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numerous, erect ; ai/y.x conical, with 30 ftirrows ; petals rosy, cleft, 

 with hgukis. — Sandy fields ; very rare. — Fl. May — July. Annual. 



5. S. diii(/u-a (English Catchlly). — Hairy and viscid, 6 — 12 in. 

 Or more high ; stei?i erect or branidied ; /eaves narrow ; flowers 

 small, in leafy racemose cymes ; cii/vx with green pubescent ribs 

 and bri.sfle-like teeth ; petals white or pink, bifid, with ligules ; 

 eaps/i/es drooping. — Gravelly fields ; not uncommon. — Fl. all the 

 summer. Annual. 



6. .S'. i]uiii!pievi'i/!!e?-a, found chiefly in the Channel Islands, 

 diflers iir its petals, which are white, with a red spot on each 

 (whence the specific name meaning " Fiv£ Wounds "), and are not 

 cleft. 



7. .S'. aeai'ills (.Moss Campion). — Densely tufted, bright-green, 

 moss-like; stem much branched; leaves narrow, fringed at the 

 base ; Jliiwers pink or \vhitc, short-stalked, solitary, erect, i!r in. 

 across ; calyx tubular, smooth, with 10 veins ; petals slightly notch- 

 ed with notched ligules. — (.'onfined to the summits of our loftiest 

 mountains, where it forms a matted turf gay with blossoms. — Fl. 

 June —August. Perennial. 



8. S. Otiies (Spanish Catchfly). — ^/cot erect, about a foot high, 

 viscid, with whorled branches; leaves few, narrow; lluuers small, 

 erect, yellowish; petals narrow, not notched, widiout ligules; 

 stamens and eaipels generally on separate plants. — Sandy fields in 

 the easl of Engkmd. — Fl. ]une — August. Perennial. 



9. .S. nutans (Nottingham Catchfly). — Pubescent and viscid, 

 about I !, feel high; hranehes opposite^ 3-forked; 77,:??etv-j large, 

 white or pink, all droo[)ing one way, most expanded and fragrant 

 in the evening ; ealy.x tubular, swollen in the middle ; petals 

 deeply cleft, with ligules. — On limestone rocks and castle-walls ; 

 not common. — Fl. May -July. Perennial. 



10.* 5. zV(77/<v? (Italian Catchfl\-), a tall,*Mscid, pubescent species, 

 with trichotomous &iie.^-X paiiieles, bifid pepals without ligules, and 

 a long stalk to the eapsnle, occurs as a c&ual in Kent. 



II. .V. neietipKira (Night-llowering Catchfly). — Softly pubescent 

 and viscid, about a f lot high ; stem erect, repeatedly forked; 

 flowers erect, reddish-white, rather large ; ealvx with 10 green, 

 hairy ribs ;/d-/((A- deeply notched, unrolling about sunset, and clos- 

 ing early in the morning, very fragrant d.uring the night. — Sandy 

 and gravelly fields ; not common.-'' Fl. July, August. "Annual. 



4. Lychnis (Campion). — Herbaceous' plants differing in no in- 

 variable characters from lilP/il : but genyrallv with 5 s'tvles and 5 

 or 10 teeth to the capsule. (Name from the Creek lucknos, a lamp, 

 probably from the orange flowers of some species.) 



