Silene 



CARYOPIIYLLACEit; 



181 



Williams in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 57 ; Griaeb. Fl. Br. W. 

 Ind. 55 (as S. gallica L.). S. quinquevulnera L. Sp. PI. 416 

 (1753) ; Mac/. Jam. i. 51. (Fig. 72.) 



Fig. 72.— SUene gallica L. form quinquewliiera Rohrb. 



A, Portion of stem X §. 



B, Flower with part of the calyx and 



■ corolla cut off, and ovary added from 

 a flower in a later stage with ripening 

 seeds x 3. 



C, Fmit covered by the ])ersisteiit calyx 



X2. 



D, Seed cut lengthwise X 10 ; e, endo- 



sperm ; e, cotyledons ; r, radicle. 



Catherine's Peak, Macfadyen ; McNab ! Cinchona, J.P. 1403, Hart ! — 

 Indigenous in central and southern Europe, and occurring all over the 

 world apparently spontaneously. 



Stem 1 ft. and more high.* Leaves about 2 cm. 1. Flowers about 1 cm.l. 

 Calyx '8 cm. 1. in flower increasing in fruit and a little longer than the 

 capsules (*8 cm. 1.). 



2. S. Armepia L. Sp. PI. 420 (1753) ;. glabrous ; leaves (of 

 the stem) sessile, broadly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, sub- 

 cordate at the base ; flowers corymbose ; petals deep rosy-pink, 

 corona-scale of same colour, bisected. — Williams torn. cit. 108. 



Blue Mts., Morris I Cinchona; Clydesdale; Harris \ PI. Jam. 9598. — 

 Indigenous in central and southern Europe, and occurring in many parts 

 of the world apparently more or less spontaneously. 



Stem 1 ft. and more high. Leaves 3-5 cm. 1., semi-amplexicaul. 

 Flowers about 2 cm. 1. Calyx about 1'6 cm. 1. in flower, and I'S cm. 1. 

 in fruit, a little longer than the capsule. 



