DECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Silene. 
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Variegated Catchfly. S. anglica. Kniph. ( Lychnis vulnerata. Scop. 
E.) Sandy corn-fields about Wrotham, Kent. Hudson. (In a like 
situation at Crosby, near Liverpool. Mr. Shephard. E.) 
A. June—Aug.* 
S. nu'tans. (Petals deeply bifid: each with an acute cloven scale : 
calyx ribbed: panicle branches unilateral, drooping : leaves egg- 
spear-shaped, pubescent. E.) 
(E. Bot. 465. E .)—FL Ban. 242— Clus. i. 291.1— Ger. Em. 470. 8 —Park. 
631. 5. 
Stem simple, cylindrical, a foot high, with three joints below the panicle, 
beset with clammy hairs. Leaves spear-shaped, with short hairs. Boot- 
leaves on short leaf-stalks, forming a close turf. Petals white, narrow, 
cloven more than half way down; segments scolloped at the end, rolled 
inwards in the day time. Claws of the blossom twice as long as the 
calyx. Stamens white, twice as long as the claws of the petals. Styles 
three, white, as long as the stamens. Linn. Stem frequently branched 
from the root. Woodw. 
(Var. 2. Lychnis major noctiflora Bubrensis perennis. Ray. Syn. 240. Cucu- 
balus viscosus. Huds. not of Linn. Silene paradoxa. Sm. FI. Brit, not of 
Linn. S. nutans, (3. Eng. FI. Plant less viscid; leaves broader. Mr 
G. E. Smith, who enjoys peculiarly favourable opportunities of examin¬ 
ing this var .Bubrensis, describes it as having “ broad petals, and broader 
leaves; a delicate habit, and distilling from its pale yellowish-white 
flowers the most fragrant scent.” The commoner S. nutans, the same 
writer observes, is “ stained with a dull red in its foliage, stem, and 
petals.” It may be gathered in the same neighbourhood. It will be 
perceived that Mr. Griffith likewise finds them together. E.) 
Dover Catchfly. On Dover Cliffs. Mr. Newton. Ray. Rocks above 
the mine works at Daler goch, Flintshire. Mr. Griffith. E.) 
On comparing Ray’s plant with the fig. of Clusius, referred to by Linnaeus, 
and with the full description of the latter in FI. Suec. I cannot perceive 
wherein the difference consists. I have been favoured with a specimen 
of the Swedish S. nutans by Professor Thunberg, which only differs from 
our plant in having smaller leaves. 
(Mr. L. W. Dillwyn finds S. nutans growing plentifully on the cliffs 
about Dover, and on Sandgate Castle, Kent, and considers it undoubtedly 
the same as that which the Editor has gathered on Nottingham Castle 
walls. E.) 
Nottingham Catchfly. Mountainous meadows. Rocks in Dovedale, 
Derbyshire. Mr. Woodward. Near Gloddaeth, Carnarvonshire. Penn. 
Wales. (On the rocks of Daler goch, near Prestatyn, Flintshire. Mr. 
Griffith. Foot of North Queen’s Ferry Hill. Mr. Browm. At Knaresbo- 
rough. Mr. Winch. On the entrance gateway of Nottingham Castle. 
E.) - P. May—July.f 
* (Commonly introduced into gardens, where its lively flowers are acceptable. E.) 
■j* (The Nottingham Catchfly, so named in consequence of Nottingham being the first, 
and for many years, the only place, in which it was known to grow in Great Britain, 
ranks foremost in local interest, and is not undeserving of notice for its beauty, its even¬ 
ing sweet scent, and the singular viscid matter its stalk is smeared with, serving to catch 
and imprison small insects which alight upon it. 
The original discoverer of this rare plant wa9 T. Willisel, one of the earliest and most 
industrious investigators of English Botany. Ray subsequently noticed it when he ac¬ 
companied his amiable friend, and truly generous patron, Willoughby, the celebrated 
