92 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



CATCHFLY. 



SILENE. 



CARYOPHYLLE.E. DECANDR1A TR1GYNIA. 



French, le cornillet; attrape mouche [catch fly.] 

 THIS plant is covered with a glutinous moisture, from 

 which flies, happening to light upon it, cannot disengage 

 themselves. This circumstance has obtained it the name 

 of Catchfly ; to which Gerarde adds the name of Limewort. 

 If the seeds are sown in the autumn, separately, in pots 

 about six inches in diameter, and in a dry soil, they will 

 grow without further attention. They will bear the open 

 air ; and unless in very dry weather, will not need water- 

 ing. These directions will serve for nearly all the kinds, 

 of which there are upwards of sixty. There are, however, 

 two exceptions : the Dark-flowered and the Waved-leaved 

 species, which require a stove. 



CELANDINE. 



CHELIDONIUM. 



FAPAVERACE.E. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



The name of this plant is derived from the Greek, and signifies a 

 swallow. It is not so named, as some have supposed, from its coming 

 and going with the swallow ; but, according to Gerarde, from an 

 opinion which prevailed among the country people, that the old swal- 

 lows used it to restore sight to their young when their eyes were out. 

 For the same reason it is also called Swallow-wort. 



THE Sea Celandine, or Yellow Horned Poppy* (called 

 also Bruisewort), is a flower common to every part of 

 Europe, growing on sandy soils, chiefly by the sea-shore. 

 The flowers fall the second day after they are blown ; but 

 they are large, form a fine contrast with the sea-green colour 



* Italian, papavero cornuto. 



