APPENDIX. rioi 



'vitisidaa. VACCINIUM. p. 102. 



The berries are eaten by the Highlanders, and 

 reckoned vvholelbmeand cooling. Mr. Stuart. 



DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



noofiflora. SILENE calvcibns decemangularibus, dentibus 

 tiibum cequantibus, caule dichotomo, petalis 

 bifidis. Syft. nat. edit, i^- pag. 351. Sp. pi. 

 ggg. (Parkin/. 632. Camerar. hort. 109. tl 

 34. Moris, hiji. Ox, fe^. s- tab. 20. fig. 2. or- 

 dims medii. 



Night- flowering Catchf^y. Anglis. 



In the fields behind the phyfic-garden near Edin- 

 burgh. Perhaps efcaped out of the garden, as 

 this is the only place in v/hich it has yet been 

 obferv'd. Mr. l^alden. O. VIJ. and VIII. 



The ftalk is rough, about a foot high, erect, and 

 (lighdy dichotomous at the top. 



The leaves are oval-lanceolate, narrowed at the 

 bafe, ieflile, and hairy. 



The flowers grow at the fummits of the branches, 

 and out of the al<£ of the upper leaves, fup- 

 ported on footfl:alks. 



The calyx is tumid at the bafe, narrowed towards 

 the top, and Ilreak'd externally with ten green 

 lines. 

 • The petals are heart-Ihaped, of a very pale red 



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