G2 liiNGLISn EOTANY. 



corymbose cymes. Calyx sub-membranous, coloured, cyliudrical- 

 clavate, umbilicate at tlie base, witb 5 sbort obtuse teeth at the 

 apex. Petals with the laminic oblong-oblanceolate, emarginate, 

 each with 2 long free subulate scales at the base. Gynophore as 

 long as the capsule. Capsule about as long as the calyx. 



By river-sides, in cornfields and in waste places, but only where 

 it has escaped from gardens ; and apparently not periuancntly 

 naturalized in any locality. 



[England, Scotland]. Annual. Summer. 



Stem erect, hollow, simple or dichotomo!7siy or trichotomously 

 branched in the upper part. Leaves sessile, 1 lo 2 inches long, the 

 lowest ones narrowed at the base, all acute and entire. Eiowers 

 very shortly stalked, f inch long by f inch broad. Calyx generally 

 tinged with red ; at first neai-ly cylindrical, but becoming more and 

 more enlarged upwards as the cajisule increases in size. Petals 

 deep rose-colour or pale crimson ; the lamina with 2 erect narrow 

 acute scales about half as long as itself; claw not auricled at the 

 apex. Capsule cylindrical-ovoid, rather shoi'ter than the gyno- 

 jjhore, opening by 6 revolute teeth, with 3 imperfect partitions 

 not nearly meeting in the centre. Seeds blackish, fiat on the sides, 

 with a furrow on the back, finely rugose. Plant smooth, light green, 

 glaucous. 



Common Garden CatcJiflij, LoheVs CatchJIy. 



French, Silene Arrnerie. German, Garten Tauhetilcropf. 



SPECIES VI.— SI LENE A CAUL IS. Linn. 



Plate CCV. 



Rdch. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. VI. Caryoph. Tab. CCLXX. Fig. 5084. 



Ptootstock slightly woody, much branched, producing procum- 

 bent barren shoots and extremely short ascending flowering stems, 

 with awl-shaped or linear-acute leaves. Flowers solitary, erect, 

 imperfectly dioecious, shortly stalked or sub-sessile. Calyx tubular, 

 oblong-rounded, scarcely umbilicate at the base, and with 5 rounded 

 teeth at the apex. Petals with the laminse oblong-obovate, more or 

 less deeply notched at the apex, with a short notched scale at the 

 base. Gynophore shorter than the capsule. Capsule usually much 

 longer than the calyx. 



On damp rocks and rocky debris on mountains. Common on 

 those of Scotland, the North of England, and Wales. 

 England, Scotland, Ireland. Perennial. Summer and Autumn. 



Stems with numerous short branches, so that the plant forms 



