PL ex. thai. 72. CARYOPHYLLE^.. 397. Dianth. 645 



Dry rocks ; perennial ; June and July. 



Root woody ; stem simple, bald, 1 or 2-flowered ; calyx- 

 scales one-third the length of the tube ; petals with purple 

 hairs at the mouth. 



III. 398. CUCUBALUS. Pliny. Spailing-poppy. 



Calyx tubular, inflated, 5-toothed ; petals 5-clawed ; sta^ 

 mens 10; styles 3 or 5, longitudinally villous on the inside; 

 oyory coloured ; capstde l-celled. 



1 . Cucuhalus hacctferiis. Berry-hearing spat ling-poppy. 

 Stem weak; branches spreading; j^ozt'er^ solitary; calyx 



bellshape, downy ; petals distant ; capsule globular, fleshy. 



Cucubalus Plinii, Dillenin Rail Syn. 26T, 1. 



Alsine baccifera, Ger. em. 614, 13. 



Cucubalus bacciferus, Lin. S. P. 591. 



Silene baccifera, Withering Bot. Arr. ed, 2, 452. 



Silene fissa, Salisb. Prod. 302. 



Berry-bearing chickweed. 



Shady rich land ; perennial ; June and July. 



Root creeping ; stem much branched, downy ; leaves 

 spreading, pale green ; flowers terminal, single, drooping ; 

 petals slightly toothed at the throat. 



2. Cucuhalus inflatus. Blown spatling-poppy. 

 Stem upright ; flowers panicled, drooping ; calyx ovate ; 



petals slightly nicked, rather naked ; capsule ovate. 



Lychnis sylvestiis, quae Ben album vulgo, Raii Syn. 337,2. 



Beiien album, Ger. em. 678, 2. 



Papaver spumeum, sive Ben album vulgo, Park. 263. 



Cucubalus Behen, Lin. S. P. 591. 



Cucubalus inflatus, Salisb. Prod. 302. 



Silene inflata. Smith Fl. Brit. 467,5. 



Bladder campion. Spatting poppy. Frothing poppy. White ben. 



Fields and waysides ; perennial ; July. 

 Root tufted ; stem upright, glaucous ; leaves ovate, lan- 

 ceolate; j^oweri drooping, white; calyx whitish. 



^. hirsutus. Stem and leaves hairy ; calyx-teeth fringed ; 

 petals small. 



3. Cucuhalus maritimus. Sea spailing-poppy. 



Stem trailing ; flowers solitary, or in pairs, terminal ; 

 calyx ovate; petals 2-cut, crdwned; capsule roundish. 



