133 SILENE^. (pink family.) 



the radical crowded, linear, .005 long .001 broad, obtuse ; stem-leaves 

 longer. Inflorescence hirsute-viscid ; longer pedicels as long as the 

 .006 long calyx; limb shorter than, capsule as long as, calyx — Summer 

 and Autumn — Alpine Lebanon and Antilebanon. 



5. S. offlcmali§, L. If Soapwort. Bouncing Bet. Sher^Ji-Hha- 

 Uwi. .6 to 1, glabrous. Leaves oUong -elliptical, 3-nerved .05 to .1 long, 

 .02 to .04 broad. Cymes crowded, corymhose-jmniculate ; pedicels short; 

 limb pink, entire, retuse or bifid, nearly as long as .02 long calyx ; 

 capsule shorter than calyx — Summer — Cultivated for its saponaceous 

 root, which is used in washing woollens, as it does not cause them to 

 shrink, and also in the manufacture of Hhalawi. 



6. S. glutinosa, M.B. @ .6 to 1, glutinous-hispid. Root-leaves 

 spathulate to obovate-spathulate, .1 long ; stem-leaves ovate-oblong, 

 acute. Cymes forming a ■pyramidal-'panicle ; pedicels very short ; limb 

 purple, bifid, linear, less than half as long as .02 long calyx ; capsule 

 shorter than calyx — May and June — Woods near Hassan Beyley 

 (Amanus), and northward. 



7. S, Mesogitana, Boiss. .15, pubescent-viscid, dichoto- 

 mous-corymbose. Lower leaves oblong-spathulate, obtuse, 3-nerved, 

 the floral linear-lanceolate. Inflorescence dense; limb pink, obovate, 

 half as long as calyx, tapering at base ; fruiting pedicels erect-spread- 

 iug ; capsule oblong — May — Alpine regions of northern Syria. 



8. S. prostrata, Willd. (2) .1 to .3, papillose-canescent, scarce- 

 ly viscid ; stems decumbent, dichotomously branched. Leaves spathu- 

 late to oblong-linear. Inflorescence densely corymbose ; pedicels very 

 short ; limb pink, oblong-spathulate, entire, one-fourth as long as .012 

 long, purplish or greenish calyx ; capsule small, spherical, as long as 

 carpophore, included in the inflated fruiting calyx — Summer — Alpine 

 regions of northern Syria. 



t t Lirnb of petal naked, tapering gradually into claw. 



9. S. tridentata, Boiss. 2^ .3 or more, viscid ; stem erect, 

 dichotomous from base. Leaves oblong, 1-nerved, the upper lanceo- 

 late. Corymb loose ; pedicels longer than .01 long calyx, in fruit, 

 spreading; limb pink, obovate-cuneate, trifid to half its length into 

 triangular-linear, acute lobes — Spring — Base of Akdagh, Northern 

 Syria. 



10. S. Syriaca, Boiss. (D Loosely pubescent- viscid ; stem 

 dichotomously branched. Lower leaves oblong, obtuse, somewhat 

 3-nerved, the upper elliptico-linear. Corymb loose ; pedicels erect, 

 somewhat shorter than calyx ; claw exserted; limb pink, cuneate-trun- 

 cate, bijidfor half its length — Syria ; place not noted (Boissier). 



§. SIt.Ei«E. L. Catchfly. Campion. 



Calyx tubular 10-60-nerved. Petals 5, clawed, with appendage 

 (rarely 0) at apex of claw. Stamens 10, of which 5 are adnate to 

 petals. Ovary 3-celled at base, many-ovuled. Capsule borne on a car- 

 pophore, with 3 rudimentary cells at base, or 1-celled throughout, 

 6-valved at apex. Seeds kidney-shaped — Annual or perennial herbs. 



