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GG. Fls. rose or rose-purple. . 18. rosiflora 

 Tf. LTS. oborate or more or less 

 spatulate, at least the 

 lower, blade broadest 

 abore the middle. 

 G. Claw of petal ciliate. 



H. Petals bifid 40. vallesia 



HH. Petals 4-defl 41. Hookeri 



GG. Claw of petal glabrous. 

 H. Apex of petal 4- 



toothed r 42. pusilla 



HH. Apex of petal 2-lobed 



or notched. 



I. Calyx long-cylindri- 

 cal: fls. 1-6, axil- 

 lary and terminal, 



solitary 43. Schafta 



II. Calyx clavate: fls. in 

 small dense ter- 

 minal cymes 44. pennsylvanica 



1. Armeria, Linn. SWEET WILLIAM CATCHFLT. Fig. 

 3616. Annual, glabrous, viscid above: sts. 1-1 % ft. 

 high, erect, simple or slightly branched: lowest Ivs. 

 spatulate, the others ovate or ovate-lanceolate, from 

 a subcordate, clasping base: fls. pink or rose, in dense 

 cymes, corymb-like, often dichotomous; calyx 10- 

 nerved, cylindrical, clavate in fir.; petals obovate- 

 cuneate. subretuse: caps, oblong. July-Sept. S. Eu. 

 B.B. (ed. 2) 2:66. Var. alba, Hort., is a white-fld. 

 form. 



2. compacta, Fisch. Biennial, glabrous, glaucescent: 

 ibout 1J-2 ft. high, stout, simple or slightly short- 

 branched above: lowest Ivs. spatulate-lanceolate, the 

 others oblong or oblong-lanceolate from a connate base : 

 fls. pink, crowded in dense, sessile heads, with the upper- 

 most Ivs. involucrate; calyx clavate; petals obovate, 

 entire: caps, oblong. July. E. Eu., Asia Minor. L B.C. 

 17:1638. Most of the material cult, under this name 

 is >'. pendula var. compacta. 



3. viscosa, Pers. Biennial, somewhat tomentose, 

 very viscid: sts. stout, leafy, simple: Ivs. somewhat 

 undulate, radical oblong; cauhne lanceolate, acute: fls. 



white, in short-peduncled, op- 

 posite cymelets, forming a long 

 verticillate raceme; calyx very 

 viscid, long - cylindrical, 10- 

 nerved, in fr. clavate; petals 

 deeply 2-parted into obovate- 

 oblong segms.: caps, oblong. 

 June, July. Eu., X. Asia. Var. 

 plena, Hort., is said to grow 1 

 ft. high and to have bright 

 rose double fls. Use basal 

 cuttings. 



4. dichptoma, Ehrh. Annual 

 or biennial, minutely pubes- 

 cent: sts. strictly dichotomous: 

 lower Ivs. spatulate, the others 

 lanceolate, acuminate: pe- 

 duncles very short, racemes in 

 pairs, many-fld. : fls. white, 

 sessile; calyx 10-nerved, the 

 nerves green, more or less hir- 

 sute, oblong-cylindrical; petals 

 2-parted to the middle or more, 

 the segms. obovate -oblong: 

 caps, oblong. Eu., also intro. 

 in X. Amer. and extensively 

 escaped. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:67. 



5. pendula, Linn. (S. grseca, 

 Hort., not Boiss. S. rdsea, 

 Hort.). Fig. 3617. Annual, 

 crisp-pubescent: sts. 6-10 in. 

 high, decumbent at base, dicho- 



3616. Silene Armeria. tomously branched above: Ivs. 

 (XH) oblong-spatulate to lanceolate; 



3617. SUene pendula. 



floral Ivs. oblong-lanceolate : fls. flesh-colored or rosy, in 

 lax racemes, finally pendulous; calyx hirsute, reddish, 

 10-nerved, somewhat inflated after anthesis; petals 

 large, obovate or 2-parted: caps, ovate. May-Aug. 

 Medit. region. B.M. 114. A variable species whose 

 varieties seem to be nomenclatorially in confusion as 

 the same form appears to bear several names; some of 

 the forms offered 

 in the trade are: 

 Var. alba, Hort ., is 

 a white-fld. form. 

 Var. Bonnettii, 

 Hort. (S.Bonettii, 

 Hort.), has brown- 

 ish red sts. and 

 Ivs. : fls. shiny pur- 

 ple - red or dark 

 purple. Var. car- 

 nea, Hort., is a 

 flesh-colored form 

 of which there is 

 a double variant 

 known in the trade 

 as cdrnea plena. 

 Var. compacta, 

 Hort., is probably 

 a compact - grow- 

 ing strain rather 

 than a true va- 

 riety; occurring in 

 several color vari- 

 ations and both 

 single and double. 

 G.C. in. 43:345; 55:174. Gt. 49, p. 555. G.Z. 18:32. 

 A good bedding plant. Var. lilacina, Hort., is a form 

 with rather lilac-purple fls. Var. ruberrima, Hort., 

 Vilm., is a form with brownish red branches and bright 

 rose or carmine fls. (R.H. 1884, p. 113) ; there is also a 

 variation of this known in the trade as ruberrima Bon- 

 nettii, with reddish purple sts. and Ivs. and rose-red fls., 

 probably the same as var. Bonnettii. 



6. fimbriata, Sims. Perennial, about 2 ft. high, 



Rubescent: sts. erect, leafy and sometimes branched 

 om the axils: Ivs. large, ovate, base more or less cor- 

 date, margin undulate; the upper Ivs. lanceolate, all 

 dark green: inn. a dichotomous panicle: fls. white; 

 calyx whitish, inflated, ovate-campanulate, teeth short- 

 triangular; petals cuneate at base, obovate above, 

 deeply many-cut and fringed. Caucasus. B.M. 908. 



7. latifdlia, Brit. & Rendle (Cucubdlus latifolius, 

 Mill. S. Cucubdlus, Wibel. S. infldta, Sm. S. venbsa, 

 Aschers. S. vulgdris, Garcke. S. Zawddskii, Hort., not 

 Herbich). BLADDER CAMPION. BLADDER CATCHFLT. 

 COWBELL. WHITE BEN. Perennial, 1-3 ft. high, glau- 

 cescent, usually glabrous: sts. ascending: Ivs. elliptical 

 or lanceolate, acuminate, base narrowed: fls. polyg- 

 amous-dio3cious, numerous, white or pinkish, droop- 

 ing, in corymbose cymes or panicles; calyx campanulate 

 to subglobose, 20-nerved, glabrous, strongly inflated; 

 petals narrow, 2-cleft: caps, ovate-globose. Eu., N. 

 Afr., Asia, and naturalized in X. Amer. B.B. (ed. 2) 

 2:64. The young shoots are said to be eaten by the 

 poor folk of England as a substitute for asparagus; they 

 taste something like green peas. 



8. maritima, With. Perennial, cespitose, gray-green, 

 8-16 in. high: sts. numerous, the barren shoots pro- 

 cumbent, the flowering ascending: Ivs. lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, margin cartilaginous or crenate: fls. 

 white, 1 or few to a st., but numerous, paniculate; 

 calyx 20-nerved, inflated after anthesis; petals some- 

 what cleft and with 2 small scales at the base. June- 

 Aug. Eu., X. Afr. Gn. 57, p. 372. G.M. 52:273. 

 The seaside form is said to be more glaucous than the 

 mountain form. Allied to S. latifolia, but fewer- and 

 larger-fld. Var. plena, Hort. (S. maritima var. fibre- 



