218 XVIII. CARYOPHYLLEiE. (Edgeworth & Hook, f.) [^lene. 



The following escapes from cultivation occur in Indian collections. 



S. Armeria, h. in tlie Nilgherries and Canara (Plant. Hohenack. No. 615). — S. 

 noctifiora, L. (Wall. Cat. 624, from Herb. "Wight., without habitat). — S. colorata, 

 Poiret; (S. intrusa, W. & A. Prodr. 42 ; Wight 111. i. t. 26) ; Nilghiris and Garwbal. 



SUBGEN. I. Behen. Fetals imbricate in bud. Calyx usually inflated, 

 10- or 20-nerved, reticulately veined. 



1. S. inflata, Smith; glaucous, cymes many-flowered, bracts scarious, 

 calyx 20-nerved, petals deeply cloven. Wall. Cat. 623 ; Boiss. Fl. Orkvi. i.' 

 628. S. Wallichiaiia, KlotwchinBot. Reis. Pr. Waldem. 139, t. 30. S. Cucu- 

 balus, Wib. in Rohrb. Monog. Silene, B4. Cucubalus Behen, Linn. 



Temperate Himalaya, elev. 5-11,500 ft., from Nipal to the Indus. — Distkib. 

 Temperate Asia, Europe, and N. Africa. 



Perennial, 2-5 ft,, erect or ascending, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 1-3 in., ovate 

 obovate or oblong, cauline sessile ; margins denticulate. Flower 4-| in. diam., drooping 

 ■white. Calyx ovoid, base intruded, teeth broadly triangular. Petals while, with two 

 gibbosities in the place of scales. Capsule globose, gynophore short. Seeds concave in 

 front, convex on the base, tubercled iu lines. 



SuBGEN. II. Silene proper. Petals contorted in sestivation. Calyx 

 ■with 10 anastomosing nerves, or 20, 30, or 60 simple nerves, not reticulately 

 veined. 



Sect. I. Conosilene. Calyx 20-, 30-, or 60-nerved, in fruit conical 

 from a broad base. — Annuals. 



2. S. oonoidea, Linn.; glandular-pubescent, cauline leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate acute, flowers panicled, calyx-base intruded, teeth subulate-lan- 

 ceolate, -j its length, petals obovate, capsules ovoid contracted above sessile. 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 580 ; Wall. Cat. 625. 



Wbsteen HiMAi-ArA ; from Kumaon to the Indus, alt. 1-8000 ft. ; and from Oodb 

 to the Panjab, in the plains. West Tibet; ,Ladak, alt. 8-11,000 ft. — Disteib. West- 

 ward to the Atlantic ocean. 



Erect, 6-18 in., dichotomously branched. Leaves 2-4 in., radical spathulate, cau- 

 line sometimes very narrow, sessile. Calyx 1 in. inflated in fruit. Petals pink, small, 

 entire or erose ; claw auricled ; scales 2. Capsule crustaceous, shining. iSeeds ooch- 

 leate, with 5 dorsal and as many lateral rows of tubercles. 



Sect. II. Scorpioideae. Calyx 10-nerved. — Annuals (the Indian 

 species). Flowers iu unilateral racemes. 



3.* S. tallica, Linn. ; annual, laxly pilose, glandular above, cauline 

 leaves linear-oblong or spathulate, cyme simple, flo'wers unilateral, calyx- 

 base roifnded, teeth subulate-lanceolate ^ its length, capsule subsessile 

 ovoid. Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 590. 



Garwhal, jPoZconer-; Cakkatio, Wight: — an introduced weed. — Distkib. A weed of 

 cultivation. / 



Erect, 8-18 in., clothed especially above with spreading hairs. Leaves f-l^ ill. 

 Ba£emes many-flowered. Flowers J-J in. long, secund, lower pedicelled, upper sessile. 

 Calyx ovoid, 10-striate, contracted above. Petals small, red (or while), emarginate; 

 scales 2. Filaments villous below. Seeds minute, striate-tuberoulate, not grooved, 

 face flat with an ear-shaped depression. 



3. S. apetala, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 307 ; annual, toary-pubescent, cauline 

 leaves linear-oblong, flowers subracemose, calyx campanulate, base obconic, 

 teeth short lanceolate acute, margins scarious, petals included, capsule 

 globose, shortly stipitate. Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 596. 



