish underneath ? 



Hoary Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1824. PI. 2 feet. 



229 S. MOLLI'SSIMA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 498.) stem herbaceous, 

 fleshy ; leaves fleshy, silky pubescent, radical ones ovate-spatu- 

 late ; panicle corymbose, somewhat dichotomous ; petals bifid, na- 

 ked ; calyx cylindrically-clavate. y..H. Native of Italy and Asia 

 Minor. Flowers white. Cucubalus mollissimus, Lin. spec. 593. 



Very soft Catchfly. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1739. PI. 1 to 2ft. 



230 S. pij,6sA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 411.) plant hoary, villous; 

 stems erect, branched, clammy ; leaves undulated, lower ones 

 large, spatulate, upper ones lanceolate ; flowers in ample tricho- 

 tomous panicles ; calyx cylindrically clavated ; petals 2-parted, 

 crowned. If. . H. Native of Italy, Hungary, and Transylvanica 

 by the sea-side. Cucubalus pilosus, Willd. enum. 471. Cucu- 

 balus mollissimus, Waldst. et Kit. hung. 3. t. 248. Flowers 

 white above but brownish or reddish beneath. 



Pilose Catchfly. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1739. PI. 1 to 1| ft. 



231 S. RE'GIA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1724.) plant clammy, pu- 

 bescent ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; flowers large, panicled ; calyx 

 downy, long, tubular ; petals oblanceolate, undivided, crowned 

 with bicuspidate appendages; stamens very long. i;. H. 

 Native of North America on the Mississippi. S. Virginica, 

 var. Illinoensis, Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 272. Flowers large, 

 dark crimson, in trichotomous panicles. 



Royal Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1811. PI. 2 to 5 feet. 



232 S. BALDWY'NII (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 288.) plant pilose ; 

 leaves somewhat lanceolate ; flowers very large, in trichotomous 

 panicles ; petals jagged, divaricating. % . F. Native of Flo- 

 rida. Flowers very large, rose-coloured. 



Baldmyn's Catchfly. Fl. May, July. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



233 S. MOCINIA'NA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 382.) plant rather 

 villous ; stem simple, erect ; leaves lanceolate ; flowers panicled ; 

 calyx cylindrically clavated, very long ; petals 6-cleft, furnished 

 with 2 bifid appendages. "J/ . F. Native of Mexico. Moc. 

 et Sesse. pi. mex. icon. ined. Flowers purple. 



Mocino's Catchfly. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1S27. PI. 3 to 4 ft. 



234 S. LACINIA'TA (Cav. icon. 6. p. 44. t. 564.) plant pubes- 

 cent ; stem erect, branched ; leaves large, lanceolate, acute ; 

 flowers very large, terminal, rather drooping ; peduncles 1- 

 flowered ; calyx long, cylindrically ventricose : petals some- 

 what 4-cleft ; stamens short. If. . F. Native of South Ame- 

 rica. Flowers crimson, with a white, 2-parted crest. 



Jagged-petal\ed Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



235 S. ROTUNDIIOLIA (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 288.) stems 

 decumbent, pilose ; leaves broad-oval, stalked, ciliated ; flowers 

 few, panicled ; calyx angular, cylindrical' y-clavated ; petals jagged, 

 somewhat 4-cleft, crowned. l/.H. Native of North America 

 on the banks of the Ohio and Tenessee. Petals scarlet. 



Round-leaved Catchfly. Fl. June, Aug. PI. decumbent. 



236 S. ADSCE'NDENS (Lag. gen. amer. 15.) plant villous, 

 clammy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse, ciliated ; peduncles 

 1 -flowered, fruit-bearing ones spreading; calyx oblong, cla- 

 vated, circularly reflexed at the base ; petals bifid. O H. 

 Native of Spain. Flowers red. 



Ascending-stemmed Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. 

 PL foot. 



237 S. DIANTHOIDES (Pers. ench. 1. p. 500.) leaves linear; 

 flowers panicled ; calyx striated, sessile between 2 leaves, which 

 form an involucrum : petals bifid. O? H. Native of the Levant. 

 Cucubalus saxifragus, Schreb. dec. 9. t. 5. Flowers pink or 

 purple ? Calyx striped with purple. 



Dianthus-like Catchfly. Fl. June, July. PL J to 1 foot. 



SECT. VIII. ATO'CION (from a priv. and TOKOQ, tokos, the 

 young or brood of any thing ; because many of the plants con- 

 tained in this section often produce nothing but male flowers.) 

 Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 383. Caulescent. Flowers corym- 

 bose. Calyxes clavated, with 10 stripes. 



* Perennial or shrubby. 



238 S. CORDIFOLIA (All. ped. no. 1581. t. 23. f. 3.) plant 

 clammy, glaucous; stems simple, hairy; leaves ovate, pointed, 

 pubescent, upper ones somewhat cordate; flowers 1-4, terminal, 

 almost sessile ; calyx ovate, cylindrically clavated; petals quinque- 

 fid with a bifid crest. 7J..H. Native of Piedmont on rocks, 

 also about Nice. Petals pale pink above and yellowish beneath. 



Heart-leaved Catchfly. FL June, July. Clt. 1819. PL A ft. 



239 S. FRUTICOSA (Lin. spec. 597.) stem shrubby at the base, 

 much branched, tufted ; flowering stems simple ; leaves obovate, 

 mucronate, dark-green, permanent, ciliated, particularly towards 

 the base ; flowers crowded, fastigiately-panicled ; calyx clavate ; 

 petals deeply emarginate, obtuse, with 4-parted appendages. 

 Tj'. H. Native of Sicily and the island of Cyprus on rocks. 

 Smith, -fl. grsec. t. 428. S. nitida, Lag. gen. et spec. p. 15 

 Bocc. sic. 48. t. 30. f. 2. Petals with greenish claws, flesh- 

 coloured on the limb above, but greenish below. 



Shrubby Catchfly. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1629. Sh. 1 to 1| ft. 



240 S. C-ESPITOSA (Stev. in mem. soc. mosq. 2. p. 262.) plant 

 tufted, roughish ; root thick, woody ; stems simple, slender, 

 very leafy at the base ; leaves small, linear, acute ; flowers 2-3, 

 terminal; calyx clavated; petals 2-lobed, crowned? If. H. 

 Native of Caucasus. Petals pink. 



Turfy Catchfly. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1824. PL { to | ft. 



241 S. TOMENTOSA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 383.) 

 plant very soft ; root woody, branched ; stems simple, very leafy 

 at the base, almost leafless above ; leaves fleshy, lower ones 

 large, shell-formed, upper ones linear ; flowers disposed in a 

 crowded corymb ; calyx cylindrically-clavated ; petals 2-parted. 

 T. H. Native of Gibraltar on rocks. Petals pink. 



Tomentose Catchfly. PL 4 to 2 feet. 



242 S. PLATYPE'TALA (Otth. mss. in D. C. prod. 1. p. 383.) 

 plant pilosely-pubescent ; stem humble, very leafy at the base ; 

 leaves ciliated at the base, lower ones lanceolate-spatulate, upper 

 ones linear-lanceolate ; flowers few, in a panicled corymb ; calyx 

 clavated ; petals broad-ovate, with long claws. If. . H. Native 

 of North America. S. Virginica, Rafinisque in litt. but not of 

 Lin. Flowers large, crimson. 



Broad-petalled Catchfly. Fl. May, Aug. PL foot. 



243 S. BERGE'RII (Schott. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 411.) stem 

 simple, pilose at the base ; leaves lanceolate, also pilose ; panicle 

 corymbose, few-flowered ; calyx clavate, hispid ; petals obcor- 

 date, crowned, y. 1 H. Native of Italy. Flowers red ? 



Berger's Catchfly. PL 1 foot. 



244 S. POLYGONOIDES (Pers. ench. 1. p. 500.) plant pilose; 

 root thick ; stems procumbent, branched ; leaves small, lower 

 ones lanceolate, upper ones elliptical, acute ; flowers sessile, in 

 corymbs ; calyx cylindrical ; petals emarginate, naked ? If. . 

 H. Native of the island of Naxia. Cucubalus polygonoides, 

 Willd. spec. pi. 2. p. 690. Flowers white, with a purple circle 

 in the centre. Leaves like those of Thymus serpyllium. 



Polygonum-like Catchfly. PL trailing. 



