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XIV. CARYOPHYLLACE.E : SILENEJE. 



[ SiUne. 



Leaves ribbed, opposite and connate. Panicle of numerous L 

 rose-coloured /o2^;ers. Limb of the coroZ/a obcordate. ^^® 



( Vaccaria vulgaris, Host, has been found in corn-fields, but donK. 

 less mtroduced ; and Cucubalus haccifer L., given by Ray as a n t' 

 of Anglesea, and therefore published in E. B. t. 1577, but sinceT' 

 carded, has been found in the Isle of Dogs, by Mr. Luxford aS 

 others ; but there is no reason for considering it indigenous.) 



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3. SixENE Linn. Catchfly. 



Cat. monophyllous, tubular, often ventricose, 5-tootIied V.t 

 5, clawed, mostly crowned at the mouth, and the limh gen'erallv 

 notched or bifid. Stam. 10, alternate ones opposite t the J 

 tals and adhering to the claws. Styles 3. Caps. 3 -celled to 

 the middle or only at the base (rarely 1 -celled), 6 -toothed 

 many..seeded.-Name supposed to arise from cr.aAo., saU:,^ 

 allusion to the viscid moisture on the stalks of many species • 

 whence, too, the English name Catchjly. ^ ^ ' 



* Capsule S-celled at the base or to the middle. 

 1. Stems tvf ted, short. Peduncles single-flowered. 



IS. acaidisl.. {Moss Campion); caespitose, leaves linear 

 ciliated at the base, peduncles solitary single-flowered, petals 

 crowned slightly notched. E. B. t. 1081. ^ 



Rocky places on Snowdon. On the Helvellyn side of Grisedale 

 Tarn, Cumberland. Abundant on all the Scottish mountains, I 

 6-8. _ Sems short 2-3 inches high, much branched and tufted; 

 Leaves patent. Flowers a beautiful purple, and apparently diccious. 



;;:ith whiL):r,:'"' '^"""'^"^^ ^'^"^ ^'^^' ^-^^ unfre^uently found 



2. Stems elongated. Flowers solitary or panicled. Calyx inflated, 



bladdery, 



{Bladder Campion); flowers numerous 



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panicled petals deeply cloven with narrow segments scarcely 

 crowned calyx inflated reticulated, stem erect, leaves ovato 

 lanceolate.-;- a. stem and leaves glabrous. ' 

 E. B, t. Ifi4 — /3. stem and leaves downy. 



Cucubalus Behen 



Pastures and road-sides common 



Banks of the Clyde. 2^. Q—^ 



p. near Cronner, Norfolli, 



Whole plant glaucous or downy 



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variable m the size and shape of its leaves, and in tlie more or le'ss 

 numerous/oi^ers. Petals pure white. 



3. Smarilima With. (Sea Campion or C.) ; panicles few- 

 flowerec^ petals with a shallow cleft and broad segments crowned, 

 calyx inflated reticulated, stems spreading, leaves ovato-knceo- 

 late or spathulate. E. B. t. 957. 





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