PL ex. thai. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. 399. Silene. 647 



Chalk rocks and buildings; perennial; July. 



Root woody; stems many, simple, upright; root-leaves 

 reverse ovate, crowded; panicle forked; calyx 10-ribbed; 

 petals white ; stamens 5 long, exserted, 5 short ; capsule 

 ovate. 



4. Silene parvijiora. Synall-Jiowered catchjly. 

 Plants dioicous ; flowers panicled ; petals linear, undi- 

 vided, wavy, bald, naked. 



Lychnis viscosa flore miiscoso, Rail Syn. 340, 15. 

 Sesamoidfs Salamanticum magnum, Ger. cm. 493, 1. 

 Muscipula Salatnatica major, Park. 636. 

 Silene Olites, Lin. S. P. 594. 

 Spanish catchjiy. 



Dry sandy and chalky fields ; perennial; July and Aug. 



Root woody ; stem upright, panicled above ; peduncles in 

 whirls, forked ; Zeaw^ petioled, spatulashape, downy ;^oii/er5 

 small, yellowish green ; calyx ribbed ; petals sometimes 0. 



5. Silene conica. Conical catchfly. 

 Stem forked; leaves lanceolate, downy; petals notched, 



crowned; calyx when in fruit conical, 30-streaked. 



Lychnis sylvestris angiistifolia caliculis lurgidis siriatis, Dillen in Raii 

 5i/n. 341,18. ' 



Lychnis caliculis striatis secunda Cliisii, Ger. em. 4T0, 7. 



Silene conica, Lin. S. P. 598. 



Silene conoidea, Hudson Fl. Angl. 189. 



Sandy fields ; annual ; July. 



7^00/ branched ; stem upright, forked, downy ; leaves 

 velvetlike; flowers from the forks ; peduncles upright, soli- 

 tary ; calyx membranaceous ; teeth 5, straight ; petals rose- 

 red; capsule ovate, flaskshape^ 



6. Sile.7ie noctiflora. Nightflowering catchfly. 

 Stem forked; leaves lanceolate, hairy; calyx 10-angled, 



teeth as long as the tube ; petals notched, bluntly crowned. 



Lychnis noctiflora, Raii Syn. 340, 13; Park. 632. 

 Silene noctiflora, Lin. S. P. 599. 



Sandy fields; annual; July. 



Stem upright, branchy, downy; leaves dark gveen; flowers 

 from the forks, peduncled, upright; calyx viscid; petals 

 flesh- colour ; capsule ovate. 



7. Silene latifolia. Broadleaved catchfly. 

 Upper leaves heartshape, bald; panicle forked, bundled, 



many-flowered i petals notched, acutely crowned. 



