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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. 
Viscidiy pubescent. Calyx tubular. Petals fringed 5. S. Griffithii. 
Flowers pink or brown-purple. 
Petals not lobed. 
Petals pink ; limb short, obovate . . 2. 8. conoidea . 
Petals brown-purple ; limb long, narrow . . 4. 8. Falconeriana. 
Petals deeply 2-lobed . . . . . .3 .8. 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, 
terminal panicles. Calyx inflated, ovoid, § in. long, net-veined. 
Petals white, blade 2-lobed. Ovary broadly ovoid. Capsule 
globose. 
Simla, Musbobra, Narkunda ; June, July. — Temperate Himalaya. — N. Asia, 
N. Africa, Europe, including Britain (Bladder Campion). 
2. Silene conoidea, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 218. Annual, 
glandular-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, 
enclosed in the globosely inflated calyx. 
Simla, in cornfields ; April, May. — Plains of the Punjab, ascending to 8000 ft. 
— N. temperate Asia, N v 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, J-J 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., viscidiy pubescent on the lower parts, 
becoming 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 bill- sides, 4000 ft. : September. — W. Himalaya, 3000- 
9000 ft. 
