24 ALT. BOT. 



206, Oberna fnbarba Ra Sieil. Creta. 



207, XAMILENIS Raf. Nonosilene! Oth. 

 nom. pessim* diff. Cucirbalus, cal. cao>p uroeol. 

 lion uiilatus 5dent. petalin emarg. subnudis, caps. 

 sicca. fol. cespit, ped. \fl.fl. Jf *<?& very dis- 

 tinct by habit &c, the name means dwarf pink* 



XAMTLENIS unijlora Raf. Silene aeaulis L. O 

 Labrador. 



208, PLECONAX Raf. dkt Silene, cal, eva- 

 tis conicis uiflati? 5denL 30 suicatis, 30 nervrs, 

 basi umbilic.petalis 6ifidis,caps, lagenifoTFni. voi- 

 Loc { cavlib. simplex^ paucifl. vry poculiar 

 calix giving name to the Genus. 



PLECON AX striata Raf. Silene cenica L O 

 Europa. 



209, ALIFIOLA Raf. dift'. Silene, cal. ovutis 

 lageniformis, 5gonus 5pteris adent. basi acwtis, 

 petalis angustis apice bilobis. caps, ses&ilis uni- 

 loc. globosa, pericarpium duplex, extus erusta* 

 ceum 3denL intus membranosuiu sem. globosa, 

 dichot. fl. term very singular G. that I cannot 

 refer to known sp. the fruit quits sacaifar, not 

 pedunculate as in most of akin, swaiimg the *va- 

 lix in the shape oi a gourd or urn, with 5 wings* 

 the name implies this : 2 sp, 



ALIFIOLA dichotoma Raf. Icvigata, caule 

 tereto dichot. fol. ampiexic. lanceol. acutiff tri- 

 nervis, fl. panicul. longe pedunc. In Ken- 

 tucky, disc. 1813 when called Silene alata t 

 12 to 15 inches high, leaves nearly biun- 

 cial and subequal to internodes, flowers of mid- 

 dle size, petals incarnate small on long claws, 

 emargtnate. 



210, ALIFIOLA fieridana Raf. glabra, caule 

 simplex paucifioro, fol. linearib. acutis interno- 

 dis brevior uninervis, fl. term, brevi pedunc. 

 Florida, disc, by Kin, habit of S. antirrhina. 



