Silene Collection

Issoire E78 Silene 122 (msn 07), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Issoire E78 Silene 122 (msn 07), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. Date: circa 1980

Rose of heaven, Silene coeli-rosa (Dark-eyed viscaria, Viscaria oculata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley

Spanish catchfly, Silene otites (Spanish campion, Cucubalus otites). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Sticky catchfly, Silene viscaria (red German catchfly, Lychnis viscaria). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Saint George fighting the dragon in front of a virgin princess with lamb, while her parents watch from the castle of Silene

Catchfly or Silene species
Compact-flowered catchfly, Silene compacta, American wild pink, S. pennsylvanica, ornatental catchfly, S. ornata, Virginian catchfly, S. virginica, cut-flowered catchfly, S

Red campion, Silene dioica, and white behmen, Centaurea behen. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

American wild pink, Silene caroliniana subsp. pensylvanica (Silene incarnata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1817

Bladder campion, Silene vulgaris, Silene inflata, Silene renfle. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Hookers Indian pink, Silene hookeri. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe

Corn or sand catchfly, Silene conica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Autumn catchfly or schafta, Silene schafta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley

Burning love, Silene chalcedonica (Scarlet lychnis, Lychnis chalcedonica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis Botanical

Rose campion, Silene coronaria (Rock cockle or campion, Agrostemma coronaria). Handcolured copperplate engraving and botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical

Jagged flowered catchfly, Oberna lacera (Silene lacera). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a drawing by John Curtis for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical

Curtis British Entomology Plate 429
Diptera: Helophilus ruddii = Lejops vittatus (Yarmouth Hover-fly) [Plant: Silene nutans (Nottingham Catchfly)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 350
Coleoptera: Necrobia ruficollis (Red-necked Necrobia) [Plant: Silene gallica (Silene anglica, English Catch-fly)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 287
Coleoptera: Masoreus luxatus = Masoreus wetterhalli (Portland Carabus) [Plant: Silene uniflora (Silene maritima, Sea Catchfly)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 182
Diptera: Rhingia campestris = Rhingia macrocephala (Chequered-bodied Hover-fly) [Plant: Silene dioica (Melandrium rubrum; Lychnis dioica var. diurna, Red Campion)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 109
Lepidoptera: Crambus radiellus = Catoptria furcatellus (Northern Grass-veneer) [Plant: Silene acaulis (Moss Catchfly)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 54
Hymenoptera: Lophyrus pini = Diprion pini (Pine Sawfly) [Plant: Silene latifolia, = S. alba, Melandrium album (male; Lychnis dioica mas, White Campion)] Date: 1824-39

PLANTS / SILENE CUCUBALUS
BLADDER CAMPION Date: early 20th century

Illustration, Orthosiidae -- Hadenidae -- Luperina Virens, Miselia Oxyacanthae, Dichonia Aprilina, Polia Chi, Dianthoecia Albimacula, Dianthoecia Compta, Mamestra Dysodea, Mamestra Dentina

Silene californica, Indian pink
Folio 52 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Silene dioica, red campion
Red campion in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, July 2004

Silene Acaulis (Moss Campion), a mountain-dwelling wildflower of the Caryophyllaceae family, with pink flowers, growing in a rocky setting

Viscaria Oculata, Blue Pearl (Silene Coeli Rosa), also known as German Catchfly

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