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with hairs, and cal,. downy. —ifields and roadgides. P. VI. — 

 Vni. Bladder Campion. White Bottle. E. S. I. 



5. S. timnt'ima (With.) ; 'p&nide texminal,^. few usually soli- 

 tary erect, cal. inflated netted, pet. crowned, segments broad, 1. 

 lanceolate or OYateJanceolate, st. spreading decumbent, fl.- 

 shoots ascending. — Barren procumbent shoots forming a cushion. 

 Fl. larger than those of Sp. 4. Cal. elliptic, mouth broader than 

 base, most inflated above the middle. Bracts herbaceous. — 

 Near the sea, also by alpine riUs. P. VI. — VIII. E. S. I. 



6. S. con'ica (L.) ; st. erect forked, fl. from the forks or ter- 

 minal, cal. rfA 30 /wn-OTOS conical in fruit, teeth sub\ila.te acute, 

 pet. obcordate crowned, 1. linear subulate downy, caps, ohlong- 

 Ovate.—B. conoidea B. — St. 3 — 12 in. high, simple or branched. 

 Cal. of the flowers conical-tubular, rounded below; of the fruit 

 very broad at the base, Carpophore very short. Fl. reddish.— 

 Sandy fields, rai-e. A. V. VI. E. 



7. S. noctijidra (L.) ; st. erect repeatedlyforked, fl. from the forks 

 or terminal, cal. veined and vnth 10 hairy glandular rihs in fruit 

 elliptic-oblong, teeth long subulate, pet. deeply bifid crowned, 

 1. lanceolate lower ones obovate, caps, ovate. — St. 3. 10. — Re- 

 sembling lychnis vespertina. St. about 1 foot high, downy and 

 glandular. Caps, opening with 6 patent teeth. Carpophore 

 very Short. Fl. reddish white, rather large, sweet-scented in 

 the evening; pet. rolled up by day; peduncles glandular. — 

 Sandy and gravelly fields, rare. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



\S. ArmMa (L.) ; panicles forkedmany-flowered level-topped, 

 pet, notched, each with a double awlshaped scale, cal. and 1. 

 smooth, caps, clarate, st. viscid. — E. B. 1398. St. 21. 4. — Chester, 

 now lost. Yalding, Kent. A. YJI.] , E. 



[_S. alpes'tris (Jaeq.) ; cal. topshaped short, st. dichotomous, 

 fl. axiUary and terndnal, calyx-teeth ovate blunt, pet. crowned, 

 limb with 4 teeth, caps, oblong twice as long as the calyx, seeds 

 crested, 1. lanceolate. — " On a rock on a mountain to the east of 

 Clova, Angus-shire, Jfr. G. Bon." !] S. 



8. S. acaulis (L.) ; St. densely tufted and much hranched,_^. 

 solitai-y, peduncles and cal. glabrous, cal. bellshaped with 10 

 strise,' teeth ovate blunt, pet. slightly notched crowned, 1. linear 

 ciliate below. — B. 5084. — Foi-ming broad dense tufts 2 — 3 in. 

 high. Fl. purple or white, upon longish solitary stalks, some- 

 times nearly sessUe. Caps, twice as long as the calyx. Plants 

 somewhat dioeciots. -Summits of the higher mountains. P. 

 Vn. VTir. Cushion-Pink. ■ E. S. I. 



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