*2« \Vl\ BOT. 



chot. stria^o, fol. obi. vel. ellipt. acutis scabriusc- 

 panicula dichot. bract, lanceol. caps, conicis — 

 the most common European sp. flowers white. 



236, Phjfsoc. capitatum Raf. piloso, caule 

 simplex sulcato, fol, cuneatis obovatisque acu- 

 tis ciliatis reticulatis, fl. capit. involucratis, caps, 

 subrot. — Germania, fl. incarnatis, a smaller 

 plant. 



237, Physoc. vespertinum Raf caule piloso 

 angulato subdichot. fol. lanceol. glabriusc. acu- 

 tis, fl. term, paucis pedunculatis, caps, ovatis — 

 Sent me as Lychnis vespestina and noctama 

 from England and Germany, although no such 

 names in books; pedal leaves longer and nar- 

 rower than in others, flowers incarnate. 



238, SiLENE (Viscago) furcata Raf. pubes- 

 cens, caule bifloro vel furcato, ramis unifl. fol. 

 cuneatis acutis, superis lanceol. remotis paucis, 

 cal. brevis teretis, dentib. latis, petalis brevis 

 angustis bifidis — Labrador and Hudson Bay, 

 remarkably like the last plant, but a real Silene 

 not dioical and vnth 3 styles, smaHer 4 to 

 inches high, calix and petals shorter, incar- 

 nate. 



239, ArocioN Ad. Otth ^, differs from Si- 

 lene by capsule unilocular, calix clavate lOner- 

 ved. The G. Silene requires a total revision 

 and reform, of which I show the bases here ; it 

 was preposterous to unite 150 sp. with calix 

 swelled, campanulate, oval, oboval, clavate, 

 terete &c, smooth or nerved or winged, petals 

 entire or divided, with or without crowns, cap- 

 sule 1 or 3 locuiar. The subg. of Ottho and Bee. 

 are more by habit than characters and often 

 badly named. — The real Silene Raf. ought to 

 have calix tubular obi, or terete, capsule Slocu- 

 lar, with some subg. yet— Vwca^o calix ^riate 



