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pubefcent downwards. T h e primary flower from the
fork ; the reft fpike-racemed folitary, directed one way,
nodding. Calyx ten-angled, rugged.
Petals bifid,
crenate. Capfule erect .—Native of Hungary.
25. Plant annual, rough-haired all over, not vifcid,
half a foot high. Stem branched, erect; the branches
moftly alternate. L o w e r leaves ovate ; upper lanceo­
late, quite entire, feffile, oppofite.
Raceme bifid,
with one pedicelled flower in the fork, and three or
four alternate on each branchlet ftiortly pedicelled, fupported by two linear leaves, flefh-coloured, opening
in the evening. T h e raceme is alio frequently Am­
ple.
Calyx oblong, fomewhat club-fhaped, hairy,
with ten green ftreaks. Capfule ovate, fubtrigonal,
within the calyx on a long pedicel, opening by a fixtodthed mouth. Seeds fmall, kidney-form, grooved
at the back,
26. T h i s differs from Cucubalus Behen in having a
crown to the corolla ; the laminae o f the petals fcarcely
a third o f the length o f the calyx j the root annual;
the corollas purplifh, with white anthers; the calyx
obtufe 3 the flowers nodding, on a peduncle from the
fork, fhorter than the flower.
Native o f the ifland of Candia or Crete . Culti­
vated by Sherard in 1 7 3 2 .
27. Plant annual.
Flowers erect, fubfeflile or on
very fhort peduncles. Leaves lanceolate, hairy-vifcid.
Native o f Spain and T o u l o u f e . ]
28. Plant annual, from whofe root come out feveral
branching ftalks, near a foot and half long, which trail
upon the ground, oppofite. Leaves oval, acute-pointed.
T h e flowers come out fingly from the axils, upon fhort
peduncles; they are large, and o f a bright red colour,
refembling thofe of the common wild red Campion.
Capfules large, in inflated calyces, having ten rough
angles, containing many large roundifh feeds, the
weight o f which caufes the capfules to hang down.
[Native o f Sicily and Crete or Candia.
Culti­
vated in 1 7 3 2 by James Sherard, M . D . It flowers
in may and j u n e .
29. A perennial fpecies, o f a weak or tender ap­
pearance and very fmooth : ftalks very numerous, pro­
cumbent, round, flender, and about two feet long,
fpreading in all directions, furnifhed with pretty nu­
merous joints, from each o f which proceeds a branchlet:
leaves narrow, acute, fmooth, but rough on the edges
thofe on the firft branches larger than the others:
flowers folitary, upright, rifing from the divifions o f
thf ftems and the tops of the branchlets; calyx purplegreen with ten prominent lines: corolla purplifh white,
marked beneath with purple veins .
30. R o o t annual, fmall in proportion to the herb,
which often becomes very luxuriant in a manured foil.
T h e whole plant is hairy. Stem erect, round, leafy,
fpreading, branched, dichotomous in the upper part.
L e a v e s lanceolate, acute, foft and downy, deep green,
feffile j the lower ones obovate. Flowers few, folitary
at the forks, erect on hairy vifcid peduncles, which|
are fhort at firft, but are afterwards lengthened out tq
"about an inch. Calyx hairy, vifcid, white, with ten
green branching veins, and linear teeth almoft the
length o f the tube. Petals cloven half way, crowned
with obtufe toothlets at the throat, o f a cream c o ­
lour tinged with red, the border rolled in during the
day, but unfolding in the evening, and then the flowers
become very fweet-fcented, at leaft while warm wea­
ther continues .
Capfule clothed with the calyx
marked with alternate branching veins, ovate-conical,
one-celled at top, three-celled below, opening in fix
parts: partitions membranaceous, very thin, very fhort,
at the upper wall o f the capfule ending in mere raifed
ftreaks.
Receptacle columnar, free above, hifpid,
thick, longer than half the capfule. Seeds very nu­
merous ( 1 5 0 ) kidney-form globular, flattifh on the
back, rugged with acuminate tubercles in rows, yeliowifh ruft-coloured .
Native o f Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, D a u phine, Piedmont, England, in fandy fields. In the
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midland, eaftern and fouthern counties. In Norfolk
and Suffolk not uncommon; efpecl-ally on the we(>
fide of Norwich. In Cambridgefhire, found by Dale
by the road from Newmarket to Canvafs-hall in W o o d
Ditton j by Relhan, near the turnpike on Newmarket
heath, near Catlidge-hall, between Snailwell and
Chippenham, and between Chippenham-park wall and
the gravel-pit. In Bedfordfhire, Oakley weftfield, by
Dr. Abbot.
In Oxfordfhire, Headington, Cowley,
Stanton Harcourt and South Leigh, by D r . Sibthorp.
Near Wetherby, in great abundance, by Sir T h o m a s
Frankland. It flowers in July.
3 1 . T h i s is a biennial plant, with dark red flowers,
fomewhat like that of the Clove Pink, in which the
beauty of this plant chiefly confifts; for t i e plant itfclf
is o f rude growth.
It grows readily, rifing to the
height o f about two feet, blows freely- during moft of
the fummer months, and ripens its feeds'.—Native o f
the Cape of Good H o p e . Introduced by M r . Maffon
in 1 7 7 5 . It flowers from may to feptember.
32. Biennial.
Native o f the Cape.
Introduced
with the preceding at the fame time by M r . Maffon.
It flowers.in auguft .
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33. Plant perennial, polymorphous. Flowers as in
Lychnis dioica white and deep red. Calyxes narrower
than its Congeners, hirfute.
T h e ftamens with the
ftyles prominent beyond the flower. Stem fometimes
fimpie, a finger's length, terminated by flowers col­
lected into a bundle ; fometimes a foot high, trichotomous at the end, with a middle peduncle always oneflowered.
Leaves oblong or broad-lanceolate, as in
Gompbrena globofa.—Native o f Virginia .»
34. R o o t annual, flender, fibrous. Stems round,
fmooth, vifcid at the joints, dichotomous, the laft divifion trifid, with a Angle flower between. Peduncles
long and flender.
Flowers open during the night,
crowned at the throat. Calyxes ten-itreaked, and di­
vided at the end into five fhort purplifh fegments.
Capfules obfeurely three-fided, three-celled.—Native
of Virginia and Carolina . Cultivated in 1 7 3 2 , by
James Sherard, M . D . It flowers in june and j u l y .
3 5 . R o o t annual: ftem branching, diffufe, about
half a foot in length, with villofe dichotomous branches:
leaves oppofite, feffile, fubcuneiform, rather obtufe,
perfectly entire, fomewhat flefhy, and very fligh'tly
muricated on the edges; they are about an inch in
length: flowers fmall, upright, on folitary footftalks
o f about half an inch long, rifing from the bofoms
and tops of the branches : calyx tubular, and thickly
covered with headed hairs : petals rather longer than
the calyx, flefh-coloured above, and white beneath.—
Native country uncertain .
36. This is an annual plant, differing from -all the
fpecies of Silene in the flowers being clandeftine from
the defect of petals. T h e whole is pubefcent.
Stem
round, fix inches high, with the branches Ample and
oppofite.
Lower leaves obovate-lanceolate, upper
lanceolate, uppermoft linear.
Peduncles fclitary in
the forks of the 'Item, the length of the calyx. Calyx
erect, oblong-ovate, ten-ftreaked.
Capfule fhortly
pedicelled .
37. R o o t annual, Ample, fibrous., defcending ftraight
down. Sometimes the ftem is fimpie and upright.
Sometimes there are feveral ftems decumbent at bot­
tom, with three or four joints in the lower part from
an inch to two inches diftant from each other, and
only one joint on the tipper part a hand or more in
length, before the ftem divides into branchlets and
peduncles.
Root-leaves o b l o n g ; upper ones nar­
rower, refembling thofe of Antirrhinum or Snapdragon.
Flow'ers fmall, with reddifh cloven petals, and a fcarcely
perceptible crown. Pedicels at firft fhort, but length­
ening as the capfules advance to maturity.
Calyxes
fwelling, ten-ftreaked, five ftreaks longer, and five
fhorter.
T h e joints are vifcid, but very fparingly.
It flowers in may .
Native of Portugal and the Levant. Cultivated in
the Eltham garden in 1 7 3 2 .
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