DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 227 



SILENE petalis bifidis ; coronula fubcoadnnata, 

 floribus fecundis, pedunculis oppofuis trifloris, 

 ramis alternis. Sp. pi. 596. {Moris, hift. f. 5. t. 

 ■20.J. 2. Pet. herb. t. ^y. f. i. Ger. em. ^6^. f. 2. 

 omnes floribus nimis parvis.J 



Sea Campion. Anglis. 



On the fea beach in ftoney places frequent, as at 

 Fqji-Caftk^ on the coaft of Berwickfljire, ccc. &c. 

 The Craig cf Jilfa, off the coaft of AirJJme, 

 abounds with it, &c. %. VI. VI!. 



The ftalks recline upon the ground : the branches 

 grow alternate and divaricated : the leaves are of 

 an oval-lanceolate form, glaucous, and fmooth 

 on the upper fide : the flowers all tend one way : 

 the peduncles are oppofite to each other, and 

 fupport three flowers : the calyx has 10 reddifh 

 angles, a little hairy : the petals are white and 

 bifid : the anthers of a dark-grey color. It ap- 

 proaches ver) near to the cucubalus Behen, but 

 the flower is more fpecious, and the ftalks are 

 decumbent. 



SILENE acaulis depreflfa, petalis emarginatis. 5v/?. 

 NaL 311. Sp. pi. 603. {Oed. Dan. t. 27. opt. 

 Diilen. Eltham. 206. /. 167./. 206. Ger. em. 593, 



/.s.) 



Mofs-Campion. Anglis. 



Upon the highland mountains in many places, as 



upon Ben-Loinond, about half a miile from the 



top, in abundance with the Sibbaldia ; upon Crag- 



ChmUeack^, in Breadalbane^ and upon the moun- 



0^ 2. tains 



