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46. M. Eiiinoönmse (Mchx.) Rohrb. 
Canles strieti ereeti scabride puhescentes; folia coriacea 
ovata vel ovato-lanceolata acuminata dense soabrida, margine 
serrulato-ciliata, superiora et bractene sensim angastiora; 
flores in racemo valde elongato ramis lateralibus 3 — 7-Horis; 
calyx tubnlosus, fractifer ovoideo-oblongus infra capsulam 
vix constrietus, hirsute glanduloso - puhescens, striis viridihas 
smperne non coniunietis, dentibus oblongis obtusis all:s- margi- 
natis ciliatis; petala coccinea, unguibus cilielatis paullum ex- 
sertis, spathulato-lanceolata acnta edentata, appendicibus hinis 
acntis; capsula oblonga carpophorum quater quinquies superans; 
semina magna dorso subcanalicalata faciehns plana granulata, 
Silene Virginica var. Illinoönsis Mehx. il. Am. bor, 1, 
Ur. 2. 
Silene regia Sims. bot. mag. 1724. 
Melandryum regium (Sims.) A. Br. in Flora 1843, 37%. 
Ic. Bot, mag. 1724!; Sweet fl. gard. 11, 3131 
Hab. in America bereali (Engelm.!) a civitate Ohio ad 
Lonisianam usque: Hlinois (Engelm.!), Kentucky (Hook.!) 
2. Calyx fructifer apice non eontractns, 
a. Flores in diebasiis, mediani fruetiferi retroflexi. 
47. MW. Virginicam (L.) A. Br. 
Caulis (30-— 70 cm. altus) erectus, simplex vel paullam 
ramosas, raro basi decumbens, hirtulo-pubescens subviseidas; 
felia inferiore interdum undulata spathulato-lanceolata in pe- 
tiolam longum longe ciliatum attenuata vel obtusa et abrapte 
acamiuala vel acuta, canlina lanceolata vel anguste ovato- 
Ianceolata, superiera sensim minora, omnia plus minus dense 
poberula; calyx subampliatus oblongo - clavatus; fructifer ova- 
ins infra capsulam hand coustrictus, viscido -pubescens, strüs 
