CATCHFLY FAMILY. 



appear on the old walls, when the plants are in full 

 blossom. 



" Let your admired Carnation own, 



Not all was meant for raiment or for food, 

 Not all, for useful need alone ; 

 There, while the seeds of future blossoms dwell, 

 'Tis color' d for the sight, perfum'd to please the smell." 



SHENSTONE. 



We will examine one Species in this large Genus, 

 and all are so similar in their appearance, that you 

 will readily distinguish them ; observing that they 

 differ from the next Genus (which most nearly resem- 

 bles them) in the number of styles, and cells of the 

 capsules. 



[CATCHFLY. (Silne). 



Calyx of one piece, (monophyllus), tubular, often swelling 

 unequally on one side, (ventricose). 5-toothed. Petals 

 5-clawed, mostly crowned at the mouth ; and the limb 

 generally notched or bifid. Stamens 10, alternate ones, 

 opposite to the petals, and adhering to the claws. Styles 3, 

 Capsules 3-celled, to the middle, or only at the base, (rarely 

 1-celled), 6-toothed, many-seeded. Name supposed to arise 

 from the word ' saliva,' in allusion to the sticky moisture on 

 the stalks of many species ; whence too, the English name of 

 Catchfly. 



