Subgen Silene ; Conosilene ^9 



Subgen. II. Silene. 



Aestivatio petalorutn alternatim contorta. Calyx aut 1 0-ner- 

 vius, evenius vel nervis anastomosantibus , aut 30-, rarius 20-vel 

 60-nervius, nervis haud anastomosantibus, raro sub anthesi , inter- 

 dum fructiter ampliatus. 



§1. Conosilene. 



Calyx 20-, 30-vel 60-nervius, fructifer e basi ampliata ad api- 

 cem versus attenuatus; flores in dichasio simplici vel composito, 

 saepe ramo altero abbreviato et alterius ad latus ranio accessorio 

 evoluto, rarius flores solitarii, Herbae annuae. 



a. Calyx 20-nervius. 



20. S. ammophila Beins, et lleltlr. 



Caulis e basi ramosus, ramis nanis prostratis , brevissime cine- 

 reo-tomentellus ; folia inf'eriora oblongo-spathulata obtusa in petio- 

 lum longum attenuata, superiora oblongo-linearia acuta, omnia pu- 

 bescentia; bracteaeetpi'oph. lineariaacutiuscula ; flores calyci aequi- 

 longe, fructus multo longius erecto-patule pedicellati ; calyx brevis, 

 cylindricus, fructifer ovato-campanulatus, glanduloso-viscidus, den- 

 tibus lanceolatis acutis vix albo-marginatis tertiam tubi partem 

 aequantibus; petala . . . . lineari-cuneata emarginata, appendicibus 

 binis ovato-oblongis ; Capsula ovata subsessilis; semina parva, dorso 

 leviter canaliculata, faciebus piano- convexa striata. 



— S. ammophila Boiss. et Heldr. ! diagn. I, ^, 82. 



Hab. in arenosis maritimis ins. Cretae ad Pilalimmata prov. Sitia et in ins. Gai- 



daronisi pr. Girapetra (Heldr.!) 

 False cl. Boiss. fl. or. I, 577 hanc speciena nervorum commissuraliuiii defi- 



cientia a ceteris discrepare dicit; nervi commissurales adsunt, ad calycis 



autem dimidium iam in duos partiti. 



21. S. coiiiflora IV. v. Eseiib. 



Caulis e basi ramosus, humilis, molliter pubescens , superne 

 viscidus; folia lineari-lanceolata acuminata pubescentia; bracteae et 

 proph. linearia acuta; calyx cylindricus, fructifer ovato-campanu- 

 latus superne attenuatus, umbilicatus, glanduloso-pubescens, den- 

 tibus lanceolatis acutis albo-marginatis ; petala albida vel rosea obo- 

 vato-cuneata integra, appendicibus binis elongato-oblongis ; Capsula 

 oblongo-conica subsessilis ; semina dorso canaliculata, faciebus plana 

 seriatim granulata. 



