Caryophy lea—Silene. 7% 
3. S. orndta.—A_ strong-growing annual species about 2 
feet high, with large purple flowers. A native of the South of 
Africa. 
4. S. péndula (fig. 48).—This is one of the commonest and 
prettiest of the tribe, either for edging or growing in masses. 
It is about a foot high, with rosy purple or white flowers, 
appearing in May and June. A native of Sicily. 
5. S. marituma.—aA perennial native species with large 
white flowers, about 8 lines in diameter. Stems spreading. 
This is very near the common SV. inflata, but differs in its 
diffuse habit, fewer flowers, and shortly cleft petals with broad 
lobes having two scales at the base. 
6. S. Schdfta.—This is one of the best of the perennial 
species, distinguished by its dwarf habit, about 6 inches high, 
lanceolate acute leaves, and large purple flowers, solitary or 
two together. The calyx is very slichtly inflated. It con- 
tinues in bloom all the Summer. Siberia. 
7. S. acailis.—A very dwarf plant growing in dense tufts, 
with small linear crowded leaves, and solitary pink or white 
flowers on short peduncles. Petals shortly cleft, with a notched 
scale at the base of the blade. This is found on the summits 
of the higher mountains of Britain, and has a very wide distri- 
bution in the temperate and Arctic regions of the northern 
hemisphere. 
8. 8. fimbriata.—This grows about 2 feet high, with ovate- 
lanceolate leaves and large panicles of. white flowers, remark- 
able for their fringed petals and widely-inflated calyx. A 
native of the Caucasus. 
6. LYCHNIS. 
A genus closely allied to the last, differing chiefly in having 
more than three styles, usually five, more rarely four, and 
larger flowers. About thirty species, all natives of the northern 
temperate zone. From Avxvos, a lamp or light, in allusion to 
the bright-coloured flowers of some species. 
§ 1. Acrostiuua. Petals without scales at the base 
of the blade. 
1. L. corondria (fig. 49).—A tall biennial or perennial with 
thick woolly leaves and large flowers on long peduncles. The 
flowers are rose or purplish crimson, more rarely white; but 
the double purple is the handsomest variety. A native of the 
South of Europe, flowering in Autumn. 
