(4) F. N. WILLIAMS. EUROPEAN VARIETIES OF SILENE INFLATA. 405 
S. Cucubalus var. Tenoreana Rouy et Fouc., FL de France, II, 10% 
(1896). 
Var. 2. latifolia Reichb. Fl. Germ. excurs. 823 (1832): — f. communis 
albiflora glauca. 
Folia elliptico-lanceolata obovato-lanceolata vel obovato-oblonga, acumi- 
nala, utrinque glauca, vel interdum supra virentia subtus glauca. Flores 
in dichasio composito, dichasii ramo altero sæpe abbreviato, mediani, nisi 
abortivi, longe. laterales brevius pedicellati. Calyx glaucus, interdum 
rubens, vel etiam albidus. Styli apice paullo incrassali, haud a basi fili- 
formes. 
.inflata var. à oleracea Ficin., Fl. Dresdens, ed. 2, 313 (1822). 
. inflata var. à vulgaris Otth, in Cand., Prodr. I, 368 (1824). 
. inflaia var. à vesicaria Reichb., FI. Germ. excurs. 823 (1832). 
. inflata var. à pratensis Neilr., Fl. Nied, Oesterr. 813 (1859). 
. inflata var. umbrosa Blocki in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 1884, 250. — 
An authentic example of Blockrs plant in’Herb. Kew. is, without doubt, 
typical S. inflata. 
S. Capsiriensis Jeanbernat et Timbal, in Trav. Soc. Phys. Nat. Toulouse 
VII, 53 (1887). — Differs in no way from the common form. 
S. cucubalus var. brachiata Rouy et Fouc., Fl. de France, Il, 104 (1896). 
— Differs in no way from the common form. 
f. lætevirens. 
Folia utrinque viridia. Pedicelli interdum umbellati. 
Hab. This is not an uncommon form, in which the whole plant is 
bright green. To illustrate its distribution, a few scatiered localities are 
given from various countries. — England : York (G. Webster), a some- 
what lax state with stems decumbent at the base and patent leaves. 
France : Pierre-sur-Haute, a hill in the dept. of Loire (Versanne), a small 
state with leaves only 3-4 cm. long. : Francheville, in the dept. of Rhône, 
and Bourgoin in the dept. of Isere (Gandoger); Epinal, in the dept. of 
Vosges (Berher). Belgium : Havelange, in the prov. of Namur (Gandoger). 
Spain : Ciudad Real (Compaño) and Guadalajara (Fernandez), in Old 
Castile; Soncillo, in New Castile (Estebanez). Portugal : Perna de Pau 
near Lisbon (Daveau, Herb. fl. Lusit. ann. 1878). Denmark : island of 
Zealand (Jörgenson), Germany : Stralsund, in the prov. of Silesia (Fels- 
mann). Hungary : Budapest (L. Richter), a state with umbellate flowers. 
Russia : Sarepta, in the government of Astrakhan (Becker). Greece : 
Eleusine (Heldreich). 
Var. 3 alpina Mert. et Koch in Rehl. Deutsch. Flora, ed. 3, III, 236 
(1831): Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv. ed. 2, 112 (1843); Hausmann Fl. Tirol. 
124 (1854). 
Planta cæspites graciles formans, pumila, 1-2 dm. Rhizoma inferne 
lignescens, longum tenue, fibris radicalibus tenuibus albidis. Caules laxe 
adscendentes. basi obvie decumbentes, superne ramosi. Folia brevia, 
2 cm. et minora, glauca patentia acuta apiculata, margine ciliata, ovato- 
lanceolata ovata vel raro suborbicularia. Flores sæpius solitarii, interdum 
eliam alter flos lateralis, vel quidem terni, pedicellis gracilibus suffulti. 
Calyx purpurascens, eleganter reticuloso-venosa. Petala alba vel violacea. 
Bracteæ foliiformes vel scarioso-marginatæ. Antheræ violaceæ. Ovarium 
ovoideum viridulum, ovulis numerosis, 84-108. Styli filiformes, apice 
leviter incrassali. Semina numerosa, primum castanea demum nigres- 
centia, granulala (haud tuberculata), faciebus concava, dorso planiuscula. 
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