156 DICOTYL.— TALAMIFLORAE 



Silene inflata var, b. angustifolia. DC.Prodr. l.xmg.368. 

 Giiss. Syn. Fl. Sic. 1. pag. 48o.—Torn. Fl. Sic. pag. 148. 



Cncubalus Belien. Plenck. Ic. pl. mecl. 4. pag. 84. tah. 38. 



Nomen vulgare : Cannateddi . 



— Var. rosea — Folia lineari-lanceolata, acuta , ciliata, 

 glauca; canles inferne violacei; calyx roseo-viridis; petala ro- 

 sea; reliqua uti in specie. 



5. S. commutata. — Flores larrandiusculi, paniculati, termina- 

 les, dichotomi; scapi bracteati, elongati, laxiflori aut breves et 

 contracti; pedicelli tenues, virides, bracteolati, breves, sim- 

 plicps aut triflori, in flore cernui, in fructu erecti, alares, 

 longiusculi et subinde adeo approximati ut fasciculati videan- 

 tur; calyx campanulato-ventricosus, inflatus, ovatus, in fructu 

 magis inflatus, quinquedentatus, dentibus latis, triangulari- 

 bus, acutis, margine membranaceis, minute ciliolatis; coroUa 

 quinquepetala, pro calyce parva, alba ; ad ungues squanuic 

 brevissimae, marginatae, unde corolla obsolete coronata; la- 

 mina exerta, bifida, laciniis obtusiusculis; thccaphorum capsu- 

 la multo brevius; capsula ovoidea, intra calycem vesicosum 

 delitescens, eoque paulo brevior, dehiscens valvis apice recur- 

 vis; semina reniformia, crassiuscula, cinerea, depressa, ver- 

 ruculosa et asperata; canUs erectus, teres, glaber, raro sub- 

 pubescens; sesqui-bipedalis et ultra, simplex aut superne ra- 

 mosus, ramis alternis, plus minus elongatis, apice panicula- 

 to-disticis; folia semper opposita, carnosula, late elliptico-o- 

 blouga, argute elongata et mucronulata, praesertim superiora 

 marginato-cartilaginea; inferiora angustata in petiolum basi 

 valde dilatatum; reliqua sessilia, connata aut spathulata; flo- 

 ralia opposita, parva, inferiora ovato-lanceolata, superiora 

 bracteosa, minora, ovata, utraque anguste acuminata, margi- 

 ne albo-membranacea; radix alba, lignosa, longa, crassa. 



Floret Aprili, Majo. %.. 



Aetnae, in mediis et elatis regionibus : Zaffarana, Milo, 

 Trecastagni, Pedara. 



Icon. Boc. Mns. pag. 133. tab. 92. sub nomine: Belien al- 

 bum vulgo fabariae foliis.—Cup. Panph. 2. tab. 82. in edit. 

 Bibl. Pan. sub nomine : Behen album, vulgo fabariae folio 

 tenuiori. 



Silene commutata. (^uss. Prodr. Fl. Sic. 1. pag. 499. et 

 Syn. Fl. Sic. 1. pag. ^SB.— Torn. Fl. Sic. pag. 148. 



