S74 
DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Class X. 
1048. SILE^NE. L. 
6196acaulis L. 
6197 pumilio Sturm. 
6198 fimbriata Sims. 
6199 lacera Sims. 
6200 stellata H.K. 
6201 inflata Sm. 
6202 mar'itima W. 
6203 fabaria H. K. 
6204 Behen L. 
'5205 indica Roxb. 
6206 viscaginoides Horn. 
6201 procdinbens Mur?: 
6208 rubella L. 
6209apetala W. 
6210 spergulifolia Bieb. 
6211 Gypsophila Dfs/. 
6212 carnosa Monch. 
6213 Otites P<??s. 
6214 volgensis Otth. 
6215 parviflora Pers. 
6216 efFusa 
6217 sibirica Fers. 
6218 multiflora P^rs. 
6219 tatarica Pers. 
6220 gigantea L. 
6221 viscosa P^rs. 
6222 conica L. 
6223 conoidea i. 
6224 undulata H. K. 
Catchfly. 
stemless 
dwarf 
fringed-flower. 
torn 
four-leaved 
inflated 
sea 
thick-leaved 
bladder 
Nepal 
simple 
procumbent 
small-red 
petalless 
spurrey-like 
little 
fleshy 
Spanish 
Volga 
small-flowered A pr 
effuse :^ A pr 
Siberian ^ A cu 
many-flowered ^ Q) cn 
Hyssop-leaved ^ A pr 
gigantic ^ OJ pr 
clammy Q) or 
Caryophyllece. Sp. 107— -217. 
Ijn.au Pk Britain scalp. 
Ijn.au Pu Germany 1823. 
Caucasus 1803. 
Caucasus 1818. 
N. Amer. 1696. 
Britain co. fi. 
Britain sea sh. 
Sicily 1731. 
Crete 1713. 
Nepal 1823. 
Dauria 1824. 
Siberia 1823. 
Portugal 1732. 
1801. 
Armenia 1824. 
1822. 
1823. 
D p.l 
D CO 
D s.l 
D CO 
D CO 
C CO 
D s.l 
S CO 
2 jl.au 
1 jl.au 
1 jl.au 
1 jl.au 
1| jn.au 
l" jn.au 
2 jn.au 
3 jn.jl 
2 jl 
S> CO 
S CO 
D CO 
D CO 
S CO 
Eng. bot. 1081 
Stur. d. f. l.t. 11 
Bot. mag. 908 
Bot. mag. 2255 
Bot. mag. 1107 
Eng. bot. 164 
Eng. bot. 957 
Boc. m. 133. t. 92 
Di. el. t.3l7.f.409 
Di.el.t.314.f.406 
Y 
Pk 
Pk 
Pk 
Pk 
R 
Pk 
R 
R 
England gra so. D co Eng. bot. 85 
Volga 1824. 
Hungary 1796. 
Volga 1823. 
Siberia 1773. 
Hungary 1794. 
Russia 1769. 
Africa 1738. 
Levant 1739. 
D CO 
D CO 
D CO 
D CO 
S CO 
D CO 
C s.l 
D CO 
H. go. l.p.lSO.ic. 
PI. rar. h. 1. 1. 56 
Walt. ho. 1. 11 
Tour. it. 2. p. 361 
corn 
conoid 
wave-leaved 
O w 
O pr 
£ OJ cu 
1 jn.jl Pu 
1 jn.jl Pu 
l|au R 
England san.fi. S s.l Eng. bot. 922 
S. Europe 1683. S s.l Mor. s.5. t. 36.f.6 
C. G. H. 1775. S p.l 
6225anglica L. 
6226 lusitanica L. 
6227 tridentata Desf. 
6228 gallica L. 
6229 ocymoides Desf. 
6230disticha W. 
6231 cerastoides L. 
6232 quinqueviilnera L. 
6233 nocturna L. 
6234 reflexa L. 
6235 micropetala Dec. 
6236 micrantha Lk. 
6237 canescens Ten. 
6238 dichotoma Ehr. 
6239 nyctantha W. 
6240 bellidifolia Jacq. 
6241 vespertina Refz. 
6242 crassifolia L. 
6243 gracilis Dec. 
6244 jeniseensis W. 
6245 ciliata Pourr. 
6245pendula L. , 
English 
Portugal 
three-toothed 
French 
Basil-like 
two-ranked 
Cerastium-lvd. 
variegated 
spiked 
reflexed ^ 
small-petaled 
minute-flower'd 
un 
f jn.jl W 
1 jn.jl Pk 
f my.jn Pk 
1 my.jn Pk 
1 mr.jn Pu 
n jn.jl 
fjl.au 
1 jn.au 
2 jn.au 
1 jl.au 
f jn.jl 
i jn.jl 
Britain san.fi. S co 
hoary 
dichotomous 
various-leaved 
Daisy-leaved 
evening 
thick-leaved 
slender 
two-colored 
ciliated 
pendulous 
:^ A un 
O un 
O cu 
O pr 
O cu 
£ lOJ cu 
O pr 
:k A pr 
O cu 
O or 
1 jn.jl 
li jn.jl 
lAjn.au 
1 jn.jl 
2 jl.au 
1 jl.au 
1 jl.au 
H jn.jl 
fjn.au 
1 my.jl 
XIV Hungary 1791. S o.. xi. loj.. n. u 
Br 1815. S CO 
Pk 1794. S s.l Jac.vlnd.3.t.81 
Br Barbary 1796. S co Bot. mag. 677 
C. G. H. " ' 
6247 quadridentata Dec. four-toothed 
6248 pusilla TV. S( K. dwarf 
6249 alpestris Jacq. Austrian 
6250 rupestris L. rock 
6200 
?^ A pr f my.jl 
^ A un i jn.jl 
A un § my.jl 
^ O un i my.jl 
t)2:)4 
Portugal 1732. S 
Barbary 1823. S 
France 1683. S 
1823. S 
1817. S 
S. Europe 1732. S 
England san.fi. S co 
S. Europe 1683. S s.l 
S, Europe 1726. D co 
1821. S CO 
Portugal 1823. S co 
Eng. bot. 1178 
Di. el.t.311.f.401 
Di. el.t.310.f.399 
Schra. pi. r. t. 39 
Di. el.t.309. f 397 
Eng. bot. 86 
Di. el.t.310.£400 
Mag. mo. 171.ic. 
Naples 1822. 
Siberia 
Crete 
Sicily 
1815. 
1794. 
1796. 
1774. 
1823. 
1817. 
1804. 
1731. 
D CO 
s.l PI. rar. h. t. 29 
S co 
S co 
R p.l 
S CO 
D s.l 
S s.l 
S s.l 
Bot. mag. 114 
Alps 1822. 
Hungary 1804. 
Austria 1774. 
Switzerl, 1774. 
D CO 
D s.l PI. rar. h. 3.t.212 
D s.l Jac. aus. 1. 1. 96 
D s.l Fl. dan. 4 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
1048. Silene. A poetical name, after the God Silenus, who is represented as always drunk and covered with 
slaver, as the species of this genus usually are with a viscid secretion. This is a large family of small plants, 
neither remarkable for use, beauty, or as bad weeds. S. inflata, the Cucubalus Behen L., may be used as a sub- 
stitute for asparagus or green pease, the young shoots having the flavor of both. They ought to be gathered 
