SILENE^ (pink family.) 135 



t Flowers at top of stem ; calyx .02 to .03 long ; claws auricled, Low al- 

 pine plants. 



40 S. stentoria, 41 Tejedensis. 



1 1 Inflorescence dichotomous, cymose, or racemose ; calyx memhranouSy in 



flMted .013 ^0 .015 long. 



X Petals Mfid. 



42 S. odontopetala, 43 inflata, 44 commutata. 



X X Petals fringed. 



45 S. physalodes. 



1 1 1 Inflorescence paniculate. 



46 S. Italica, 47 Astartes, 48 Amana, 49 leucophylla, 50 longipetala. 



1 1 1 1 Inflorescence dichotomous or 1-flowered, 

 X Calyx memhranous^ glabrous^ club-shaped in fruit. 

 51 S. swertisefolia, 52 Schimperiana, 53 Libanotica, 54 Porteri. 



X X Calyx membranous^ hirsute, scarcely cluh-shaped in fruit. 

 55 S. gigantea, 56grisea. 

 1 1 1 1 1 Inflorescence axillary, racemose. Fleshy, maritime plants, 



57 S. succulenta. 



1 1 1 1 1 1 Flowers 1-2. Stems slender. Leaves linear or subulate. 



58 S. Schlumbergeri, 



§ LCONOIMORPH^. 



1. S. coniflora, Otth. © .1 to .2, viscid-puberulent. Leavei 

 grass-like, linear-lanceolate to linear, tapering. Calyx nmbilicate at 

 ] »ase, conico-cylindrical, with teeth one-third as long as tube, in fruit 

 ovate-oblong ; limb of pink or whitish corolla obovate-cuneate, 

 entire ; capsule .01 long, ovate-conical, sessile — April to May — 

 Fields ; Aleppo to Hums, Palmyra, Damascus, Moab and southward, 

 and eastward. 



2. S. conoidea, L. .2 to .4, pubescent- viscid. Leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acute. Calyx conico-cylindrical, umbilicate at base, 

 teeth lanceolate-subulate one-third as long as tube, in fruit globular-in- 

 flated at base ; limb pink, obovate, entire, or eroded-denticulate ; 

 capsule .02 long, sessile, globular, tapering abruptly into, along conical 

 apex — Spring — Fields ; common. 



Var. obcordata, Boiss. Limb larger, obcordate. 

 Var. g^randiflora, Post. Limb large, obovate-cuneate, eroded- 

 denticulate. 



3. S. macrodonta, Boiss. .3 to .4, velvety-canescent, 

 viscid above. Leaves oblong-linear to linear, acute. Calyx truncate 

 at base, cylindrical, with lanceolate-subulate teeth half as long as tube, 

 in fruit inflated ; limb pink, obcordate ; capsule .02 long, short-stipi- 

 tate, globular, tapering into a long, conical apex — Spring — Fields ; 

 common. Doubtfully separated from last by 60-nerved calyx. Inter- 

 mediate forms are to be sought. 



