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CUCU'BALUS* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Deca'ndria f, Trigy'niA. 
Natural Order. Caryophy'lle.i;+, Linn. — Juss. Gen. PI. p. 
299. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 159. — Lindl. Syn. p. 43. ; Introd. to 
Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 156. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 507. — Loud. 
Hort. Brit. p.-501. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. vol. i. p. 
379. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 40. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 400. — 
Rosales; subord. RhcEadosa:; sect. Dianthin.e ; type, Dian- 
thacEjE ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 784, 805, & 807. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, bell-shaped, 
with 5 teeth, naked, permanent. Corolla (see fig. 2.) of 5 spread- 
ing petals, with long, narrow claws, dilated upwards, attached to 
the receptacle, crowned in the throat with as many bifid scales (see 
fig. 2*.) ; limb flat, bifid. Filaments (see fig. 2.) 10, awl-shaped, 
5 alternate ones attached to the petals, and rather later than the 
other 5. Anthers roundish. Germen (see fig. 3.) oval. Styles 
(see fig. 3.) 3, short. Stigmas oblong, downy along the upper or 
inner side. Capsule (fig. 4.) fleshy, resembling a berry, of 1 cell. 
Seeds (see figs. 5, 7, & 8.) numerous, kidney-shaped, roughish, 
attached to the central receptacle or placenta (see figs. 5 and 6). 
The monosepalous, inferior, bell-shaped, 5-toothed, naked calyx ; 
the corolla of 5 petals, each with a long narrow claw, and a bifid 
limb ; and the fleshy, 1-celled capsule ; will distinguish this from 
other genera in the same class and order. 
It differs from Silene (t. 120.) in the fruit being a black berry. 
Only one species known. 
CUCU'BALUS BA'CCIFER. Berry-bearing Spatling Poppy. 
Berry-bearing Campion. Berry-bearing Chickweed. 
Spec. Char. 
Cuci'balus baccifer, Gcrtn. v. i. p. 376. t. 77. f. 7. — Engl. Bot. t. 1577.— 
Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p 464. — Davies’ 'Welsh Bot. p. 41. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. 
and Bot. v. i. p. 398. — Cucubalus bacciferus, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 591. — Huds. FI, 
Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 185. — Rohson’s Brit. FI. p. 101. — With 1st edit. v. i. p. 259 ; 
ibid. 5th edit. v. ii. p. 507. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 645. — Decand. Prod. v. i. 
p. 367. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 29. — Cucubalus l‘linii , Dalecli. Hist. p. 1429. 
— Tourn. Inst. p. 339. — Dill, in Ray’s Syn. p. 267. — Mill. Icon. t. 112. — Silent 
baccifera, With. (2nd ed.) v. i. p. 452. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt. i. p. 700. — 
Silene Jissa, Salisb, Prod. p. 302. — Alsine baccifera, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 614. 
f. 13. — Alsine repens baccifera. Park. Theatr. Bot. p. 759. f. 1. — Alsine scan - 
dens baccifera, Bauh. Pin. p. 250. — Recentiorum planta, Alsines majoris 
facice baccis solani, Moris. Hist. v. ii. p. 5. sect. 1. t. i. f. 7. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 2*. A separate Petal. — Fig. 3. Germen, 
Styles, and Stigmas. — Fig. 4. A Berry. — Fig 5. Vertical Section of a Berry.— 
Fig. 6. A transverse section of ditto, showing the central Placenta. — Fig. 7. A 
Seed. — Fig. 8. A Seed with the Testa removed, showing the curved Embryo. 
* Altered from Cacobolus, which is derived from kakos. Gr. bad; and bale. 
Or. a shoot or sprig ; that is to say, a plant destructive of the soil, a bad plant, a 
weed. Don. 
■f See folio 37, note f. 
f See folio 152, a. 
