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THE PINK FAMILY. 



cially near the sea, in most parts of the cultivated world ; pretty fre- 

 quent in southern England, and appearing occasionally in other parts 

 of Britain. FL summer. A variety with a dark spot on the petals, 

 S. quinquevulnera (Eng. Bot. t. 86), used to be cultivated in flower- 

 gardens. 



G. Striated Silene. Silene eonica, Linn. (Fig. 136.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 922.) 



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Fig. 136. 



An erect, simple, or slightly branched 

 annual, about 6 inches high, slightly 

 hoary with minute, soft hairs. Badical 

 leaves obovate, spreading, those of the 

 stem narrow and erect. Flowers few, 

 in a small, compact, terminal panicle. 

 Calyx conical, about 6 lines long, marked 

 with 25 to 30 longitudinal veins, the 

 mouth always contracted, with 5 slender 

 teeth. Petals small, pale pink, notched 

 or 2- cleft. 



In sandy fields and waste places, es- 

 pecially near the sea, common in central 

 and southern Europe and central Asia, 

 but not reaching into northern Germany. 

 In Britain, confined to south-eastern 

 England and southern Ireland, or ap- 

 pearing occasionally on ballast-hills fur- 

 ther north. Fl. summer. 



7. Night Silene. Silene noetiflora, Linn. (Fig. 137.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 291.) 



A coarse, erect, hairy, and viscid annual, 1 to 2 feet high, simple or 

 branched. Lower leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, and shortly stalked, 

 the upper ones narrow-lanceolate and sessile. Flowers two or three, 

 or sometimes several together, in a loose, terminal, dichotomous panicle. 

 Calyx above an inch long, tubular, with 10 ribs and 5 slender teeth, 



