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That it is in fact a distinct species is shown by the following 

 characters: 



Cah'x equalling the claws of the petals, densely pilose with non- 

 glandular hairs: style about as long as the ovary. 



Calyx decidedly shorter than the claws of the petals, rather 

 sparsely covered with gland-tipped hairs: style much longer 

 than the ovarv. 



S. JVherrvi. 



S. caroliniana. 



Habitat view of the new species of Silene. 



In open woods over limestone rock, near gorge of Kentucky River, two miles 

 north of Camp Nelson, in Jessamine County, Kentucky. May 15, 1923. Edgar T. 

 Wherry, photo. 



Silene Wherryi may be described as a perennial plant with a 

 cluster of long, thick roots, the several stems from the crown 

 decumbent and spreading to form a rosette: leaf margins ciliate 

 with short whitish hairs: leaf-blades variable in size and shape, 

 the basal more or less spatulate, the cauline lanceolate: flowers 

 numerous, brilliant rose-pink: calyx equalling the claws of the 

 petals, so that the tips of the sepals touch the backs of the 

 spreading petal-blades, densely covered with whitish hairs 

 quite free from glands: petal-blades less notched and with a 



