DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Silene. 121 



DIANTHUS.' Pink. 



* Floivers aggregate. 



D. Armeria, Deptford P. Flowers in bundles, tufted. 

 Scales of the calyx spear-shaped, downy, as long as the 

 tube. Petals saw-toothed. E. B. 317- H. L. 134. 

 Caryophyllus pratensis. G. E. 594. 



Pastures, hedges, on a gravelly soil. Sm. Near Caversham. Sb. 



Englefield, Berks. R. W. 

 An. July. 

 Stem round, leafy, erect, one foot, forked, and corymbose at the 



upper part. Ls. all opposite, lower ones broader, somewhat 



battledore-shaped ; those at the stem joints, and under the fl. 



narrow, spear-shaped, acute. Fl. small ; pet. speckled, with 



white dots, one_^. mostly opening at a time. 



A degree of elegance about this plant, when minutely examined. 

 * * Flowers solitary, several on the same stem. 



(D. deltoides. Maiden P. Flowers solitary. Scales of 

 the calyx egg-spear-shaped, acute, seldom more than 

 two. Leaves bluntish, somewhat downy. Petals 

 notched, smooth. E. B. 61. Caryophyllus montanus 

 purpureus. G. E. 593. 



Pastures, on gravelly or sandy soil. Langley, Bucks. Salt HilL 

 Tur. 



Per. Jiily, October. 



Ls. flat. Fl. small, pale rose-colour, with a purple circle.) 



DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. ~ . 



SILE'NE. Catchfly, or Campion. 



* Flowers in leafy racemes, clusters occasionally somewhat forked. 



(S. dnglica. English Catchfly. Hairy and viscid. Petals 

 slightly cloven. Flowers from the sides of the stem, 

 alternate, erect. Lower capsules spreading or bent 

 back. E. B. II78. C. 4. 30. 



Cultivated fields, gravelly or sandy soil. Near Burnham, Bucks. 



Tur. 

 An. July. 



Ls. linear-spear-shaped. Fl. white, or pale rose-coloured.) 

 ** Stem forked; branches 'panicled. 



S. injidta. Bladder Cam. or Catchfly. Flowers 

 copiously panicled, drooping. Petals cloven half way 



" Flower of Jove, Gr, from the beauty and fragrance of the fJ. 



