6'4S 399.S[hne. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. PL ex. thai 



Lychnis yiscosa purpurea latifolia laevis, Dillen in Rati S^/n. 341, 17. 

 Muscipula Lobelii, Ger.em. GOl. 

 Silene Armeria, Lin. S. P. 601. 

 Gatch-fiy. Limewort. Lobefs catchfty. 



Fields and old walls ; annual j July and August. 



Stem branched, viscid beneath the joints ; leaves clasp- 

 ing the stem ; lower leaves ovate ; panicle leafless ; jlowers 

 upright, rose-red j calyx 10-angIed, teeth rounded ; capsule 

 elliptical, pedicelled. 



8. Silene alpina. Alpine catchfty. 



Stem very short, branched ; leaves linear, fringed at bot~ 



torn; peduncles solitary, 1 -flowered; petals slightly notched, 



crowned. 



Lychnis alpina minima, Raii Syn, 341 , 16. 

 Caryophyllus pumilio alpinus, Ger.em. 593, 

 Silene acaulis, Lin. S, P. 603. 

 Cucubalus acaulis, Hudson Fl. Angl. 187. 

 Moss campion. Grass leaved campion. 



Alpine rocks ; perennial ; June and July. 



Roots tufted ; stems trailing; leaves crowded, keeled, linear j 

 peduncles terminal, angular; Jloivers upright, rose-red; calyx 

 5-ribbed; capsule cylindrical. 



V. 400. LYCHNIS. Tbeophrastus. Lychnis, 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed; petals 5, clawed; stamens 10; 

 styles 5; capsules 1 -celled, or apparently 5 -celled. 



a. Viscaria. Calyx-teeth short j petals not cut ; 

 capsule apparently B-celled. 



1 . Lychnis angustifolia. Narrowleaved lychnis. 



Stem jointed, viscous ; leaves linear, lanceolate, blunt j 



calyx wrinkled ; petal-claws margined, membrarraceous, 



fringed. 



Lychnis sylvestiis viacosa rubra angustifolia, Raii Syn. 340, 14; Park. 

 636. 



Muscipula angustifolia, Ger. em. 601,3. 

 Lychnis Viscaria, Lin. S. P. 025. 

 Jied Geiman catclijly. 



Fissures of rocks ; perennial ; May and June. 



Roots tufted ;' stems angular ; leaves keeled, bald ; panicle 

 rather spiked ; flowers crowded, rose-red, rarely white ; 

 calyx hairy, membranaceous ; capsule ovate. 



