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description :—** Pili breviorés recurvi nec stricti.. Flores minores, 
petalis viridi-luteis. Capsula praca quinquies superans. 
eogr. area.—N. and E. Arctic ey . Canary Isles.” 
mentions that it occurs in ** Gall. ehh Transsilv. Ro ma 
aving been much puzzled with a Silene which Mr. “ Hilton 
examined the plant in a fresh state. It appeared distinct at a 
glance from S. nutans L., and yet did not come under S. italica 
boat as it had been saateed for me by more than one British 
the Silenes in the British Teéfiestind in a rather hurried manner 
see t 
“8. nutans L. Exposed limestone rocks, Millersdale, N.W. Derby- 
s e, J 
1897 (D. T. fon fe gre Seon 1843 (W. Gardine ms) Dunge- 
ness, Kent, 1888 ab & C. E. 8.) (see Report Wats. Bot. Club, 
There j is no cpt that true 8S. italica Pers. occurs in Kent, but 
a specimen I possess so named and localized, “ Orig. Hythe, leg. 
F. Dickinson,” certainly messin me, with its crowned petals, &c., 
to be sed placed under 8. d 
er S. dubia is elaine 4 as a species, subspecies, or variety, 
is & Moore of taste and tem ee alge it contrasts with its near 
ical. 
The hairs on the lower half of the stem are shorter and more 
regularly recurved in 8. dubia than in S. nutans; this is, no doubt, 
ha . Williams refers . é og but it is unfortunate he did 
give a short ort description of the latter plant for the sake of 
arison. 
Herbich’s description of relative lengths - capsule and 
phore seems to fit the plants of S. eeu wer bead eet aus 
happily than Mr. Williams’s amended y 
