46 14. CARYOPHYLLACE.E. 



quinqusvulnera (L.) ; fl. white with a large crimson spot upon 

 the disk of each usually entire petal. E. B. 86. Sandy and 

 gravelly fields. /3. Duppas Hill, Surrey, and Wrotham, Kent. 

 A. VI. X. English Catchfly. 



2. S. nutans (L.) ; pubescent, glandular-viscid above, panicle 

 secund with drooping trichotomous opposite 3 / -flowered 

 branches, cal. ventricose with acute teeth, pet. bifid crowned, 

 segments linear, lower 1. spathulate, stem-1. sessile lanceolate, 

 carpophore scarcely half as long as the capsule, teeth of the caps, 

 reflexed. E. B. 4~65. St. H foot high. Fl. white, most ex- 

 panded and sweetest in the evening. /3. S. paradoxa (Sm.); 1. 

 broader. On limestone and chalky places. /3. Dover Cliffs. P. 

 VI. VII. Nottingham Catchfly. " . S. 



[3. S. italica (Pers.) ; pubescent, panicle nearly erect with op- 

 posite trichotomous viscid branches, cal. long clavate with obtuse 

 teeth, pet. bifid not crowned, segments broad, lower 1. lanceolate- 

 spathulate, stem-1. linear-lanceolate, carpophore as long as caps., 

 teeth of the capsule reflexed (?). S. patens (Peete) E. B. S. 

 2748. St. about 2 feet high. An escape from cultivation. The 

 station at Dover is an error. P. VI. VII.] E. S. 



4. S. Otites(Sm.) ; panicle elongate with opposite tufted ver- 

 ticillate-racemose branches, whorls many-flowered, peduncles 

 glabrous, cal. faintly veined smooth with obtuse teeth, pet. linear 

 undivided not crowned, 1. lanceolate-spathulate, stem-1. small 

 linear erect. E. E. 85. Fl. imperfectly dioecious, small, yellow- 

 ish. Caps, sessile. St. viscid at about the middle, 1 foot high. 

 Sandy and gravelly places in the east of England. P. VI. E. 



5. S. inflata (Sm.) ; panicle terminal, fl. many drooping, caL 

 inflated reticulated, pet. deeply cloven scarcely ever crowned, 

 segments narrow, 1. elliptical lanceolate, stem erect. E. B. 164. 

 Glabrous, smooth. St. 2 3 feet high. Inflorescence between 

 corymbose and panicled. Pet. white. Cal. inflated especially 

 below, mouth narrower than the base. Bracts scarious. Branches 

 of panicle unequal. Scented at night. Sometimes the st. and 

 1. are rough with hairs, and cal. downy. Fields and roadsides. 

 p. vi. VIII. Bladder Campion. 



6. S. maritima (With.); panicle terminal, fl. few usually soli- 

 tary erect, cal. inflated reticulated, pet. crowned, segments broad, 

 1. lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, st. spreading decumbent, fl. 

 shoots ascending. E. B. 957. Barren procumbent shoots form- 

 ing a cushion. Fl. larger than those of No. 5. Cal. elliptical, 

 mouth broader than base, most inflated above the middle. Bracts 

 herbaceous. Near the sea, also by alpine rills. P. VI. VIII. 



7. S. cornea (L.) ; st. erect forked, fl. from the forks or terminal, 

 cal. with 30 furrows conical in fruit, teeth subulate acute, pet. 



