200 DECANDRIA TBIGYNIA. [<3L. X. 



shaped, covered by the calyx, imperfectly three-celled, opening at 



the top with six teeth. Seeds numerous, kidney-shaped. Named 



from sialon, saliva. 230. 



* Flowers lateral, 'solitary, 



1. S. Anglica. English Catchfly. Hairy and clammy; flowers late- 

 ral, alternate, erect ; the lower capsules bent back. Stem branched, 



spreading: leaves lance-shaped: flowers erect, with small, white, cleft 

 petals. Annual : flowers in June and July : grows in cultivated fields. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xvii. pi. 1178. Eng. Fl. vol. li. p. 291. 661. 



2. S. quinquevulnera. Variegated Catchfly, Hairy ; flowers lateral, 



alternate, erect ; capsules erect. Less hairy and less clammy than 



the preceding : petals not notched, their limb white, with a blood-red 

 spot at the bate. Annual : flowers in June and July : grows in sandy 

 corn-fields, in England, but not wild : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 86. 

 Eng.Fl. vol. ii. p. 292. 662. 



** Stem forked, ivith panicled branches, 



3. S. infldta. Bladder Campion. White Bottle. Flowers in panicles, 

 drooping ; petals cleft half-way down ; calyx smooth, inflated, reticu- 

 lated ; stem erect ; leaves egg-shaped, acute, glaucous. Stem two 



or three feet high : calyx pale or purplish, beautifully reticulated with 

 veins: petals white. Perennial: flowers in July : grows in fields and 

 pastures, and among rubbish : common. The boiled leaves taste like 

 peas. Eng, Bot. vol. iii. pi. 164: Cucubalta Behen. Eng. FU vol. ii. 

 p. 292. 663. 



4. S, mar it im a. Sea Campion. Flowers in panicles, or solitary ; petals 

 cleft, each with a cleft acute scale ; calyx smooth, inflated, reticulated ; 



stem recumbent ; leaves lance-shaped. Stems procumbent at the 



base, about a foot long : calyx purplish, beautifully reticulated : petals 

 white. Perennial : flowers in July and August: grows on the sea-shore 

 above water-mark, and by alpine torrents : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. 

 pi. 957. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 293. 664. 



** Stem and branches forked, leafy. 



5. 5. arnica. Striated Corn Catchfly. Stem forked ; petals cleft , 



calyx when in fruit conical, with thirty furrows ; leaves softly downy. 



Stem erect, repeatedly forked, downy : flowers from the forks of the stem, 

 stalked, erect, fragrant in the evening : petals small : the limb red, deeply 

 cleft : scale deeply divided. Annual : flowers in July : grows in sandy 

 fields in England : rare. Haddingtonshire, Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. 

 pi. 922. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 294. 665. 



6. S. noctiftora. Night-Jlowering Catchfly. Stem forked ; petals cleft ; 

 calyx with ten hairy ribs ; its teeth linear, almost as long as the tube. 



Stem erect, round, spreading, from one to two feet high : flowers 



solitary, from the forks of the stem, sweet-scented during the night : pe- 

 tals with a deeply cleft, pale rose-coloured limb, and blunt cleft scale. 

 Annual : flowers in July : grows in sandy fields in England : rare. 

 Haddingtonshire, Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 291. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 295. 666. 



**** Stem panicled, imperfectly forked. 



7. S. nittans. Nottingham Catchfly. Panicle with drooping flowers 

 pointing one way ; petals deeply cleft, with linear segments and an acute 



