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CARYOPHYLLE.E. 
3. Cucubalus Linn. 
[1. C. bacciferus (L.) ; st. branched spreading, 1. ovate acute, 
cal. campanulate, pet. distant.— E. B. 1577.— Remarkable for 
its fleshy fruit. — Isle of Dogs near London, scarcely native. P. 
1. S. anglica (L.) ; racemes terminal, fl. alternate, cal. hairy 
with setaceous teeth ovate when in fruit, pet. slightly cloven or 
entire obovate, 1. lanceolate lower ones spathulate. — E. B. 1178. 
— St. 6 — 18 in. high, simple or branched. L. oblong, the lower 
1. obovate obtuse apiculate. Fl. white or tinged with red. Whole 
plant hairy and viscid. — /3. quinquevulnera (Koch) ; fl. white with 
a large crimson spot upon the disk of each usually entire petal, 
whole plant hairy, st. nearly simple. S. quinqitevulnera (L.) 
E. B. 86. — Sandy and gravelly fields. /3. Duppas Hill, Surrey, 
and Wrotham, Kent. A. VI. VII. English Catchfly. 
2. S. nutans (L.) ; pubescent, glandular- viscid above, panicle 
secund withdroopingtnchotomows, opposite 3 — 7 -flowered branches, 
cal. ventricose with acute teeth, pet. bifid crowned : segments 
linear, lower 1. spathulate, stem 1. sessile lanceolate, teeth of the 
caps, reflexed. — E. B. 465. — St. lj foot high. Carpophore 
scarcely half as long as the capsule. Fl. white, most expanded and 
sweetest in the evening. — /3. paradoxa (Sm.) ; 1. broader. — On 
limestone and chalky places. 0. Dover Cliffs. P. VI. VII. 
Nottingham Catchfly. E. S. 
[3. S. italica (Pers.) ; pubescent, panicle nearly erect with op- 
posite trichotomous viscid branches, cal. long clavate with obtuse 
teeth, pet. bifid not crowned : segments broad, lower 1. lanceolate- 
spathulate, stem 1. linear-lanceolate, teeth of the capsule reflexed 
(?).— S. patens (Peete) E. B. S. 2748. R. Icon. t. 292.— St. about 
2 feet high. Carpophore as long as the capsule. — Dover Cliffs r. 
A very doubtful native. See Camp. Bot. Mag. i. 327. P. VI. 
4. S. Otites (Sm.) ; panicle elongate with opposite tufted ver- 
ticillate -racemose branches, whorls many-flowered, peduncles 
glabrous, cal. faintly nerved smooth with obtuse teeth, pet. linear 
undivided not crowned, 1. lanceolate-spathulate, stem 1. small 
linear erect. — E. B. 85. — Fl. imperfectly dioecious, small, yellow- 
ish. St. viscid at about their middle, 1 foot high. — Sandy and 
gravelly places in the east of England. P. VI. E. 
5. S. inflata (Sm.) ; panicle terminal, fl. numerous drooping, 
cal. inflated bladdery reticulated with acute teeth, pet. deeply 
cloven scarcely ever crowned : segments narrow, 1. elliptical- 
lanceolate, stem erect (young seeds white). — E. B. 164. — Gla- 
brous, smooth. St. 2 — 3 feet high. Inflorescence between co* 
rymbose and panicled. Pet. white. Cal. often tinged with pur* 
VIII.] 
E. 
4. Silene Linn. 
VII.] 
E. 
