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7. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



Spercula 3 

 Spergui.aria 



L. 



C'ekastii'm 4 

 Stellaria 5 

 Arenakia 6 



S. Ciicnh'ilits 1 



jS'. iKirfnriiti 2 

 S. (iiillica 3 

 S. 'Srhafta 4 



(1799). Bladder 

 leaves lanceolate, 



Styles 5; capsule 5-valved 



Styles 3: capsule 3-valved 



Leaves without stipules. 

 Petals bifid. 



Styles 5; capsule lO-toothed 



Styles 3; capsule 6-t(X)thed 



Petals entire ; styles 3 ; capsule 6-toothed 



1. SiLENE, 



Calyx inflated, many-neryed 



Calyx not inflated. lO-nerved. 

 Annuals. 



Fruiting- calyx oblong 



Fruiting calyx ovoid 



Perennial: dwarf: calyx clubshaped 



1. Silene Cucubalus, Wibel 

 Campion. Glabrous, glaucous perennial 



lower ones tapering at liase ; tiowers Avhite, drooping, in 

 forked cymes; calyx bladdery, subglobular. 20-nerved, net- 

 veined, with broad triangular teeth; petals cut almo.st to 

 the claw into 2 lobes, with 2 wings or scales at the tlirf)at ; 

 capsule enclosed ^n the calyx, o^oid, twice as long as the 

 carpophore. .S'. ivflata, Sm. (1800). 



An escape from gardens : roadsides, Mount Lofty 

 Range; Mount Ganibier. — Sept. -Dec. — Europe; Avestern Asia. 



2. S. nocturna, L. Erect, glandular-hairy annual; 

 lower leaves oblong-spoonshaped, upper ones laiueuiate, ses- 

 sile, ciliate with long hairs near the base ; tiowers pink, 

 almost erect, in 1-sided racemes; fruiting calyx oblong, 

 with 10 branching nerves and short lanceolate teeth ; petals 

 narrow, deeply bifid, scales 

 small ; filaments glabrous ; cap- 

 sule oblong, abr)ut 6 times as long 

 as the carpophore. 



Waste places or pa.stni-e. — • 

 Sept. -Nov. — Mediterranean re- 

 gion. 



.'5. S. grallica, L. Frmrli 

 Cat eh fill. — Glandular-villous an- 

 nual, often very sticky; .stems 

 erect or ascending, piirplisli ; 

 lower leaves oblong-spoon.shaped. 

 upper ones linear - lanceolate : 

 flowers in almost 1-sided racemes; 

 fruiting calyx ovoid, contracted 

 at top, very hairy, 10-nerved, 

 with awlshaped teeth ; petals 

 usually entire, pink, white, or 

 with a dark-red blotch on each 

 lamina (S. quinqiirodncra, L.) ; 

 filaments hairy in the lower half ; 

 capsule ovoid, with very short 

 carpophore. 



Silene grallica. 



