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SILENE 



SILENE 



pleno, Hort.), grows 4-10 in. high and has fewer fls. 

 than the type, but they are much larger, extremely 

 double and remain in bloom longer. Niven says, "This 

 variety makes a lovely rock-plant, and ought always to 

 be placed in such a position that its stems, borne down 

 by the weight of blossoms, may hang over the ledge of 

 a rock; otherwise, if planted in a border, they get 

 besprinkled with soil after every shower of rain." Niven 

 adds that this variety produces no seed and is more 

 easily prop, by cuttings than by division. Gn. 11, p. 12; 

 57, p. 126. R.H. 1906, p. 181. Var. rdsea, Niven, grows 

 about 6 in. high and is said to have a less rambling 

 habit and rose-colored fls. Origin unknown. This 

 desirable form seems unknown in Amer. 



9. tatarica, Pers. Perennial, glabrous: sts. geniculate, 

 approximate, densely leafy: Ivs, linear-oblong, atten- 

 uate toward the base, margin serrulate, glabrous: fls. 



3618. Silene virginica. ( X V-i) 



in secund racemose panicles; peduncles opposite, 1-3- 

 fld.; calyx subclavate, obscurely 10-striate, glabrous; 

 petals 2-cut, the segms. oblong-linear, obtuse: caps, 

 elliptical. E. Eu., W. Asia. 



10. Asterias, Griseb. ; also misspelled Asteris. Peren- 

 nial, glabrous, 3-4 ft. high: sts. tall, simple, rather vis- 

 cid: Ivs. lanceolate-spatulate, 4-5 in. long, obtuse, base 

 attenuate; the uppermost oblong, elliptic-lanceolate: 

 fls. purple, subsessile, in a many-fld., capitate cyme; 

 calyx membranaceous, reddish, obconic-cylindrical ; 

 petals oblong, entire: caps, oblong. Macedonia and 

 Roumania. Var. grandifldra, Hort., is about 3 ft. high 

 and has the crimson-scarlet fls. in globose heads. 

 Balkan Mts. 



11. stellata, Ait. STARRY CAMPION. Perennial, 2-3 

 ft. high: sts. erect, branched, pubescent: Ivs. in whorls 

 of 4 (the uppermost and lowest sometimes opposite), 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2-3 in. long: fls. white, 

 nodding, in an open panicle; calyx campanulate, pubes- 

 cent, inflated; petals laciniately cleft, unappendaged. 



Woods, Mass, to Neb., south to Ga. and Texas. B.M. 

 1107 (as Cucubalus stellatus). B.B. (ed. 2) 2:63. 



12. multicaulis, Guss. (S. Waldsteinii, Griseb. S. 

 Kitaibelii, Vis.). Perennial, 1 ft. or less high: caudicles 

 prostrate: sts. ascending, pruinose-scabrous below, 

 viscid above: Ivs. linear-lanceolate, acute: fls. solitary 

 on the peduncles, greenish white; calyx pale, glabrous, 

 cylindric-clavate, base strongly attenuate; petals linear- 

 cuneate, 2-cut: caps, oblong. S. Eu. 



13. Douglasii, Hook. Perennial, 1 ft. or more high, 

 finely pubescent, scarcely viscid: sts. very slender, 

 decumbent and geniculate at base: Ivs. remote, long, 

 linear to narrowly lanceolate-linear, 2-3 in. long: fls. 

 white or pink, borne mostly in 3-fld., long-peduncled 

 cymes; calyx oblong or obovate, rather narrow at base; 

 petals 2-lobed, appendaged. June-Sept. Utah to Cent. 

 Calif, north to Mont, and Brit. Col. A variable species. 

 Var. Macoftnii, Rob. (S. Lyallii, Wats.), is minutely 

 pubescent: Ivs. tapering gradually from near apex to 

 base: calyx oblong, teeth purple-tipped. Wash, and 

 Brit. Col., summits of the Rocky and Selkirk Mts. 



14. laciniata, Cav. Perennial, IK ft- high: sts. 

 pubescent, decumbent and erect>-branched : Ivs. large, 

 lanceolate to narrowly linear, acute, attenuate at base, 

 subsessile: fls. axillary and terminal, paniculate, some- 

 what nodding, bright carmine, about 1 in. across; calyx 

 long-cylindrical, pink with 10 green nerves, slightly 

 inflated after anthesis; petals 4-cleft to about their 

 middle, lobes acute. Mex. B.R. 1444. P.M. 1:267. 

 Var. Purpftsii, Hort., is a dwarf, spreading plant, 6-8 

 in. high: Ivs. narrow, green, somewhat woolly: fls. rich 

 cardinal-red. Mex. 



15. F6rtunei, Vis. Perennial, 1^-3 ft. high, woody 

 at base, scaberulous-pubescsnt: sts. numerous, erect: 

 Ivs. linear-lanceolate, acute, attenuate to a ciliate 

 petiole: fls. racemose with short cymose or approxi- 

 mate single-fld. branches, rose or white; calyx elongate- 

 tubular, glabrous, striae netted above, teeth ovate, 

 broad white-margined; petals with 2-auricled claws, 

 blade 2-parted, the lobes more or less deeply incised: 

 caps, oblong. China. B.M. 7649. Var. nana, Hort., a 

 dwarfer form with more deeply colored fls. Var. rosea, 

 Hort., has more brilliant pink fls. than the type. 



16. Scoftleri, Hook. Perennial, l l /2-2 l A ft. high, 

 pubescent, glandular-viscid above: root stout: sts. 

 simple, erect: Ivs. narrowly oblanceolate or lanceolate- 

 linear, acuminate: fls. white or purplish, verticillately 

 spicate or the lower ones in short appressed cymes; 

 calyx clavate, nerves definite, teeth membranous and 

 ciliate margined; petals auricled-clawed, bifid. Moun- 

 tains of Ore., Idaho, and Mont., northward to Van- 

 couver Isl. 



17. Menziesii, Hook. Perennial, 6 in. to 1 ft. or more 

 high, finely glandular-pubescent: sts. weak, leafy, 

 dichotomously branched above: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate at both ends, thin : fls. white, very small for 

 the genus, borne in the forks of the branches and form- 

 ing a leafy infl.; calyx obconical, obovate, or oblong, 

 2^-4 lines long; petals 2-cleft, commonly appendaged: 

 caps, small. Mo. and Neb. to Assiniboia, westward and 

 southward to Vancover Isl.j S. Calif, and New Mex. 

 B.B. (ed. 2)2:68. 



18. rosifl&ra, F. K. Ward. Perennial, 6-12 in. high, 

 branched: sts. suberect or procumbent, densely pubes- 

 cent: Ivs. scarcely petioled, up to 1 in. long, lanceolate, 

 base slightly attenuate, apex acute, sparsely puberulous 

 above, densely so beneath, margin ciliate : infl. terminal, 

 laxly dichotomously cymose-corymbose : fls. rose; calyx 

 tubular, 10-nerved, purple-saturated, densely glandular- 

 pubescent; petals .about %in. long, clawed, blade 

 broadly obcordate. 



19. californica, Durand. Perennial, 1-4 ft. high, 

 hirtellous-pubescent: root vertical, simple, 2-3 ft. long: 

 sts. procumbent or suberect, leafy: Ivs. lanceolate or 



