2W \VT. BOT. 



chot. stria/o, fol. obl. vel. ellipt. acutis scabriusc. 

 panicula dichot. bract. lanceoh caps. conicis — 

 the most con)mon European sp. fiowers white. 



236, Physoc. capitatttm Raf. piloso, caule 

 simplex sulcato, foh cuneatis obovatisque acu- 

 tis ciliatis reticulatis, fl. capit. involucratis, caps. 

 subrot. — Germania, fl. incarnatis, a smaller 

 plant. 



237, Physoc. vespertinum Raf caule piloso 

 angulato subdichot. foh lanceoL glabriusc. acu- 

 tis, fl. term. paucis pedunculatis, caps. ovatis — 

 Sent me as Lychnis vespestina and noctuma 

 from England and Germany, although no such 

 names in books ; pedal leaves longer and nar- 

 rower than in others, flowers incarnate. 



238, SiLENE (Viscago) furcata Raf. pubes- 

 cens, caule bifloro vel furcato, ramis unifl. foL 

 cuneatis acutis, superis lanceol. reraotis paucis, 

 cal. brevis teretis, dentib. latis, petalis brevis 

 angustis bifidis — Labrador and Hudson Bay, 

 remarkably Hke the last plant, btit a real Silene 

 not dioical and wdth 3 styles, smaUer 4 to 

 inches high, calix and petals shorter. incar- 

 nate. 



239, ArocioN Ad. Otth ^, diflfers from /S¥- 

 lene by capsule unilocular, calix clavate lOner- 

 ved. The G. Hilene requires a total revision 

 and reform, of which I show the bases here ; it 

 was preposterous to unite 150 sp. with calix 

 swetled, campanulate. oval, oboval, clavate, 

 terete &c, smooth or nerved or winged, petals 

 entire or divided, with or without crowns, cap- 

 sule 1 or3 locular. The subg. of Ottho and l>ec. 

 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-^Visca^o calix striate 



