SILENE 
IS 
I. tSILENE CONOIDEA. Plate 71 
Silene conoidea L. Sp. Pl. 418 (1753)!; Grenier et Godron FI. France i, 205 (1847); Rouy et Foucaud 
FI. France iii, no (1896); non Hudson nec Reichenbach. 
leones: — Reichenbach Icon, vi, t. 276, fig. 5062, as 5 . conica. 
Camb. Brit. FI. iii. Plate 7/. (a) Whole plant. ( b ) Upper part of a plant, (c) Petal. ( d ) Petal and 
stamen, (e) Capsule. Jersey (E. W. H.). 
Exsiccata : — Bourgeau (PL d’Esp.), 965 et 2256 ; Lange, 370. 
A larger plant than S. comca to which it is closely allied. Shoot pubescent-glandular or glabre- 
scent. Leaves larger, connate. Lowest pair of bracts much larger, connate. Calyx at maturity 
strongly ventricose at the base, suddenly acuminate above. Flowers about i'5 cm. in diameter; June 
and July. Petals rose-coloured, entire or bifid. Capsule ventricose at the base, suddenly acumi- 
nate, teeth half as long as the rest of the fruit, acuminate. Seeds black. 
Jersey (E. W. Hunnybun) ; adventitious elsewhere, as in Berkshire. 
Western Germany (not indigenous) ; Mediterranean region, including Algeria, and eastwards to 
India. 
2. SILENE CONICA. Plate 72 
Lychnis sylvestris angustifolia caliculis turgidis striatis Dillenius in Ray Syn. ed. 3, 341 (1724). 
Silene conica L. Sp. Pl. 418(1753)!; Smith FI. 
Brit. 470 (1800)!; Grenier et Godron Ft. France i, 204 (1847); 
Syme Eng. Bot. ii, 58 (1864); Rouy et Foucaud FI. France 
iii, no (1896); S. conoidea Hudson FI. Angl. 165 (1762) 
non L. 
leones: — Smith Eng. Bot. t. 922; Reichenbach Icon, vi, t. 
275, fig. 5071, as S. conoidea. 
Camb. Brit. FI. iii. Plate 72. (a) Plant in flower, (b) Plant 
in fruit, (c) Petals (one enlarged), (d) Capsules with persistent 
calyx. Suffolk (C. E. M.). 
Exsiccata: — Billot, 514; Bourgeau (Pyr. Esp.), 222; 
Dickson, xviii, 11; Lange, 369; Noe, 277; Orphanides, 1129; 
Todaro, 680. 
Annual. Shoot 1 — 3 dm. high, grey with short 
pubescence, more or less glandular above. Laminae 
linear-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, lowest ones atten- 
uate below, those of the stem a little connate. Bracts 
herbaceous, acuminate, lowest pair not or scarcely con- 
nate. Flowers about 5 — 12 mm. in diameter; late May to 
August. Calyx ovate-conical at maturity, somewhat ven- 
tricose at the base, segments acuminate. Petals rose- 
coloured, bifid; coronal scales, bipartite. Anthophore very 
short, broader than long. Capsule ovoid-conical, shorter 
than the calyx, teeth about a quarter as long as the 
rest of the calyx. Seeds punctate, about 075 mm. in 
diameter. 
This plant is recorded for many counties, but is more or less 
sporadic or adventitious in most of them. It may, however, be indi- 
genous in Forfarshire. 
Local and rather rare ; sandy soil (including sand- 
dunes) in sunny situations where the soil is not acidic, in 
southern and eastern England. 
Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, central 
Europe, Russia, southern Europe; Algeria; Asia; North 
America (not indigenous). 
doubtfully so in those marked with a “?” 
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