CATCHFLY FAMILY. 89 



BLADDER CATCHFLY. (Silne inflata.) 



Flowers numerous, panicled, (pi. II. 12. P.) Petals deeply 

 cut in the middle, (cloven) with narrow claws, scarcely 

 crowned. Calyx inflated, reticulated, stem ereet, leaves 

 lance-shaped, the lower part much broader (ovato-lanceolate). 

 Stem and leaves smooth or downy petals pure white. Stem 

 1 or 2 feet high.] 



This Catchfly is very common in corn-fields, by 

 roadsides, and waste-places : the Petals are white, 

 small, compared with the Calyx, which is a miniature 

 balloon, and so completely air-tight, before the flower 

 appears, that if you press it suddenly against the back 

 of your hand, it will burst with a report as loud as 

 that of a small pea-pod. 



The ' SEA CAMPION,' (OB CATCHFLY), is a much 

 handsomer flower, milk-white, with smaller stems and 

 leaves. 



THE NIGHT FLOWERING CATCHFLY (S. Noctiflora) 

 is sweet-scented, with pale reddish, almost white flowers. 

 It is to be found in corn-fields, in a gravelly or sandy 

 soil. These are flowers 



" That keep 



Their odour to themselves all day, 

 But when the Sunlight dies away, 

 Let the delicious secret out, 

 To every breeze that blows about." T. MOORE. 



