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Clafs bed Order. 
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Generic Cha +iferi 
Cal. ventricofus. Petala 5, un guiculata : coronata ad faucem. 
Cap/.-3-locularis. | 
Specific Charaffer and Synonyms. 
SILENE ve/pertina ; calycibus clavatis decem-ftriatis fecundis: 
; fructiferis ere€tis, petalis bipartitis, corona connata, 
foliis {pathulatis bafi ciliatis. 
SILENE ve/pertina, petalis bifidis, neGario connato, floribus 
alternis. Retz. Ob/ 3. p.31. Willd, Sp. Pl. v, 2. 
: p. 699. 
SILENE Zéipartita, foliis inferioribus {pathulatis, floribus ra- 
_cemofis fecundis nutantibus ; petalis bipartitis, Desf 
Ail, v. 1. DP. 352. t. 100. se 
Descr. Root annual. Stem branched, round: éranches 
Oppofite and alternate. Leaves oppofite, lower ones {patula- 
fhaped, ciliated at the bafe, rather flefhy, quite entire: upper 
_ Ones more lanceolate. Flowers alternate, fecund, nodding, 
generally on double unequal racemes, with a folitary flower in 
the divifion. Calyx perfiftent, club-fhaped, ten-ftriped: ftripes 
green, interftices fubdiaphanous, five-toothed: teeth fhort, 
connivent, villous-edged. Petals 5, clawed, connetied to- 
gether by the crown: limb divided to the bafe. Filaments 10, 
affixed to the receptacle, the length of the claws. Anthers in- 
cumbent, marked on the upper furface with two purple ftripes, 
_ Germen ovate, fapported on a five-furrowed club-fhaped re- 
_ ceptacle, elevated within the calyx to nearly half its length. 
_ Stigmas revolute, fpiral, villous on the inner fide. Cuap/ule 
DS te Aedes fix teeth. Seeds many, kidney-fhaped) The _ 
_ whole plant is flightly pubefcent and not clammy, 
