Popular field botany; containing a familiar and technical description of the plants most common to the various localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems . oZ. Spergida axveiisis, Zi/z^.. AgTimoma Eupatoria,J7z>??z/ !Reeve t imji. JUNE. 219 Decandria. Teigynia. THALAMIFLORiE. CaRYOPHYLLACE-C. SILENE. (Catchfly.) Generic Character. Calyx of one piece, five-toothed, but tubu-lar, often inflated and swollen. Petals five, with a claw. Stalksin some species sticky. There are eleven species, but some of them rare. SiLENE INFLATA. (Pla
Popular field botany; containing a familiar and technical description of the plants most common to the various localities of the British Isles, adapted to the study of either the artificial or natural systems . oZ. Spergida axveiisis, Zi/z^.. AgTimoma Eupatoria,J7z>??z/ !Reeve t imji. JUNE. 219 Decandria. Teigynia. THALAMIFLORiE. CaRYOPHYLLACE-C. SILENE. (Catchfly.) Generic Character. Calyx of one piece, five-toothed, but tubu-lar, often inflated and swollen. Petals five, with a claw. Stalksin some species sticky. There are eleven species, but some of them rare. SiLENE INFLATA. (Plate XIII. Fig. 49.) Bladder species derives its name from the inflated appearanceof the calyx, which is an exceedingly pretty object. Wholeplant smooth, stem erect, leaves ovate and long. Elowerspure white, and numerous, petals deeply divided. The youngshoots were formerly gathered as a vegetable, and have astrong smell of green peas. In the islands of the Mediter-ranean it is commonly brought to table, and in severalinstances, where famine threatened the inhabitants, theyhave been saved from starvation by this plant. SiLENE ANGLiCA. English Catchfly. Eound in sandyand gravelly fields, princ
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