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petals obovate-roundish, more than half as long as the claw, white 

 M'itli a deep red disk. 



In sandy places and gravel-pits. Rare in England, and pro- 

 bably only escaped from cultivation. Truly wild in Guernsey. In 

 England it has occui-red near Sandgate and Wrotham, Kent ; 

 Duppas Hill, Surrey ; and Bury, Suffolk ; also between Tunbridge 

 Wells an[l Frant ; Sussex ; in Berkshire ; and at Camphill, North- 

 West Yorkshire. 



[England,] Channel Islands. Annual. Summer. 



Very like S. anglica, but much stouter in proportion to its 

 height, which is from 6 to 18 inches. The branches arc stiffcr, not 

 spreading and straggling, the tlo^rers are much closer and the petals 

 much larger than those of S. anglica, and with a deep dull crimson 

 base and centre giving off lines towards the apex. 



S. gallica, Linn. (S. eu-gallica, mihi), is probably only a variety 

 of this plant, as the only difference appears to be that the petals 

 are white without a red disk. I have retained the name " gallica" 

 as that of the aggregate species, as it is adopted by Koch, Godron, 

 and several other authors ; it includes, besides the above, S. lusitanica 

 (Linn.), S. cerastoides (D. C), S. tridentata (D. C), &c. 



I have not seen British specimens of S. eu-gallica ; but probably 

 the late Dr. Bromtield is correct in referring to it a plant called 

 by him S. anglica, var. stricta. This occurred " among oats at 

 upper end of Cohvell Heath," and in " a turnip-field on the farm at 

 Kite Hill, by Wootton Bridge," Isle of Wight. However, as I have 

 not seen specimens from these localities, I have not ventured to have 

 a Continental specimen drawn for the present work. 



Spotted Catclifiy, Variegated Catchfly. ^ 



This species is sometimes cultivated on account of its bright pretty flowers. 



Section IV.— ATOCION. 



Inflorescence corymbose (primary axis short), or reduced to a 

 solitary flower. Calyx sub-membranous, not bladdery, cylindrical- 

 clavate or ovoid-funnelshaped, faintly 10-nerved, quite filled by the 

 mature capsule. Capsule with imperfect partitions. 



SPECIES v.— SILENE ARMERIA. Zmw. 



Plate CCIV. 



. ncich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VI. Caryoph. Tab. CCLXXXIV. Fig. 5079. 



Ko perennial rootstock. Stems erect, slightly viscous in the 

 upper part. Flowers erect, numerous, in rather compact flat-topped 



