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. offleiiialis, L. If Soapwort. Bouncing Bet. ShersJi-Hha- 

 Uwi. .6 to 1, glabrous. Leaves obloiig-ellipUcal, 3-nerved .05 to .1 long, 

 .02 to .0-4 broad. Cymes croicded, coryiribose-paniculate ; 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. glutiiiosa, M.B. d) .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. ]?Ie§ogitana, Boiss. .15, pubescent-viscid, dichoto- 

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

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

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

 ino- ; capsule oblong — May — Alpine regions of northern Syria. 



8. S. pro§trata, Willd. d) .1 to .3, papillose-canescent, scarce- 

 ly viscid ; stems decainhent, 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. 



1 1 Limh of petal naked, tapering gradually into claw. 



9. S. tridentata, Boiss. 2f .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, trijid to Jiolf 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 ledves oblong, obtuse, somewhat 

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

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

 cate, Hjidfor lialf its length — Syria ; place not noted (Boissier). 



8. SILENE. 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 aduate 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, 

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



