52 14. CAETOPHYILACEiE. 



most expanded and sweetest in the evening. — ^. S.parcdoxa 

 (Sm.) ; xt.-l. roundly spathulate muoronate witli long hafts. — 

 "On limestone and chalky places. /3. Dover Cliffs. P. VI. VII. 

 Nottingham Catclifly. E. S. 



\_8. ital'ica (Pers.) ; puhescent, ^anjcZc nearly erect -mX}! oppo- 

 site trichotomous viscid branches, cal, clavate with blunt teeth, 

 pet. bifid not crowned, segments broad, lower 1. lanceolate spa/- 

 thulate, stem-1. linear-lanceolate, carpophore as long as capsule, 

 — S. patens K B. S. 2748.— St. 2 feet high.— Not a native. P. 

 VI. VIL] E. S. 



3. 8. Otites (Sm.) ; panicle long with opposite tufted whorleA- 

 racemose branches, whorls many-flowered, ped. glabrous, cal. 

 faintly veined smooth with blunt teeth, pet. linear undivided not 

 crowned, 1. lanceolate-spathulate, stem-1. small hnear erect. — 

 S. B. 85. — Fl. subdioecious, small, yellowish. Caps, sessile. 

 St. viscid at about the middle, 1 foot high. L. mostly radical. 

 — Sandy and gravelly places in Suff., Norf. and Cambridgeshire. 

 P. VI. E. 



4. 8. infiata (Sm.) ; panicle terminal, fl. many drooping, cal. 

 inflated netted, pet. deeply cloven scarcely ever crowned, seg- 

 ments narrow, 1. eUiptic-lanceolate, stem erect. — E. B. 164. — 

 Glabrous, smooth. St. 2 — 3 feet high. Inflorescence between 

 corymbose and panicled. Pet. white. Gal. inflated especially be- 

 low, its mouth narrower than its base. Bracts scarious. Branches 

 of panicle unequal. Scented at night. Sometimes S. puherula 

 (Jord.) ; the st. and 1. are rough with hairs, and cal. downy. — 

 Fields and roadsides. P. VI. — VIII. Bladder Campion. Wliite- 

 hottle. ' E. S. I. 



5. 8. marit'ima (With.) ; panicle terminal,_^. feio usually soli- 

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

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

 shoots ascending. — E. B. 957. — Barren procumbent shoots 

 forming a cushion. Fl. larger than those of Sp. 4. Cal. elliptic, 

 its mouth broader than its base, most inflated above the middle. 

 Bracts herbaceous. — ^Near the sea, also by alpine riUs. P. VI. — 



vin. E. S. L 



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

 minal, cal. with ^Q furrows conical in fruit, teeth subulate acute, 

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

 ovate. — E. B. 922. S. conoidea iJ.— St. 3—12 in. high, simple 

 or branched. Gal. of the flowers conical-tubular, rounded below ; 

 of the fruit very broad at the base. Carpophore very short. 

 Fl. reddish.— Sandy fields, rare. A. V. VI. B. 



