28 AUT. BOT. 
chot. striato, fol. obl. vel. ellipt. acutis scabriusc. 
panicula dichot. bract. lanceol. caps. conicis— 
the most common European sp. fiowers white. 
236, Physoc. capitatum Raf. piloso, caule 
simplex sulcato, fol. cuneatis obovatisque acu- 
tis ciliatis reticulatis, fl. capit. involucratis, caps. 
subrot.—-Germania, fl. incarnatis, a smaller 
plant. à 
231, Physoc. vespertinum Raf. caule piloso 
angulato subdichot. fol. lanceol. glabriusc. acu- 
tis, fl. term. paucis pedunculatis, caps. ovatis— 
Sent me as Lychnis vespestina and nocturna 
from England and Germany, although no such 
names in books; pedal leaves longer and nar- 
rower than in others, flowers incarnate. 
238, SiteNE (Viscago) furcata Raf. pubes- 
cens, caule bifloro vel furcato, ramis unifi. fol. 
cuneatis acutis, superis lanceol. remotis paucis, 
cal. brevis teretis, dentib. latis, petalis brevis 
angustis bifidis—Labrador and Hudson Bay, 
remarkably like the last plant, but a real Silene 
not dioical and with 3 styles, smaller 4 to 6 
inches high, calix and petals shorter, incar- 
nate. 
239, Arocion Ad. Otth &c, differs from Si- 
lene by capsule unilocular, calix clavate 10ner- 
ved. The G. Silene requires a total revision 
and reform, of which I show the bases here; it 
was preposterous to unite 150 sp. with calix 
swelled, campanulate, oval, oboval, clavate, 
terete &c, smooth or nerved or winged, petals 
entire or divided, with or without crowns, cap- 
sule 1 or3 locular. Fhe subg. of Ottho and Dec. 
are more by habit than characters and often 
badly named.— The real Silene Raf. ought to 
have calix tubular obl, or terete, capsule 3locu- 
lar, with some subg. yet— Viscago calix striate 
