24 Ai>r. BoT. 



20G, Oberna faharha Raf. — Sicil. Oieta. 



207, XAMILENIS Raf. Nanosrtenei Olli. 

 nom. pessiini ditf. Cucubalus, cal, ca^np, uroeo^. 

 non inflatus 5dent. petalis einarg. subnudis, ops. 

 sicca. fol. cespit, pefL Ifl.fl. dimci^^yery dis- 

 tinct by habit &c, thename means dicarf piatk» 



Xamilejvis uniflora Raf. Silene a^aulis L. O 

 — Labrador. 



208, PLECONAX Raf. dift: SUene, caK <h a- 

 tis conicis inflati? Sdent. 30 sulcatis, 30 nervrs, 

 basiumbilic.petalis 6ifidis,caps. lagenrformi^ utti- 

 loc i caulKf. simplex^ paucifl. — v«ry p«ciiliarr 

 calix giving name tothe Genus. 



Pleconax striata Raf. Silene conica L O — 

 liUropa. 



209, ALIFIOLA Raf. dift'. Silene, cal. ovatis 

 lageniformis, 5gonus 5pteris adent. basi acHtis, 

 peialis angustis apice bilobis. caps. sesBilis uni- 

 loc. globosa, piericarpium duolcx, extui crusta» 

 ceum 3denL intus membranosuiu eem. globosa* 

 dichot.fl. term — very singuiar G. tbatl oannot 

 refer to known sp. the fruit qiuite Bdcnifar, not 

 pedunculate as in most of akin, swRiimg ti\e <^^ 

 lix in the shape o< a gourd or urn, with 5 wingfi» 

 the name implies this: 2 sp. 



Alifiola dichotoma Raf. levigata, caule 

 tereto dichot. foU amplexic. lajiceol. acuti» tri- 

 nervis, fl. panicul. longe pedunc. — In Ken- 

 tucky, disc. 1818 when called SUene aUUa^ 

 12 to 15 inchoa high, lcaves ncarly biun- 

 cial and subequal to internodes, flowers of mid- 

 dle size, petals mcarnate small on long claws, 

 emarginate. 



210, AuFioLA fleridana Raf glabia, caulc 

 simplcx paucifloro, fol. linearib. acutis interno- 

 dis brevior uninervis, fl. term. brevi pedunc. — 

 Florida, disc. by Kin, habit of S. autirrhina. 



