Silene 



CARYOPHYLLACE.E 



181 



Williams in Journ. Linn. Soc. .v.cxii. 57 ; Griseh. FI. Br. W. 

 In<h 55 (as S. gallica L.). S. quinqueviilnera L. Sp. PI. 416 

 (1753) ; Mac/. Jam. i. 51. (Fig, 72.) 



Fig. 72. Silene gallica L. funn quinquevidiiera E,ohrb. 



A, Portion of stem X if. 



B, Flower with part of the calyx and 



corolla cut off, and ovary added from 

 a flower in a later stage with ripening 

 seeds x 3. 



C, Fruit covered by the persistent calyx 



X 2. 



D, Seed cut lengthwise x 10 ; e, endo- 



sperm ; c, cotyledons ; r, radicle. 



Catherine's Peak, Macfadyen ; McNab ! Cinchona, J. P. 1403, Hart ! 

 Indigenous in central and southern Europe, and occurring all over the 

 world apparently spontaneously. 



Stem 1 ft. and more high. Leaves about 2 cm. 1. Flowers about 1 cm. 1. 

 Calyx '8 cm. 1. in flower increasing in fruit and a little longer than the 

 capsules (-8 cm. 1.). 



2. S. Armeria L. Sp. PL 420 (1753); glabrous; leaves (of 

 the stem) sessile, broadly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, sub- 

 cordate at the base ; flowers corymbose ; petals deep rosy-pink, 

 corona-scale of same colour, bisected. ^ -WiUianis torn. cit. 108. 



Blue Mts., Morris] Cinchona; Clydesdale; Harris \ Fl. Jam. 9598. 

 Indigenous in central and southern Europe, and occurring in many parts 

 of the world apparently more or less spontaneously. 



Stetn 1 ft. and more high. Leaves 3-5 cm. 1., semi-amplexicaul. 

 Flowers about 2 cm. 1. Calyx about 1"G cm. 1. in flower, and 1-8 cm. 1. 

 in fruit, a little longer than the cansule. 



