146 SILENE^. (PLNK FAMILY.) 



§ It. SUCCUIiENTiE, 



57. S. sueculenta, Forsk. 2^ .1 to .2, Tehety-papillose, some- 

 what viscid, many-stemmed from a thick, vertical root ; stems diffuse, 

 indurated at base, densely leafy. Leaves fleshy, oblong-spathulate, 

 obtuse, floral lanceolate, usually as long as peduncles. Flowers ir- 

 regularly cymose^ or forming a shorty dense, leafy raceme ; peduncles 

 shorter than calyx ; calyx .02 long, cylindrical, in fruit club-shaped, 

 teeth subulate from a lanceolate base, at length recurved ; claws ex- 

 serted ; limb bifid to middle into oblong-spathulate lobes ; capsule 

 oblong, somewhat longer than carpophore — April to June — Sands ; 

 along coast. 



19. ;STENOPHYIiL.JE. 



5§. S. Scliliimbergeri, Boiss. 2f .15 to .3, 

 filiform, erect, rigid. Leaves linear-setaceous, acute, somewhat con- 

 volute ; bracts lanceolate, minute. Pedicels one-third as long as 

 calyx ; calyx obconical, with purplisJi, anastomosing nerves, and trian- 

 gular-lanceolate, white-margined, acute teeth ; limb white, bilobed to 

 a thii'd of its length ; capsule oblong, a little longer than carpophore 



— Antilebanon. 



9. IfIEL.AIVDRIUM, Rcehl. Melandrium. 



Calyx membranous, at length inflated, 5-toothed, 10-nerved, 5 of 

 the nerves commissural. Petals 5, the limb furnished with coronal ap- 

 pendages. Stamens 10, of which 5 are adnate to the petals. Ovary 

 1-celled ; placenta many-ovuled. Styles opposite the calyx teeth. 

 Capsule 1-celled, spliting down the valves, 10-toothed. Seeds kidney- 

 shaped — Perennial herbs, with aspect of Silene, (ours) with dioecious 

 flowers. 



1. M. pratense, Roehl. 21 .3 to .5, pubescent. Leaves oblong 

 to lanceolate-acuminate. Inflorescence glandular hairy ; the staminate 

 calyx oblong, the pistillate ovate, teeth triangular-lanceolate, one-tliird 

 to one-half as long as tube ; limb white, somewhat bifid, with obtuse 

 lobes ; capsule sessile, ovate or oblong-conical, with erect teeth — 

 Summer — Near Ehedin. 



2. Itl, eriocalyciniim, Boiss. If .3 to .5, crisp-vehety . Leaves 

 oblong, somewhat obtuse, the upper lanceolate. Calyx woolly, the 

 staminate oblong the pistillate ovate, teeth triangular-lanceolate, lialf 

 as long as tube ; limb white, bifid for one-third of its length ; capsule 

 sessile, ovate, longer than calyx, apex tapering, teeth erect — Summer 



— Lebanon to highest peaks. 



10. OITHAOO, Desf. Cockle. 



Calyx coriaceous, with 5, at length deciduous lobes, and 10 riblike 

 nerves, of which § are commissural. Petals 5, with naked limb. Sta- 

 mens 10, of which 5 are adnate to petals. Ovary 1-celled, vnth central 

 placenta, and many ovules. Styles alternate with calyx teeth. Cap- 

 sule 5-toothed. Seeds large, kidney-shaped — Annual herbs, with erect 

 forked stems, and long-peduncled, showy flowers. 



