oIlene Anglic a. English Catchfly. 
SILENE Lin. Gen. PI. Decandria Trigynia. 
Gak ventricofus. Petala 5 mnguiculata : coronata ad faucem. Cap/. 3-locuIaris. 
Ran Syn. Gen. 24. Herbie pentapetal.e vasculifer^e. 
SILENE anglkn hirfuta petalis emarginatis, floribus eredis, frudibus reflexis peduncularis alternis, 
Un. 6yjt. V ege tab. p. 350. Sp. Pl. 594. 
SILENE angltca ^hirfuta petalis fubintegerrimis, floribus fubfpicatis peduhcuktis alternis ereflis, frudi- 
bus divaricato-reflexis. Hudfon FI. Angi. ed. 2. p. 1 87. 
VISCAGO ceraftii foliis vafculis pendulis Anglica. DHL Elth. 417. /. 309./ 398. 
LYCHNIS lylveftris hirfuta annua, flore minore albo. Vaiil. Parif. 121. t. 1 6 . fi 12. 
LYCHNIS fylvdMs flore albo minimo. Rm Syn. p. 339 . Small Corn Campion, with a very 
lmall white flower; J 
RADIX annua, (implex. 
CAULIS plerumque pedalis, et ultra, ere&us, teres, hir- 
futus, vifcidus, articulatus, geniculis tumidis, 
ramofus, in horto culta ramofior, debiliorque . 
evadit, et geniculi magis intumefcunt. : 
RAMI alterni, cauli fimiles. 
FOLIA oppofita, connata, lauceolata, fubundulata, in-; 
tegerrima, hirfutula, fubvifcida, pundis pro- i 
minulis alperula, ad bafin pilis longis ciliata. ' 
FLORES albidi, minimi, axillares, fubfpicati, pedun-i 
culati. ; 
PEDUNCULI varis longitudinis unguiculares et polii- ; 
cares, teretes, fuperne incraflati, vifcidi, primo « 
eredi, dein reflexi^ demum feminibus maturis- 
fuberedi. ; 
CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, tubulofum, ; 
quinquedentatum, dentibus apice rubris, ob-: 
longum, fulcis decem profunde exaratum, pilo- ; 
fum, vifcidum, perfiftens; Jig. 1 . 
COROLLA : Petala quinque. Ungues angufti, lon- ■ 
gitudine calycis. Lamina integra feu emargi- < 
nata, lateribus ftepe involutis, fquamula ad' 
bafin laminae bifida, ereda. Jig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta decem, fubulata, alba, ad' 
lentem hirfuta. Anthers oblongs, bilobs, : 
purpures. Pollen album, jig. 3. ; 
PISTILLUM t Germen viride, nitidum, fubconicum ; | 
Styli tres, albi, eredi, villofi, germine bre- ' 
viores. Jig. 4, 5. Glandula nedarifera ad bafin . 
germinis. Jig. 6. : 
PERICARPIUM : Capsula ovata, calyce teda, trilocu- ; 
laris, apice fexfariam dehifcens. Jig. 7. 
SEMINA plurima, nigricantia, reniformia, ad lentem : 
afpera. Jig. 8. 
|ROOT annual and fimple; 
: STALK about a foot or more in height, upright, 
; round, hirfute, vifcid, jointed, the joints 
: fwelled, branched ; cultivated in the garden, it 
becomes more branched, weaker, and the joints 
: more fwelled. 
■ BRANCHES alternate, like the ftalk. 
. LEA VES oppofite, connate, lanceolate, fomewhat waved, 
entire, (lightly hairy, and fomewhat vifcid, 
roughifli, with little prominent points, at the 
bafe edged with longer hairs. 
FLOWERS whitifo, very fmall, growing from the als 
of the leaves, forming a kind of fpike, flaud- 
mg on foot-ftalks. 
FLOWER- STALKS of various lengths, from half an 
inch to an inch, round, thickened upwards, 
vilcid, at firft upright, afterwards turned down- 
wards,. finally, when the feeds are upright, 
becoming nearly upright. 
CALYX : a PerIanthium of one leaf, tubular, having 
five teeth, which are red at the tips, oblong* 
marked with ten deep grooves, hairy, vifcid, 
and permanent. Jig. 1. 
COROLLA : five Petals^ Claws narrow, the length 
of the calyx. Lamina entire, or nicked, the 
fides often rolled in, the fcale at the bafe of 
the lamina bifid and upright, fig. 2. 
STAMINA: ten Filaments, tapering, white, hairy 
when magnified. Anthers oblong, formed 
of two lobes and purple. Pollen white. 
fig- 3- 
PISTILLUM : Germen green, (hining, fomewhat co- 
nical. Styles three, white, upright, villous, 
foorter than the germen. Jig. 4, 5. A nectari- 
ferous Gland at the bafe of the germen, fir. 6. 
SEED-VESSEL: an ovate Capsule, covered by the 
calyx, of three cavities, opening at top, with 
fix teeth, fig. 7. 
SEEDS numerous, blackifo, kidney-foaped, rough when 
viewed with a magnifier, fig. 8. 
The prefent, though not a fhewy plant, may be numbered among the more rare ones in the neighbourhood of 
London, as well as in many other parts of Great Britain ; nor does it appear to be common throughout Eurote • 
yet, in particular fpots, it is found in great plenty, as in the Corn-fields about Coombc Wood. I have alfo feen it 
growing in great abundance in the corn-fields near Newport , in the IJle of Wight. 
It flowers in July. 
Dillenius gives a figure of it io his Hortus Eltbamenfis , which is too diminutive: his charafter of vufcula 
fiendula is not too much to be depended on, fince it frequently happens that they are not fo. 
