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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstiptjlate Simple Leaves. 

 Leap Margins Entire. 



Silene conoidea, 



Caryophyllacejs. 

 F. B. I. i. 218. 

 The Plains to 8,000 ft. 

 Simla in Cornfields 



(Collett). 

 Gujrat District. 

 Sargodha (Douie). 

 Hazara (Barrett). 

 Rawalpindi. 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 



Silene Moorcroftiana, 



Caryophyllace^e. 

 F. B. I. i. 219. 

 Himalaya, 10-13,000 ft. 



Silene arenosa, 



Caryophyllace^e. 

 F. B. I. i. 219. 

 N.-W. F. Province, 



Peshawar. 

 The Plains. 

 Attock. 

 Baluchistan (Harsukh.) 



Petals Ununited. 



medium size, sticky from velvety glands, annual, 

 branches forking ; leaves 2-4 in. long, radical leaves 

 broad at the tip narrowing to the stalk, stem leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate, sometimes very narrow, sessile, 

 short-pointed ; flowers pink, few, erect in terminal 

 branching racemes, calyx 1 in. long, base thrust in, 

 5-toothed, teeth long, sharp-pointed, ^ the length 

 of the calyx, swollen out in fruit, petals 5, broad at 

 the tip, small, margin even or toothed, stalk has a 

 projection ear-like, 2 scales, stamens 10, 5 joined to 

 the petals, styles 3, ovary stalked ; capsule ovoid, 

 shining, pointed, hard enclosed in the inflated 

 calyx, seeds many, shaped like a spiral shell with 

 5 dorsal and 5 lateral rows of tubercles. 



medium size, perennial, stems many, stock woody, 

 densely tufted, flowering branches erect, slender 

 dividing or not at the top, velvety ; leaves radical, 

 broad at the tip, narrowing to the base, stem leaves 

 shorter, linear, long or short-pointed or blunt ; 

 flowers white or reddish in terminal or nearly ter- 

 minal clusters of one to three flowers, calyx 1-1 \ in. 

 long, tubular, sticky, base projecting inwards, 

 slender below the middle, nerves 10, dark, teeth 

 short blunt with thin pepery margins, petals 

 divided into 2, the segments strap-shaped, protrud- 

 ing from the calyx, stalk with a long tooth on both 

 sides, also 2 long scales, stamens 10, 5 joined to the 

 petals, styles 3 on a stalk longer than the capsule ; 

 capsule ovoid, seeds flattened, not grooved, with 5 

 rows of latteral and dorsal tubercles. 



small, annual, slender, bluish green, sticky, much- 

 branched from the root, velvety, flowers open at 

 night ; leaves f-lj in. long, stiff, narrow, long- 

 pointed, margins rolled up ; flowers § in. long in 

 few flowered widely dividing clusters, stalks -|-1 in. 

 long, thread-like, calyx ■§-§ in. long, club-shaped, 

 slender, 10-ribbed, base pushed inwards, teeth with 



