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sllene lacera. jagged flowered 

 Catchfly. 



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CZass a^Z Order. 

 Decandria Trigynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. monophyllus, ventricosus. Petala 5, unguiculata. 

 Caps, supera, semitrilocularis, apice dehiscens, polysperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Silene lacera; calycibus inflatis solitariis, petalis multifidis 

 coronatis, foliis spathulatis undulatis; floralibus sessili- 

 Jtms, caule decumbente. 



Cucubalus lacerus; petalis multifidis, calycibus campanu- 

 latis, foliis spathulato-ovatis, caule adscendente. Flor^ 

 taurico-caucas. 3. p. 303. Steven in Mem. Soc. nat. 

 Mosq. 3. p. 262. et in Trans. Lin. Soc. v. 11. p. 411. 

 t. 34. 



Descr. Stems diffuse, decumbent, covered with a pu- 

 bescence, which, when magnified, appears beaded or 

 nioniliform. Leaves ovate-spathulate, undulate with long, 

 channelled, stem-embracing footstalks. Upper ones sessile, 

 ovate-lanceolate. Peduncles mostly solitary, one-flowered, 

 axillary and terminal. Calyx inflated, ten-streaked, five- 

 cleft. Corolla white : petals lacerate, crowned with two 

 oblong, distinct adpressed appendices. Stamens 10, five 

 shorter, attached to the claw of the petal, and five longer, 

 inserted into a glandular substance surrounding the base 

 of the ovate germen, which is one-celled, without an ap- 

 pearance of septum that we could observe : styles three, 

 sometimes only two. 



This species was first described in the transactions of the 

 Linnean Society by the Chevalier de Steven, who has 



likewise 



