24 Al)f. BUT. 



20G, Oberna fnharha Raf. — Sicil. Cieta. 



207, XAMILENIS Raf. Nanosilene! Oth. 

 nom. pessiinv diff. Cucubalus, eal. cair>p» uroeol. 

 lion iiiflatus 5dent. pctalifl einarg. subnudis, ops. 

 sicca, fol. cespit, ped. Ifl.fl. di^icid^-very dis- 

 tinct by habit &c, the name means dicarf pi»k» 



Xamilenis unifl4^ra Raf. Silene aeaulis L. O 

 — Labrador. 



208, PLECONAX Raf. dift Silene, caU <w a- 

 tis conicis ixiflati? 5dent. 30 sulcatis, 30 nervrs, 

 basi unabilicpetalis 6ifidis,caps. lagenrform. vai- 

 loc { caullif. simplex^ paucifl. — v«ry peculiar 

 calix giving name to the Genus. 



Plecojjax striata Raf. Silene conica L O — 

 Europa. 



209, ALIFIOLA Raf. dift: Silene, cal. ovatis 

 lageniformis, 5gqYm3 5pteris adent. basi acutis, 

 peiahs angustis apice bilobis. caps, sessilis uni- 

 loc. giobosa, pericarpium duplex, extiM crusta- 

 ceum 3denL intus membranosuiu conn, globosa, 

 dichot. fl. term — very singular G, that I cannot 

 reier to known np. thq fruit qiuita Bacoliar, not 

 pedunculate as in most of akin, swRiimg the c^a^ 

 tix in the shape ol a gourd or urn, with 6 wingfi^ 

 the name implies this : 2 sp, 



Alifiola dichotoma Raf. Icvigata, oaule 

 tereto dichot. foU amplexic. la«ceol. acutis tri- 

 nervis, fl. panicul. longe pedunc. — In Ken- 

 tucky, disc. 1818 when called Silene alata^ 

 12 to 15 inches high, leaves nearly biun- 

 cial and subequal to inlernodes, flow^s of mid- 

 dle size, petals mcarnate small on long claws, 

 emarginate. 



210, Alifiola fleridana Raf. glabia, caule 

 simplex paucifloro, fol. linearib. acutis interno- 

 dis brevior uninervis, fl. term, brevi pedunc. — 

 Florida, disc, by Kin, habit of S, autirrhina. 



