SILENE^. (pink family.) 131 



2. A, Arsusianum, Ky. If .6, stems slender, rigid, swiple^ 

 rarely with short alternate branches above. Leaves few, very short, linear, 

 acutish, Jiat above, convex beneath. Pedicels 3-3 times as long as glabrous 

 .003 long calyx; calyx-teeth ovate, obtuse — June to September — 

 Rocky places ; Amanus and Akherdagh. 



5. A. Reuteri, Boiss. et Haussk. If .4 to .8 ; stems slender, 

 dichotomously or alternately branched. Leaves short, linear, acute. 

 Pedicels 3-4 times as long as .003 long, campanulate, glandular-hispid 

 calyx ; calyx-teeth ovate, obtuse — July to September — Kapucham- 

 dagh and Akherdagh. 



* * Intermediate lobe of petals not bifida and Tiot toothed at base. 



4. A, CcEle§yriaciiin, Boiss. 2f .8 to .6, intricately branched 

 mio 2k diffuse 2)cinicle. Leaves few, short, fleshy, the lower linear, the 

 upper awl-shaped. Pedicels once and a half to twice as long as pu- 

 berulent .003 to .006 long calyx — June and July — Waste places; 

 Ccelesyria and Antilebanon. 



7. SAPOXARIA, L. Soapwort. 



Calyx cylindrical or oblong-cylindrical, with numerous, generally 

 obscure nerves. Petals 5, with narrow, bilamellate claw, limb general- 

 ly distinct from claw, scaly or naked at base, often expanded. Stamens 

 10. Torus small or elongated into a carpophore. Ovary generally 

 many-ovuled, with a cylindrical placenta. Capsule obovate or oblong, 

 rarely globular, splitting into 4 short valves or teeth. Seeds kidney- 

 shaped or nearly globular, affixed by a marginal umbilicus. 



* Inflorescence consisting of opjyosite, pseudoverticillate cymes. 



1. S. nodiflora, Boiss. (D ? 1, glabrous ; branches somewhat 

 whorled, slender. Lower leaves oblong-spathulate, obtusely 5-7-nerved, 

 .06 to .07 long ; stem-leaves lanceolate, acute. Flowers minute ; calyx 

 membranous between ribs, viscid, cylindrical, with short, lanceolate 

 teeth ; limb somewhat exserted, linear-cuneate, retuse ; capsule as 

 large as a pea, bursting the base of the calyx, half its length — Between 

 Behesne and Malatia (northern Syria.) 



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Inflorescence loose, dichotomous-corymbose. 



2. S. Vaccaria, L. Cowherb. .2 to ,5. Lower leaves taper- 

 ing at base, the others cordate-lanceolate. Calyx-teeth triangular , 

 scarious-margined ; claw somewhat exserted ; limb pink, obovate, 

 half as long as calyx — Spring -r- Fields ; everywhere. 



3. S, oxyodonta, Boiss. As in last except the acuminate 

 calyx-teeth, and smaller limb of the corolla — Fields ; common. Pro- 

 bably a variety of the last. 



* * * Inflorescence paniculate, or densely corymbose, or cymose. 

 t Limb of petal scaly, distinct from claw. 



4. S, pulvinaris, Boiss. If .03 to .15, densely tufted, matted ; 

 stems dichotomously 3-7-flowered or simple, 1 -flowered. Leaves small. 



