PL ex. thal. 72. CARYOPHYLLEiE. 399. Silene. 64-7 
Chalk rocks and buildings; perennial; July. 
Root woody; stems many, simple, upright; root-leaves 
reverse ovate, crowded; pan icle forked; calyx 10-ribbed; 
petals white ; stamens 5 long, exserted, 5 short ; capsule 
ovate. 
4. Silene parviflora. Small-flowered catchfly. 
Plants dioicous ; flowers panicled ; petals linear, undi- 
vided, wavy, bald, naked. 
Lychnis viscosa flore muscoso, Raii Syn. 340, 15. 
Sesamoides Salamanticum magnum, Ger. cm. 493, 1. 
Muscipula Salasnatica major, Park. 636. 
Silene Otites, J Lin. S. P. 594. 
Spanish catchjfly. 
Dry sandy and chalky fields ; perennial ; July and Aug. 
Root woody; stem upright, panicled above; peduncles in 
whirls, forked ; leaves petioled, spatulashape, downy ; flowers 
small, yellowish green ; calyx ribbed ; petals sometimes 0. 
5. Silene conica . Conical catchfly . 
Stem forked: leaves lanceolate, downy; petals notched, 
-crowned ; calyx when in fruit conical, 30-streaked. 
Lychnis svlvestris angustifolia caliculis turgidis striatis, Dillen in Raii 
Syn. 341, 18. ' 
Lychnis caliculis striatis secunda Clusii, Ger.em - 470,7. 
Silene conica, Lin. S. P. 598. 
Silene conoidea, Hudson FI. Angl. 189. 
Sandy fields; annual; July. 
Root branched ; stem upright, forked, downy ; leaves 
velvetlike ; flowers from the forks ; peduncles upright, soli- 
tary ; calyx membranaceous ; teeth 5, straight ; petals rose- 
red ; capside ovate, flaskshape. 
6. Silene noctiflora. Nightflowering catchfly « 
Stem forked; leaves lanceolate, hairy; calyx 10-angled, 
teeth as long as the tube ; petals notched, bluntly crowned. 
Lychnis noctiflora, Raii Syn. 340, 13; Park. 632. 
Silene noctiflora, Lin. S. P. 599. 
Sandy fields; annual; July. 
Stem upright, branchy, downy; leaves dark green \ flowers 
from the forks, peduncled, upright; calyx viscid; petals 
flesh-colour; capsule ovate. 
7. Silene latifolia . Broadleaved catchfly. 
Upper leaves heartshape, bald ; panicle forked, bundled, 
many-flowered § petals notched, acutely crowned. 
