140 SILENE^. (pink family.) 



§ 6. ATOCIE^. 



24. S. rnbella, L. .3 to .5, pulerulent, glaucescent; stems 

 unequally dichotomous. Leaves obovate-spa- 

 Ihulate to linear, obtuse. Peduncles of alar flowera Fig. 70. 



rather long, of the more or less cymose, termina,l 

 ones short ; caljx membranous, oblong, in fruit 

 top-shnp€t], teeth rounded, obtuse, ciliate ; limb 

 pink, obovate-cuneate, refuse ; capsule ovate, 

 2-3 times as long as carpophore — Spring — 

 Hflleh ; Hauran ; Damascus. 



25. S. scdoides, Jacq. .2 to. 3, 

 hirsute, branching from base, dichotomous. 

 Leaves fleshy, oblong-spathulate to oblong. 

 Flowers axillary, racemose ahove ; lower peduncles 

 longer than calyx, all nodding after fiowering ; 

 calyx .007 long, oblong from umbilicate base, in 

 fruit club-shaped, teeth short, obtuse ; limb cymes of s. rubella, 

 small, obovate, refuse • capsule membranous, 



oblong as long as calyx, four times as long as carpophore — Spring — 

 Sands ; along coast. 



26, S. fuscata, Link. .3 to .8, viscid-puhescent ; stems erect. 

 Leaves oNotig to ollong-lanceolate. Alar peduncles much longer than 

 calyx, terminal short, cymose ; calyx oblong-obconical from umbili- 

 cate base, in fruit club-shaped, teeth ovate, obtuse ; limb piuk, 

 cuneate-obovate, entire; capsule ovate, about as long as carpophore — 

 Spring — Fields ; along coast. 



2T, S. Atociou, Murr. .2 to .3, crisp-puberident ; stems 

 ascending, dichotomous. Leaves (?'y«^^, the lower with margined^ petioles^ 

 obtuse, the upper sessile, acute. Alar flowers short, peduncled, ter- 

 minal nearly sessile, cymose ; calyx red, ohsoletely 7ierved^ cylindrical 

 from umiulicatebase, in fruit club-shaped, teeth membranous-margined, 

 ovate, obtuse ; limb pink, iiloled, with a tooth on each side at base ; cap- 

 sule oblong, somewhat shorter than carpophore — Spring — Fields ; 

 throughout to 1500 m. The commonest and most showy of all the 

 species in our district, often covering a large space with its pretty, 

 .02 broad flowers. 



§ 7. RIGIDUIi^. 



28, S. Kotschyi, Boiss. .1 to .3, pruinose-viscid ; stem slen- 

 der, branches filiform. Leaves plicate, liu ear-awl-shaped, mucronate, 

 ciliate at base. Peduncles long, filiform ; calyx with prominent red 

 nerves, cylindrical from a tapering, umljiiicate base, in fruit club-shaped, 

 teeth ciliate, lanceolate , acuminate ; limb pink, cuneate, bifid ; lobes 

 of crown rounded ; capsule ovate, somewhat exserted from calyx, and 

 longer than carpophore — Summer — Sandy places; middle zone of 

 Lebanon and Antilebanon, Cajlesyria, Aintab, Marash, and northward 

 and eastward. 



Var. striata. Glabrous-viscid. Calyx striate between nerves. 

 Lobes of crown lanceolate, acute — Lebanon ; Coelesyria. {S. striata, 

 Ehr). 



