SILENEiB. (pink FAMILY.) 



133 



Fig. 66. 



Structure of flower of a Silene. 



(a) Pedicel. 



{b) Carpophore, or stalk of the ovary. 



(c) Ovary, with central placenta, and 

 numerous ovules. 



{d) Part of petal showing the base of 

 limb, and the two appendages which aid 

 in forming the crown. 



(e) A stamen, its base united to the 

 base of the petal. 



(/) The three stigmas about the 

 length of the single style. 



(^) Transverse section of ovary, show- 

 ing the central placenta, and the numerous 

 ovules. 



(A) A petal entire, showing claw, 

 appendages, and limb. 



SERIES A. ANNUALS. 



StoSERiES I. Calyx 20-60-nerved, ovate cylindrical, or club- 

 shaped, in fruit contracted at apex. 



* Calyx 20-nerved. 



1 S. coniflora. 



2 S. conoidea. 



* * Calyx dO-nerved. 

 * * * Calyx QO-nerved. 



2 S. macrodonta. 



SuBSERiEs II. Calyx lO-nerved, cylindrical or club-shaped. Cap- 

 sule 3-celled at base. 



* Inflorescence dicJiotomous. Calyx glandular, apex contracted in fruit. 



4 S. noctiflora. . 



* * Inflorescence capitate. Calyx glabrous, apex not contracted in fruit. 



5 S. compacta, 6 Reuteriana. 



* * * Inflorescence dichotomous, cyniose or racemose. Branches not filiform. 

 t Calyx glabrous, apex contracted in fruit. 

 7 S. muscipula, 8 Behen. 



1 1 Calyx hirsute or papillose ; apex contracted in fruit. 

 \ Calyx beset with dilated papyraceous papillod along the nerves. 

 9 S. squamigera. 



X X Calyx scabrous-bristly or hirsute along the nerves. 



