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111. SILENE. 



8. Fabaria. Erect, smooth, base woody. 

 Pet. cloven. Crown of very short cmarginate 

 scales. Seeds roughened mtli concentric warty 

 Hnes. L. eUiptico-ohlong, mucronulate, ciKato- 

 semdate, somewhat fleshy, p. 4, 5. Stony 

 hills. Sic. F«r. o/'maritima? 



9. inflata. Erect. Panicle termiaial, di- 

 chotomous, many-flowered. Cal. veined. Pet. 

 cloven. Claws cuneiform, crowned with two 

 ohtuse tubercles. Styles very long. L. el- 

 liptic or ovato-lanceolate, acuminate. Caps. 

 ovoid, p. 7- Fields and uncult. In flourish- 

 ing specimens, the Panicle is at least three 

 times divided; giving, typically, 15 flowers 

 or more. 



/3. angustifolia. L. lineari -lanceolate. 



10. Behen. " Erect, smooth. L. lan- 

 ceolate, acute ; lower spatulate. Pan. long 

 and lax. Cal. campauulato-oblong, contracted 

 at the muuth. Pet. 2-lobed, crowned with 

 smaU, entire, or bicuspidate scales, a. 5, 6. 

 Capo D'Ai-mi in Calabria." — Bert. 



11. lanuginosa. Woody, tufted. Stems 

 woolly. L. luieari-lanceolate ; margin wooUy ; 

 lower very long. Cal. pubescent. Teeth tri- 

 angular. Pet. 4-cleft, lateral divisions shorter, 

 linear, ■w. 7, 8. llns. of Carrara. 



S. Flowers not opposite, in secund axillary 

 spikes. Striae of Calyx 10. 

 i. Calyx cylindrical. Stalk of Receptacle 

 very short. 



12. dichotoma. L. elliptico-lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; lowest spatulate. Kac. many- 

 flowered. Bracts membranous. Cal. nearly 

 sessile, cemuou^s in flower, ovato-obloug and 

 erect in fi-uit. Nerves quite simple. Teeth 

 ovate, acute. Pet. deeply cloven, with a blunt 

 crest, b. 5, 6. JJncult. Between Vienna 

 and Hungaiy. 



13. gallica. L. oblongo-obovate, vvith a 

 short aciunen ; floral L. linear, herbaceous. 

 Cal. strigose. Teeth subulate. Nerves 

 simple, or the intermediate merely thi'owing 

 oif a branch at each side of the top. Caps, 

 subgloboso-ovate, splitting into six recurved 

 teeth, a. 6, 7- Fields. 



a. Pet. obovate. 



)3. anglica. Pet. emarginate. Plant more 

 branched. 



•y. quinquevulnera. Lamina of Pet. orbi- 

 cular, each marked with a bloody spot. 



S. lusitanica. Lamina of Pet. triangular ; 

 outer margin denticulate. 



e. cerastoides. Upper L. linear. Pet. 

 emarginate. Teeth of open Caps, erect. 



14. tridentata. " Branched. L. lineari- 

 lanceolate. Spike secnnd. Cal. subcylindiical. 

 Teeth of Cal. long. Pet. with thi-ee teeth. 

 a. 5, 6. Stony. Tarbes by the bridge over 

 the Adorn-." — Duby. 



15. neglecta. Erect, hirsute, branched. 

 L. obovato-oblong, acuminate. Upper Bracts 

 lineari-lanceolate, scariose and ciKate at the 

 base. Cal. hirsute ; the upper part veined 

 between the nerves. Primary neiTcs simple. 

 Teeth tvsdce as long as broad. Pet. cmajgi- 

 naie. Caps, a lengthened ovoid, a. 4. Walls 

 and dry. Sic. s. It. 



16. nocturna. Haiiy at base. L. pu- 

 bescent with long cilia at base ; lower sj^atu- 

 late; upper lineari-lanceolate. Spike crowded. 

 Upper part of Cal. with veins between the 

 nerves. Cal. downy. Teeth about as long 

 as broad. Pet. narrow, bifid, a. b. 4, 5. 

 IValls and uncult. It. Nice. s. Pr. 



17. bracliypetala. L. obovato-spatidate, 

 hirsute, and with long cilia at base. Primaay 

 nerves double ; intermediate branching. Cal. 

 hirsute. Pet. bifid, veiy small, a. 6. s. 

 Er. It. 



The plant of Bertoloni seems to he a dif- 

 ferent species ; but he quotes DC. 



ii. Thecaphore, or stalk of Beceptacle, at 

 least half as long as Capsule. 



* Calyx clavate, contracted on the The- 

 caphore. 



18. trinervia. Stem slender, branched. 

 L. 3-nerved ; lower obovato-lanceolate ; upper 

 linear. Cal. erect, hispid. Nerves simple, 

 with bulbiferous strigas ; a row of calli on 

 each outer nerve. Pet. cloven ; crest of two 

 emarginate lobes, a. 7- Rills about Eome. 



19. pendula. Branched, decumbent, pu- 

 bescent. L. elliptic, attenuate ; lower spatu- 

 late. Fl. axUlary, nodding. Cal. with simple 

 nerves, and usually intermediate calli. Cal. 

 of Pruit shortly clavate. a. 4, 5. Fields. 

 Rome. Naples. 



20. sericea. SiUiy. Stem decumbent or 

 ascending. L. ciliate at base; lower spatu- 

 late ; upper lanceolato-linear. Fl. somewhat 

 remote, stalked. Cal. erect, all over equally 

 haiiy. Intermediate nerves forked at top. 

 Pet. bipartite, a. 5-7. Sandy shores. It. 



21. pubescens. "Everywhere pubes- 

 cent. Stem branched at base, spreading. 



