Niinosilene. 143 



spathulato-laiiceolata acuininata, ad basin longe ciliatam in pctio- 

 lum longissimuin attenuata , caulina pauca lincaria , oninia glabra 

 breviter ciliata; bracteac et proph. c basi nienibranacea latiorc dcnse 

 ciliata longe subulata ; calyx membranaceus , inflatus , cylindrico- 

 campanulatus , glaberrinius, nervis superne coniunetis, 5 — 9-raro 

 10-dentatus dentibus ovato-rotundatis ciliatis ; petala 5 — !) raro 10 

 laete rosea vel alba , profunde bipartita lobis obcordato - cuncatis 

 crenulato-repandis, appendicibus binis lineari-lanceolatis interdum 

 2 — 4-dentatis vel incisis; stamina 10 — 18 raro 20; Capsula ovoidea, 

 inferne 5 — 7-locularis, carpophoro crasso breviter stipitata; semina 

 compressa dorso quinqueseriatini obtuse tuberculato (aciebusque 

 plana. 



— Lychnis nivalis Kit.! in Schultes fl. oestr. (ecL II) I, ()9S. 

 Silene Sigeri Eaumg.! en. stirp. Transsilv.. \, 400. 

 Lychnis Sigeriana Schur Verh. d. siebenb. Ver, 1850. 

 Agrostemma nivalis G. Don I, 4 1 6. 

 Viscaria Sigeri Griseb. et Schenk ! it. hung. no. 52. 

 Polyschemone nivalis Schott ! anal, bot. I, 56. 

 Melandryum nivale Nym. syll. 230. 

 Ic. R.chb. ic. germ. 287! 



Hab. in herbidis alpinis Transsilvaniae borealis: (Baumg.!) pr. Iladna (Andrä!), 

 in alpe Kuhhorn (Schur!, Heynald!) pr. Bistritz (Kit.!, Ky. herb. Trans- 

 silv. !) 

 Variat floribus androdynamis : staminibus alternatim longioribus , polline brun- 

 neo-violaceo et stigmatis rudimentariis brevissimis ; gynodynamis : stamini- 

 bus aequilongis, polline flavescente, stigmatis erecto-patentibus ; et neutris : 

 aritheris cassis et stigmatis abortivis. Ob capsulae valvas bidentatas nd Si- 

 lenem neque ad Viscariam numeranda. Genfer descriptionem accuratissi- 

 mam ad plantam vivam apud Schott 1. c. 



Series 4. Nanosilene. 



Species nanae alpinae uniflorae. Calyx canipanulatus ; Capsula 

 ima basi trilocularis. Stigmata tria. 



124. S. acaulis L. 



Gaules caespitem densissimum formantes, floribus, interdum 

 sexu uno abortive dioicis , sessilibus vel plus minus longe pedicel- 

 latis pedicellis glabris , ramis omnibus abbreviatis ; folia conferta 

 linearia acuta, ad basin latiorem membranaceam ciliata, glabra; 

 calyx campanulatus ruber vel purpurascens, evenius, dentibus ova- 

 tis obtusis ciliatis; petala plus minus saturate rosea, plus minus 

 profunde emarginata, appendicibus binis parvis vel bituberculata; 

 Capsula oblonga vel ovali-oblonga calycem dimidio superans vel 

 subinclusa, carpophoro brevissimo stipitata; semina magnitudine 

 variantia dorso obtuse canaliculata, faciebus concava granulata. 



lusus 1 : calyx 3 — 4'" 1. basi umbilicatus; petala profunde emargi- 

 nata ; Capsula oblonga dimidio e calyce exserta ; semina parva. 



