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&. 8. 8. gallica (Linn. Sp. 595); viscoso-pubescent, branching ; Jeuven 
branched ; ie linear or linear-lanceolate, the lower ones 
Silene.] CARYOPHYLLEZ (Sond.) 127 
calyces pubescent; fruiting calyces oblongo-clavate, thecaphore 4 of 
capsule. 
Has, Caffraria, Drege. No. 5342 | ate Vind.) 
Lower part wanting. Stem (in the solitary specimen seen) 2 feet long, straight, 
sub-simple, terete below, angular above. Lower leaves narrowed at base, 2-3 
inches long, 4 lines wide, equalling the internodes, upper gradually smaller, nar- 
rowed from a broader base, thrice shorter than the internodes. Branches termi- 
nated by 3-flowered cymes: the lateral peduncles uncial. Calyx inch long, 10 
striate, with subulate teeth. Petals white, the claws longer than the calyx, lamina 
bifid, coronate at base. Capsule equalling the calyx tube. 
7. 8. Mundtiana (E. & Ze 252); downy ; stem procumbent at base, 
weak, dichotomously much branched, leafy ; leaves narrow-spathulate, 
acute, ciliate at base, the uppermost smaller, lanceolate ; flowers about 
3 0n each ramulus, the lower flower sub-remote, the two terminal 
paired, unequally pedunculate ; iramsing calyx clavate ; thecaphore equal- 
ling the (immature) capsule. 
Has. Among shrubs. Paardekop, near Plettenberg Bay, Mundt. / (Herb. Sond.) 
Root perennial, many stemmed. Stems slender, terete, a span long, knee bent ; 
branches erect, filiform, covered with a very short, reversed down. ‘Leaves patu- 
lous, puberulous, evidently ciliate at base, 6-8 lines long, 1-1} line wide, the upper- 
most sub-remote, half the size ; lower mostly dry. Flowers pedunculate ; peduncles 
of the terminal flowers unequal, one 4-5 lines, the other scarcely 2 Yines long. 
Calyx § lines long, 10 nerved, with ovate, obtuse teeth Petals white (or flesh- 
coloured ?) cleft to the middle, coronate. Ripe fruit wanting. Doubtfully referred 
to this nota: 
Secor. 2. SracHyomorPHa, Ott Pines racemoso-spicate, rarely sub- 
solitary. Capsule trilocular at: base. (Sp. 8-13.) 
* petals undivided, or sub-emarginate (Sp. 8.) °) 
oblong, the lower obovate; flowers alternate, racemose ; calyx ear Jimsze} 1 Beh 
tubular, in fruit ovate ; ‘thecaphore much shorter than: the calyx. 42 [ig 
Thunb. ‘Cap. p. 393- E. & Z.1258. Hb. Un. It. No.759. S. wcropetale 
DC. 1. c. p. 372. 8. lusitamiea, L. oe 
8. quinquevulnera (Koch, Syn. FL Germ, Pe pe, 3; tal : : 
bight oa on the disc, white at the — -* ead par Bad 
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ica, Linn. EH, Bot. t. 1178. 
sete A troublesome weed in cultivated ground, introduced from Europe. (Herb. 
Vind., Holm., T.C.D., Sond.) : 
‘Annual, erect or spreading, 6-12 inches high. Leaves acute, ‘4-1 inch long. 
Peduncles very short. Flowers white or red ; in 8. dark red. Calyx 4 lines long 
ribbed. Petals entire, toothed or emarginate. Capsule subsessile, more Oe: 
pedicellate in the lower flowers. This isthe “ Gunpowderweed” of the Oalonise ; 
its black seeds resembling gunpowder. = 
‘+ petals deeply bifid (Sp. 9—13.) 
(Jacq. Coll. Suppl. 3. t. 3. £ 3) ipabenocts 
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ulate ; flower: hans orsub-solitary ; bees Soy. 
