SILEXE 



SILENE 



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ovate-elliptic, more or less narrowed at base, acuminate, 

 rarely obtusish: fls. scarlet, large, 1 in. or more across, 

 scattered; calyx f unnelform-clavate ; petals 4-lobed, 

 comnicnly with 2 broad ones flanked by 2 narrower 

 ones: caps, ovoid, concealed until dehiscence by the 

 rather broad calyx. Coast Range, Ore. to N. and Cent. 

 Calif. Doubtful whether in cult. 



20. virginica, Linn. FIRE PINK. Fig. 3618. Peren- 

 nial, 1-2 ft. high, viscid-pubescent: sts. striate, single, 

 simple: Ivs. spatulate or oblanceolate, the lower nar- 

 rowed to ciliate-fringed petioles, the upper sessile: fls. 

 very large, 1 in. or more across, crimson or scarlet, 

 loosely cymose, commonly nodding or reflexed after 

 anthesis; calyx clavate or oblong; petals broadly 

 lanceolate, 2 "(rarely 4) -toothed at the apex. Open 

 woods and rocky hills, N. Y. to Minn., south to Ga. and 

 Ark. B.M.3342. Gn. 22, p. 375. G. 8:417. B.B. 

 (ed. 2)2:64. 



21. regia, Suns (S. Bergeri, Hort., not Schott). 

 ROYAL CATCHFLY. Perennial, 3-4V ft. high: st. erect, 

 stout, slightly viscid and rough-pubescent: Ivs. sessile 

 all but the lowest, thick, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2-3 in. 

 long: fls. numerous, deep scarlet, in a narrow cymose 

 panicle, about 1 in. across; calyx oblong-tubular; petals 

 emarginate or laciniate, crowned. July. Ohio to Ala., 

 Tenn., and Mo. B.M. 1724. B.B. (ed. 2) 2:65. 



22. gigantea, Linn. Perennial, 3-4 ft. high: st. tall, 

 stout, 4-angled below, viscid-pubescent: Ivs. tomentose, 

 the radical densely rosulate, thick, obovate, mucronate; 

 the floral Ivs. minute, linear-lanceolate : panicle long, 

 raceme-like, with the cymes densely many-fld., remotely 

 whorled and the uppermost sessile: fls. white; calyx 

 hairy, obconical, 10-nerved; petals 2-parted into oblong 

 segms. : caps, large, ovate. E. Medit. region. 



23. viridifl6ra, Linn. Perennial, 1-2 ft. high: ste.' 

 simple or branched above, soft-pubescent, very viscid 

 above: Ivs. petioled, ovate-oblong, acute: fls. greenish 

 white, in loose, elongated panicles, few, nodding; calyx 

 glandular, reticulately green-nerved, narrowly cylin- 

 drical; petals deeply 2-cut into linear segms.: caps, 

 oblong. S. Eu. 



24. mellifera, Boiss. & Reut. Perennial, cespitose, 

 l}/-2H ft. high: sts. erect, stout, very short-puberulent 

 below, very viscous above: Ivs. acute, pubescent, the 

 lower and rosette Ivs. oval or spatukte-lanceolate, 

 attenuate to a long petiole; the upper lanceolate or 

 linear: fls. small, bright green, in long lax cymose pani- 

 cles: calyx umbilicous, clavate, green-striate; petals 

 clawed, the limb deeply 2-lobed, cuneate: caps, ovate- 

 conical. Spain, Portugal, and Algeria. 



25. Zawadskii, Herbich. Perennial, 4-8 in. high: sts. 

 rather erect, hirtellous-pubescent, densely villous above: 

 Ivs. rosulate, lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed to the 

 ciliate base, densely punctulate-ciliate; cauline Ivs. few, 

 linear-lanceolate: fls. white, in a few-fld. raceme; calyx 

 broadly ovate-campanulate, densely pubescent; petals 

 bifid: caps, ovate. Austria. 



26. pumflio, Wulf . Dwarf perennial: sts. a few inches 

 high, cespitose, glabrous: Ivs. linear, obtuse, ciliate: 

 fls. solitary, rose, 1J/3 in. across, on slender pedicels; 

 calyx faintly 20-nerved, oblong-campanulate, pubes- 

 cent, somewhat inflated after anthesis, green or viola- 

 ceous green; petals undivided or notched: caps, ovate- 

 cylindrical. June. Austrian Alps. A rare and choice 

 plant. Xiven says it has hard woody roots which are 

 easily damaged in transit, and therefore those who wish 

 the species should secure seeds. 



27. Lerchenfeldiana, Baumg. Low cespitose peren- 

 nial, glabrous and glaucous: sts. decumbent ascending: 

 Ivs. rosulate below, long-lanceolate, acute, attenuate at 

 base; cauline Ivs. oblong: fls. 5-11, in terminal corym- 

 bose cymes, rose; the peduncles short; calyx glabrous, 

 hyahne-membranaceous, cylindrical-clavate; petals nar- 

 row-elongate, linear, retuse: caps, ovate. S. E. Eu. 



28. acaulis, Linn. CUSHION PINK. Moss CAMPION. 

 Fig. 3619. Moss-like tufted perennial, about 2 in. 

 high, glabrous: sts. almost lacking: Ivs. clustered at the 

 end of the much-branched rootstock, green, short, 

 linear-subulate: peduncles 1-fld.: fls. reddish purple, 

 J^in. across; calyx campanulate, 10-nerved, glabrous; 

 petals slightly notched, obovate, with a small scale at 

 the base: caps, long-cylindrical or oval. May- Aug. 

 Eu. L.B.C. 6:568. Gn. 75, p. 285; 76, p. 614. B.B. 

 (ed. 2) 2:63. According to Niven, this species is 

 readily increased by division or by seeds, which it pro- 

 duces sparingly. The fls. have a tendency to become 

 dioecious. Var. alba, Hort., forms dense cushions and 

 has snow-white fls. somewhat smaller than the type. 

 Var. aurea, Hort., has golden foliage and bright rose 

 fls. Var. exscapa, Koch (S. exscapa, All.), has dense 

 bright green cushions and paler pink (according to the 

 trade sometimes white) fls. Var. grandiflora, Hort., 

 forms moss-like tufts with crimson fls. June, July. 

 Var. plena, Hort. (S. acaulis var. flore-pleno, Hort.), 

 has dense cushions of light green foliage and double 

 bright rose fls. 



29. dianthifdlia, J. Gay. Perennial, densely cespi- 

 tose, 4-6 in. high, glabrous: sts. erect, 1 (rarely 2) -fld.: 

 Ivs. ciliate at the broadened base, narrowly linear, acute, 

 the lower congested, the upper shorter; calyx reddish 

 nerved, short obconic-cyUndrical, teeth ovate; petals 

 2-parted above the middle into linear-oblong segms.: 

 caps, ovate. Asia Minor. 



30. quadrifida, T.inn. (S. guadridentata, Pers.). Per- 

 ennial, 2%-4 in. high, rather glabrous, cespitosely 

 many-stemmed: sts. slender, rather viscid, dichotomous: 

 lower Ivs. spatulate; the others linear: fls. solitary or in 

 3's; peduncles long and capillary, white; calyx oblong- 

 turbinate; petal glabrous-clawed, blade obovate-spatu- 

 late, obtusely 4-lobed: caps, globose. S. Eu. 



31. alpestris, Jacq. Perennial, 4-6 in. high, cespitose, 

 more or less viscid above: sts. dichotomous: Ivs. mostly 

 radical, lanceolate-linear, rather obtuse: fls. white, 

 rather large, shining, in corymbose panicles; calyx 



3619. Silene acaulis. 



short, campanulate-clavate, not inflated, 10-nerved; 

 petals obovate, 4-lobed at the apex, and with 2 teeth 

 at the base of each petal. May- Aug. Mountains of 

 E. Eu. Gn. 63, p. 231. It forms a dense mass of 

 underground sts. and is easily prop, by division or seeds. 

 Var. grandifldra, Hort., is a large-fld. form offered in 

 the trade. G.C. III. 55:442. Var. Richentreichii, 

 Hort., is offered in the trade as a smaller form, about 

 6 in. high. 



32. Saxifraga, Linn. (S. petrasa, Waldst. & Kit., not 

 Adams). Perennial, somewhat shrubby, densely ces- 

 pitose, bright green: sts. numerous, 3-10 in. high, 

 ascending, filiform, glabrous or scabrous-puberulent, 

 viscid above: Ivs. linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 glabrous or scabrous-puberulent, margin serrulate- 

 ciliate: fls. whitish, very often solitary or in 2-3-fld. 

 cymes, erect on very long pedicels ; calyx tubular-clavate, 

 glabrous, 10-striate, striae green or reddish, puberulent; 

 petals 2-parted, the lobes oblong: caps, ovoid-oblong. 

 Eu. and Asia Minor. L.B.C. 5:454. 



