C AR YOPH YLLE AE 1 5 7 



Silene fabaria. Presl Fl. Sic. 1. pag. 149.—Bert. Fl. It. 

 4. 2)aff. 627. 



Silene inflata. var. alpina. Ten. Sijll. i^ag. 210. 

 Nomen vulgare: Cannateclda. 



6. S. gallica. — Flores parvuli, solitarii, alterni, secundi, 

 bracteolati, paniculato-spicati, terminales caulibus et ramis, 

 erecti, breviter pedicellati et supremi brevissime pedicellati, 

 inferiores remotiores; scapi elongati, teretes, hirsuti vel pu- 

 bescentes; pedicelli breves, liirsuti, scapo adpressi; calyx tu- 

 bulosus, 3-4 lin. longnis, in fructu turgidus, ovoideus, cum 

 pilis pubescentibus , albis vel villosis , apice glanduliferis , 

 viscidus et in visco sistunt arenulae nigrae vulcanicae, unde 

 tota planta nigra adparet, 10-nervosus, nervis viridibus aut 

 rubescentibus, plus minus adsperis setis longis, albis, paten- 

 tibus, a quibus calyx hirsutissimus aut vix setosus, apice 5- 

 dentatus, dentibus lineari-subulatis; corolla parva, quinque- 

 petala, pallide rosea, circa faucem coronata squamis biparti- 

 tis; ungues calyci aequales et lamina exerta, oblongo-obovata, 

 indivisa, oblique in uno latere inclinata, apice crenulata aut 

 leviter emarginata; genitalia corolla breviora; Jilamenta basi 

 pubescentia; ihecaphorum brevissimum ant subnullum; capsula 

 turgida, ovoidea, calyci aequilonga, dehiscens, valvis recurvis; 

 semina generis, rufo-fusca vel cinerescentia, depressa , gra- 

 nulata; cautis teres, erectus vel adscendens, alterne ramosus 

 aut simplex, hirsutus, subhirsutus vel pubescens, pilis aut 

 villis albis, a semipede ad sesquipedem longus; folia simpli- 

 cia, inferiora obovato - spathulata aut oblongo - spathulata, 

 successiva obverse lanceolata, utraque obtusa , cum apiculo 

 in medio, suprema lanceolato-linearia vel linearia acuta, om- 

 nia pubescenti-scabrida, margine inferiore plus minus pilis 

 longis ciliata, subinde deficientibus, floralia, seu bracteosa, sub 

 quovis flore lanceolato-liuearia vel linearia , pedicello lon- 

 giora; radix gracilis, longa, flbrosa. 



Floret Majo, Junio. 0. 



Aetnae, ubique ad saxa vulcanica: Catania, Acireale, Giar- 

 re, Randazzo, Caselle, Aderno, Paternd, Bronte. 



Icon. Dill. Hort. Helt. 2. pag. 419. tab. 399. 



Silene gallica. Lin. Sp. Pl. pag. 595.— AU. Fl. Ped. 2. 

 pag. 79.— GUSS. Syn. Fl. Sic 1. pag. 481.—Torn. Fl. Sic. 



