646 398. Cucub. 72. CARYOPHYLLE^. Pl.ex.thah 



Lychnis maritima repens, Raii Syn. 337, U 

 Lychnis marina Anglica, Ger, em. 469, 2. 

 Lychnis marina repens alba, Park. 638. 

 Cucubalus Behen H, Lin. S. P. 591. 

 Silene amcena, Iludion Fl. Angl. 188. 

 Silene marilima. Withering Dot. Arr. 414. 

 Sea campion. Sea catchfly. 



Rocks and sands by the sea, or alpine rivers ; perennial ; 

 August and September. 



Boot creeping; sfem tufted, sometimes trailing; leaves 

 linear, lanceolate ', flowers drooping, white. 



IV. 399. SILENE. Theophrastus. Catchfly, 



Calyx tubular, cylindrical or conical, 5-toothed ; petals 5, 



claws long, rarely naked, usually crowned with scales, limb 



often 2-cut; stamens 10; styles 3; capsule 3-celled, 6-valved. 



1. Silene Anglica. English catchfly. 



Herb hirsute, viscous ; petals nicked ; flowers spiked, la- 

 teral flowers upright, alternate; loiver capsules reflected, 

 spreading. 



Lychnis sylvestris flore albo minimo, Raii Syn. 339, 10. 

 Silene Anglica, Li7i. S. P. 594. 

 Silene arvensis, Salisb. Prod. 301. 



Sandy fields; annual; July. 



Roots fibrous; stem branchy, upright; leaves linear, lan- 

 ceolate ; T^oi^-er^ solitary, white; calyx cylindrical; capsule 

 ovate. 



2. Silene quinquevulnera. Five-wound catchfly. 

 Herb hirsute ; petals roundish, not cut ; flowers solitary ; 



lateral flowers alternate; capsules upright. 



Silene quinquevulnera, Lin. S. P. 595. 



Sandy fields ; annual ; June and July. 



Root fibrous ; stem much branched, ascending, weak ; 

 leaves elliptical, lanceolate; petal-limh rounded, not cut, 

 white with a blood-red spot in the centre. 



3. Silene nutans. Nodding catchfly. 

 Herb downy ; flowers panicled, facing one way, nodding; 



leaves lanceolate ; petals 2-parted, lobes linear. 



Lychnis sylvestris alba nona Clusii, Raii Syn. 340, 1 1 ; Ger. em. 470, 8. 

 Lychnis major noctiflora Dubrensis perennis, Raii Syn. 340, 12? 

 Lychnis sylvestris alba, sive Ocymoides minus album, Park. 631. 

 Silene nutans, Lin. S. P. 596. 

 Silene paradoxa, Z-in. S. P. 1673.' 

 Cucubalus viscosus, Hudson FL-dngL J86? 

 Nottingham catchfy. Dover catclijly. 



