28 CARYOPHYLLACEAE. [ Silene. 
Flowers eee. 8 or Reena s cymes: 
ath subulate . : 4 F é 1. S. struthioloides. 
Le: olat 
Calyx campanulate; evnophore short; claws of petals in- 
clu ae . S. lanceolata. 
say clavate e elongate; " gynophore much longer; claws 
petals oh toa from the calyx : F 
etals ebainnas in calyx, very sma 
Pinu in a simple Sama a hispid annual 
1. S. struthioloides, allo Bot. U.S. E. Exp. p. 109, pl. 10. — A much 
branching shrub, 1—3 ft. high, the branches woody and foliose to the 
op. Barren branches inate with crowded leaves, the fertile ones with 
internodes of 1/2—1‘ and axillary shoots at e every node. Leaves stiff 
subulate, at length recurved, 1/2—11/2‘ long, channelled above, clasping 
with a broad base, glabrous or faintly viscous-pubescent. Panicle e ongate, 
sometimes subracemose, or even the flowers single in the axils of leaves, 
the foliaceous bracts subulate from a broad base. Pedicels 3— , th 
3. 8S. Alexandri. 
. eryptopetala. 
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clavate at last, 5-toothed, faintly 10-nerved. Gynophore 3”. Claws of 
‘petals scarcely exserted, the oblong blades 3”, bifid, with 2 oblong scales 
at the base. Capsule 5“, more or less exserted, 1-chambered below, 
scent. 
Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and Hualalai, Hawaii; Haleakala a, Maui! at elevations of 
—9000 ft. In the ‘miata plants the branch pa: sses et into the inflorescence, 
while in those from Ha i the two are rather dist 
2. S. lanceolata, = fay, t€. gp. << 10. — Suffruticose, erect, 
1— 1/2 ft. high, woody below, easing the leaves crowded aboye, but the 
ola 
x 3—6", acuminate at both ends, on short petioles. Inflorescence a 
terminal corymb, 5—6‘ long, with small lanceolate bracts; pedicels 4”, 
bracteolate below the middle. Calyx campanulate, 4“, ovoid with fruit, 
5-toothed, 10-nerved. Petals dingy-white, their claws not exserted beyond 
the in the cuneate blade 3“, emarginate, with 2 small scales at the 
base. 
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Ade 
3 
ae 
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e not exserted, 3-chambered below, opening 
into 6 teeth, 3 slits abraeie deeper than the others. Seeds reniform, 
arg 
Kauai and Maui Fo r E. E.); Central Plateau of Hawaii! (Hbd.); Lanai! (Lydg.); 
at sotatkeaa Gt 300— 
8 var. angustifolia, — Leaves linear, 1” broad. 
8. sp. n. — Habit, size and leaves of the preceding 
species. Inflorescence ts culate, less compound, with linear 
subulate bracts. Pedicels 9’, bracteolate below the middle. Calyx long 
clavate, 9. Gynophore yery long, 6—7". Claws of petals and stamens 
