200 DECANDEJA TRIGYNTA. [cL. X. 



downy on the upper side. Capsule egg-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 



lateral, 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. ii. p. 

 291. 661. 



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



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



than the preceding : petals nof notched, their limb white, with a 

 blood-red spot at the base. 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, withpanicled branches. 



3. S. infldta. Bladder Campion. White Bottle. Flowers in pani- 

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



reticulated; 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 : Cucubalus 

 Behen. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 292. 663. 



4. S. maritima. 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 pro- 

 cumbent at the base, about a foot long : calyx purplish, beautifulty 

 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. 967. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 293. 664. 



*** Stem and branches forked, leafy. 



5. S.conica. 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. An- 

 nual : 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. noctiflora. Night-flowering Catchfly. Stem forked ; petals 

 cleft ; calyx ^ith 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 : petals 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.niitans. Nottingham Catchfly . Panicle with drooping flowers 

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



