ILfiNE ANGLICAN ENGLISH CaTCHFLY^ 



SILENE Lin. Gen, PL Becandria TrigynIA. 



Cal. ventricofus. Pet Ala 5-unguiculata : coronata ad faucenl. Cap/. 3-locularis* 

 R-aii Syn. Gen, 24. Herb;e pentapetalje vasculiferuE. 



SiLENE anglica hirfuta petalis ernarginatis, floribus eredis, frudibus reflexis peduneulatis alternls 

 Lm. Syfi. Vegetab. p. 35c» Sp. PL 594. 



SILENE anglica hirfuta petalis fubintegerrimis, floribus fubfpicatis pedunculatis alternis ere&is, fru&l- 

 bus divaricato-reflexis. Hudfion Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 1 87, 



VISCAGO cerafKi foliis vafculis pendulis Anglica. Bill. Elib. 4.1 y. t. 309./. 398. 



LYCHNIS fylveftris hirfuta annua, flore minore aibo. Vaiil. Pari/. 121. t. 16. f. 12. 



LYCHNIS fylveftris flore albo minimo* Rail Syn. p. 339 . Small Corn Campion, with a very 

 fmall white flower. J 



RADIX annua, fimplex. % ROOT annual and fimple. 



CAULIS plerumque pedalis, et ultra, efectus, teres, hir-f STALK about a foot or more iii height upright 

 futus, vifcidus, articulatus, geniculis tumidis,| round, hirfute, vifcid, jointed, the joints 



ramofus, in horto culta ramofior, debiliorque| fwelled, branched; cultivated in the garden it 



evadit, et gemculi magis intumefcunt, | becomes more branched, weaker, and the joints 



I more fwelled. 



RAMI alterni, cauli fimiles. | BRANCHES alternate, like the ftalk. 



FOLIA oppofita, connata, lanceolata, fubundulata, in- 1 LEAVES oppofite, connate, lanceolate, fomewhat waved 

 tegemma hirfutula, fubvifcida, punftis pro-f entire, (lightly hairy, and fomewhat vifcid! 



mmulis afperula, ad bafin pilis longis ciliata. | roughifh, with little prominent points, at the 



. . % bafe edged with longer hairs. 



FLORES albidi, minimi, axillares, fubfpicati, pedun-f FLOWERS whitifh, very fmall, growing from the alae 

 culatl « I of the leaves, forming a kind of fpike, ftand- 



% ing on foot-ftalks. 



PEDUNCULI variae longitudinis unguiculares et polli-| FLOWER- STALKS of various lengths, from half an 

 cares,. teretes, fuperne incraffati, vifcidi, primo % inch to an inch, round, thickened upwards 



eredi, dem reflexi, demum feminibus maturis| vifcid, at flrft upright, afterwards turned down- 



fubereftu % wards,_ finally, when the feeds are upright, 



_„ I becoming nearly upright. 



CALYX: PeriAnthium moncphyllum, tubulofum, | CALYX : a Perianthium of one leaf, tubular, having 

 quinquedentatum, dentibus apice rubris, ob-| five teeth, which are red at the tips, 'oblong, 



longum, fUlcis decern profunde exaratum, pilo- 1 marked with ten deep grooves, hairy, vifcid 



fum, vifcidum, perfiftens^ /g. t. % and permanent, fig. 1. 



COROLLA: Petala quinque» Ungues angufti, Ion- | COROLLA : five Petals. Claws narrow, the length 

 gitudine calycis. Lamina integra feu emargi-^ of the calyx. Lamina entire, or 'nicked, the 



nata, latenbus fcpe iilvolutis, fquamula ad| fides often" rolled in, the fcale at the bafe of 



bafin laminae bifida, erects fig, 2. | the lamina bifid and upright, fig. 2 



STAMINA: Filamenta decern, fubulata, alba, ad? STAMINA: ten Filaments, tapering,' white, hairy 

 lentem hirfuta. Anthers oblongae, bilobae, | when magnified. AntMeR^ oblong, formed 



purpurea. Pollen album, fig, 3, $ of two lobes and purple. Pollen white. 



I fig. 3 . 



PISTILLUM: Germen viride, nitidum, fubConicum;| PISTILLUM : Germen green, mining, fomewhat co- 

 Styli tres, albi, erefti, villofi, germine bre-| nical. Styles three, white, upright, villous, 



viores. fig. 4, 5. Glandula nedarifera ad bafin | fhorter than the germen. fig. 4, 5. a' neaari- 



%™™ . £ ctmln[s ' fig' 6 ' ■ I ferous Gland at the bafe of the germen. fie. 6. 



PERICARP1UM: CapsulA ovata, calyce tefta, trilocu*| SEED-VESSEL : an ovate Capsule, covered by the 

 lans, apice fexfanam dehifcens. fig. 7. | calyx, of three cavities, opening at top, with 



I fix teeth, fig. 7. 



SEMINA plurima, nigricantia, reniformia, ad lentem | SEEDS numerous, blackifh, kidney-fhaped, rough when 

 afpera. fig. 8. % viewed with a magnifier, fig. 8. 



The prefent, though not a fhewy plant, may be numbered among the more rare ones in the neighbourhood of 

 London, as well as in many other parts of Great Britain ; nor does it appear to be common throughout Europe : 

 yet, in particular fpots, it is found in great plenty, as in the corn-fields about Coombe Wood. I have alfo feen it 

 growing in great abundance in the corn-fields near Newport ', in the IJle ofi Wight, 



It flowers in July* 



Dillenius gives a figure of it in his Hortus Eltbamenfis, which is too diminutive : his character of vafcula 

 fendula is not too much to be depended on, fince it frequently happens that they are not fo. 



