Silene. ] CARYOPHYLLEZ (Sond.) 125 
Clanw., £. & Z./ Namaqualand, v. Schlicht. Skurfdeberg and 24-Rivers, Zey. ! 
77. Macallisberg, Zey. 81. Onderbokkeveld, Drege. (Herb. T.C.D., Sond.) 
Stems 1-2 or more feet high. Rad. leaves 2~4 inches long, 1-2 lines wide, rigid, 
3-nerved. Bracts very acute, membrane-edged. Claws of the petals longer than 
the calyx, the lamina cleft in capillary ribbons nearly to the middle. —Nearest to D. 
holopetalus, Turez. ; but differs in the longer calyx and multifid petals. From D. 
scaber it is known by a more branching habit, longer radical leaves, and narrower, 
multifid petals. 
IJ. SILENE, Linn. 
Calyz tubular, 5-toothed, naked at base. Petals 5, with long claws, 
the limb entire, bifid or multifid. Stamens 10. Ovary more or less 
3—5-locular at base, unilocular above ; styles 3 (very rarely 2-5) fili- 
form, stigmatose on their inner face. Capsule membranous, opening 
by 6 teeth. Hndl. Gen. 5248. DC. Prod. 1. p. 367. 
A vast us, dispersed over the globe. The ies are either annual, peren- 
nial, or ah aaiaion, ; leaves uae or whorled, oat or narrow, very frequently 
pubescent or viscidly hairy and glandular. Flowers cymose, or panicled ; the mi- 
nor divisions of the inflorescence often unilateral. The name is said to be derived 
from ciaAov, saliva ; in allusion to the viscidity of many. The English name 
** Catchfly” also alludes to this clamminess. 
Secr. 1. Elisanthe, Fenzl. Flowers solitary, terminal, or in dicho- 
tomous cymes, Capsule unilocular at base. (Sp. 1—7.) 
1. S. bellidioides (Sond.) ; pubescent, scabrid ; stem erect, some- 
what viscid, branched at top ; radical leaves spathulate, obtuse, apicu- 
late, narrowed into a long petiole, cauline obovate or oblong, gradually 
smaller ; peduncles few, erect, the lower long ; fruiting calyces oblong, 
the thecaphore 3 as long as capsule. SS. bellidifolia, E. § Z./ 261, non 
Jacq. nee Thunb. S. bellidifol. var stricta, Fenzl, 
short ; thecaphore 2 lines long. Allied to the following. _ 
2. 8. capensis (Ott. DC. Prod. r. p. 379.) ; viscoso-pubescent ; stem 
erect, with spreading branches ; radical leaves oblong-acute ; narrowed 
into the petiole ; cauline sessile, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, gradu- 
ally smaller ; flowers erect, trichotomously panicled ; calyces elongate, 
the fruiting ones clavate ; thecaphore at least half as long as the capsule. 
E.&Z.!1 259. Zey. No. 1964 ex parte. 7 Pe 
Has. Berg River, Cape; Brackfontein, Clanw. ; Zwartkops Riv. Uit. ; Gra- D idan 
hamstown, and in Caffraria, #. § Z./ Knysna, Pappe. Gift and Nieuwe- . ay a 
veldsberg 3-4000f. Drege! Slaaykraal, Burke. Port Natal, Miss Owen! Sander, =~“) / 
son! July_Oct. (Herb. Vind., Hook., T.C.D., Sond. &c.) ee ees 
Stem 2-3 feet high, leafy, cymoso-paniculate. Rad. leaves 4-6 inches long,6-12 
lines wide ; the lower cauline 2 inches long, upper an inch or less. Calyx 14 lines. 
long, in flower 2-3 lines wide, 10 ribbed, veiny, with linear-subulate teeth. Petals 
- large, white, bifid, with obtuse lobes ; the claws longer than the calyx. q Capsule 
,, + lines long ; the thecaphore variable in length. It varies with 
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