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]>et. combined. — Roadsides and hedges, mostly near villages. /3. 
Northamptonshire and Liverpool. P. VIII. Soapwort. 
3. CucuBALUS Linn. 
[1. C. bacciferus (L.); st. branched spreading, 1. ovate acute, 
cal. campanulate, ]>et. distant. — E. B. 1577. — Fruit fleshy. — Isle 
of Dogs near London, scarcely native. P. VIIL] E. 
4. SiLENE Linn. 
1. S. anglica (L.); racemes terminal, fl. alternate, cal. hairy 
with setaceous teeth ovate when in fruit, pet. slightly cloven or 
entire ohovate, 1. lanceolate lower ones spathulate. — E. B. 1178. 
— St. (J — 18 in. high, simple or branched. L. oblong, the lower 
1. ohovate obtuse apiculate. Fl. white or tinged v\ith red. Whole 
plant hairy and viscid. — ji. quinquevulnera (Koch); fl. white with 
a large crimson spot upon the chsk of each usually entire petal, 
whole ])lant haiiy- S. quinquevulnera (L.) E.B.S6. — Sandy 
and gravelly flelds. /3. Duj)])as Hill, Surrey, and Wrotham, 
Kent. A. VI. VII. English Catchjiy. 
2. S. nutans (h.) •, pubescent, glandular-viscid above, 
seciind with drooping trichotomous 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. 1|^ foot high. Car- 
])oj)hore 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. /3. Dover Cliffs. P. 
VI. VII. Nottingham Catchfly. E. S. 
[3. S. italica (Bers.) ; puhescent, panicle nearly erect with op- 
posite trichotomous viscid branches, cal. long clavate witli obtuse 
teeth, pet. bifid not crowned : segments broad, low'er 1. lanceolate- 
spathidate, stem 1. linear-lanceolate, teeth of the capsule reflexed 
(?). — S. patens (Peete) E. B. S.274S. — St. about 2 feet high. 
Carpophore as long as the capsule. — i\ii escape from eultivation. 
See Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 327. P- VI. VII. ] E. S. 
4 S. Otites (Sm.); panicle elongate with opposite tufted ver- 
ticillate-racemose branches, w'horls many-flowered, j)eduncles 
glabrous, cal. faintly nerved smooth with obtuse teetb, pet. linear 
undivided not crowned, 1. lanceolate-spatbidate, stem 1. small 
linear erect. — E. B. 85. — Fl. imj)erfectly dioecious, small, yellow- 
ish. Caj)s. sessile. St. viscid at about the middle, 1 foot high. 
— Sandy and gravelly places in the east of England. P. VI. E. 
5. S. inflata (Sm.); panicle terminal, fl. numerous di'ooping, 
cal. inflated bladdery reticulated with acute teeth, pet. deeply 
