XIV. CARYOPHYLLACEiE : SILENE.E. 
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[ Silene. 
calyx cylindrical glabrous, capsule 2-celled at the base. E. B, 
t. 1060. 
Road-sides, margins of woods, and hedge-banks, especially near 
cottages. 2/.. 7, 8. — Stem 1 — 1 4 ft. high, rather stout, cylindrical. 
Leaves ribbed, opposite and connate. Panicle of numerous large 
rose-coloured flowers. Limb of the corolla obcordate. 
(Vaccaria vulgaris Host has been found in corn-fields, but doubt- 
less introduced ; and Cucubalus baccifer L„ given by Ray as a native 
of Anglesea, and therefore published in E. B. t. 1577, hut since dis- 
carded, has been found in the Isle of Dogs, by Mr. Luxford and 
others ; but there is no reason for considering it indigenous.) 
3. Silene Linn. Catchfly. 
Cal. monophyllous, tubular, often ventricose, 5-toothed. Pet. 
5, clawed, mostly crowned at the mouth, and the limb generally 
notched or bifid. Stam. 10, alternate ones opposite to the pe- 
tals and adhering to the claws. Styles 3. Caps. 3-celled to 
the middle or only at the base (rarely 1 -celled), 6-toothed, 
many-seeded. Name supposed to arise from cna\ov, saliva, in 
allusion to the viscid moisture on the stalks of many species ; 
whence, too, the English name Catchfly. 
* Capsule 3-celled at the base or to the middle. 
1. Stems tufted, short. Peduncles single-flowered, 
1. S. acaulis L. (Moss Campion ) ; caespitose, leaves linear 
ciliated at the base, peduncles solitary single-flowered, petals 
crowned slightly notched. E. B.L 1081. 
Rocky places on Snowdon. On the Helvellyn side of Grisedale 
Tarn, Cumberland. Abundant on all the Scottish mountains. If.. 
6 — 8. — Stems short, 2 — 3 inches high, much branched and tufted. 
Leaves patent. Flowers a beautiful purple, and apparently dicecious. 
— One of the greatest ornaments of our alps, not unfrequently found 
with white flowers. 
2. Stems elongated. Flowers solitary or panicled. Calyx inflated, 
bladdery. 
2. S. inflata Sm. ( Bladder Campion) ; flowers numerous 
panicled, petals deeply cloven with narrow segments scarcely 
crowned, calyx inflated reticulated, stem erect, leaves ovatc- 
lanceolate. — a. stem and leaves glabrous. Cucubalus Behen 
E. B. t. 164. — j3. stem and leaves downy. 
Pastures and road-sides common. — /8. near Cromer, Norfolk. 
Banks of the Clyde, fl. 6 — 8. — Whole plant glaucous or downy, 
variable in the size and shape of its leaves, and in the more or less 
numerous flowers. Petals pure white. 
