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limb entire or 2-lobed, sometimes with 2 minute scales at its base. 
Stamens 10. Ovary usually stalked ; styles 3. Capsule opening 
at the top in 6 teeth or short valves. Seeds many. 
Flowers white. 
Glabrous. Calyx ovoid, inflated. Petals not fringed 1. S. inflata. 
Viscidly pubescent. Calyx tubular. Petals fringed . 5. S. Griffithii. 
Flowers pink or brown-purple. 
Petals not lobed. 
Petals pink ; limb short, obovate . . . . 2. S. conoidea. 
Petals brown-purple; limb long, narrow . . 4. S. Falconeriana. 
Petals deeply 2-lobed . . . . . . 3. S. tenuis. 
1. Silene inflata, Smith ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 218. Perennial, 
glabrous. Stems 1-3 ft., ascending, rarely erect. Leaves pale 
green, ovate, 1-2 in., acute. Flowers few, drooping, in loose, L- 
terminal panicles. Calyx inflated, ovoid, j in. long, net- veined. 
Petals white, blade 2-lobed. Ovary broadly ovoid. Capsule 
globose. 
Simla, Mushobra, Narkunda ; June, July. — Temperate Himalaya. — N. Asia, 
N. Africa, Europe, including Britain (Bladder Campion). 
2. Silene conoidea, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 218. Annual, glan- 
dular-pubescent. Stems ascending or erect, 6-18 in. Leaves 
narrowly lanceolate, 1-3 in., acute. Flowers few, erect, in 
terminal panicles. Calyx tubular, finely grooved, 1 in., narrowed 
upwards, teeth long, linear. Petals pink, limb short, obovate. 
Ovary oblong-ovoid. Capsule ovoid, pointed, hard, shining, en- 
closed in the globosely inflated calyx. 
Simla, in cornfields ; April, May. — Plains of the Punjab, ascending to 8000 
ft. — N. temperate Asia, N. Africa, S.E. Europe. 
*3. Silene tenuis, Willd.; FI. Br. Ind. i. 219. Perennial, 
lower parts glabrous, more or less pubescent upwards. Stems 
several, 6-18 in., erect or ascending. Leaves chiefly basal, narrowly 
lanceolate, 1-3 in. Flowers crowded in short, terminal racemes 
or narrow cymes. Calyx tubular, in., thin, pubescent. Petals 
brown-purple, limb deeply 2-lobed. Ovary oblong. Capsule 
ovoid. 
Kunawar to Kashmir, 8000-12,000 ft. ; July, August. — Northern and Arctic 
Asia. 
4. Silene Falconeriana, Boyle ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 220. Perennial. 
Stems erect, 1-4 ft., viscidly pubescent on the lower parts, be- 
coming glabrous upwards. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 1-3 in. 
Flowers in short, opposite, axillary cymes. Calyx tubular, \ in., 
nerves green. Petals brown-purple, limb long, narrow, obtuse. 
Ovary oblong. Capsule ovoid. 
Simla, on grassy hill-sides, 4000 ft. ; September. — W. Himalaya, 3000- 
9000 ft. 
