OARYOPHYLLEAE 155 



pag. 148—Bert Fl. It. 4. pag. 575.—Moris Fl. Sard. 1. 

 pag. 258. — Arcang. Comj). della FV. Ital. pag. 88. 



-Silene matutina. Presl Fl. Sic. 1. ^^ag. 149. 



Silene spicata. DC. Fl. Fr. 4'. p. 2. pug. 759. 



4. S. inflata. — Flores inodori, grandiusculi, paniculati, di- 

 ehotomi, subcorymbosi, terminales, patentes et nutantes in 

 anthesi, in fructu erecti; scapi bracteati, elongati, tenues;j;e- 

 dicelli teuuissimi, bracteolati, longi, praesertim alares; cahjx 

 campanulatus, apice constrictus, reticulato-venosus, albo-vi- 

 ridis, glaber vel purpurascens, 5-dentatu>s, dentibus triangu- 

 laribus, acutis, erectis, in fructu magis inflatus; corolla ca- 

 lyce longior, mediocris magnitudinis et subinde parva, noctu 

 et in umbra patens, sub sole involuta, supra alba, extus cum 

 levi virore, fauce nuda; petala quinque, unguibus calycis ae- 

 qualia aut paulo longiora, superne dilatato-alata; lamina bi- 

 partita, laciniis obverse lanceolatis, obtusis, integerrimis vel 

 apice erosulis, intus in fauce extuberans in duos colliculos et 

 utrinque in margine acuta denticulo subcrenulato decurrente 

 in alam unguis; genitalia utraque corolla sub-longiora et re- 

 clinata; filamenta alba vel apice purpurantia; antherae viri- 

 des, oris rubescentibus; stigmata apice crassiuscula, obtusa ; 

 thecaphorum crassum, angulatum, capsula brevius; capsula o- 

 voidea, obtusa, calyce inflato multo minor, inclusa; semina re- 

 niformia, parva, granulato-muricata; caules plures ex eadem 

 radice, erecti vel oblique adscendentes, teretes aut subanci- 

 pites, fistulosi, simplices vel superne ramosi, ramis alternis, 

 patulis, a dodrante ad pedes longi, glabri aut sub-pubescen- 

 tes; folia inferiora oblongo-lanceolata, subspathulata, acuta; 

 superiora lanceolata, acuminata; omnia glabra aut subpube- 

 scentia, integerrima, 3-4 lin. lata, 1 poll. longa, margine ci- 

 liata vel nuda, uninervia et venosa, subtus intensius glauca; 

 hracteae exiguae, ovatae vel lanceolatae, margine albo-mem- 

 branaceae, cillolatae; radix crassiuscula, alba et lignosa. 



Floret Majo et per totum Autumnum. \. 



Aetnae, ad saxa vulcanica mediae et elatae regionis: Ma- 

 scalucia, Pedara, Milo, Belpasso, Paternd. 



Icon. Ten. Fl. Nap. 1. pag. 233. sub nomine : Cucuhalius 

 angnstifolius. 



Silene inflata. Sihth. et Smith Fl. Gr. Prodr. 1. pag.293. 

 Bert. Fl. It. 4. pag. 629.—Moris Fl. Sard. 1. pag. 245. 



