S IL È N E pusilla.
Dwarf Catchfly.
Linnean Class and Order. D E C A N D R I A T R IG Y N I A
Natural Order. C A R Y O P H Y L L E Æ . D C . prodr. 1. p . 351
Tribus I . S iL E N E Æ . S ep a la coalita m tubum cylindraceum apice 4 -5 -
dentatom ^ tubulosus 5-dentatus nudus. P e ta k 5 unguiculata,
fauce sæpissimè c o L a t a , limbo bifido, » « m in a lo . S ty h S . Capsuloe
basi 3-loculares apice in 6 dentes dehiscent^. fili
Sect. I . RupifRAGA. Caulescentes. Caules stricti Peduncuh filiformes.
Calyces campanulati vel cylindrici. B C .p ro d r . 1. p. 375.
S . pusilla, cæspitosa, caulibus erectis gracilibus basi
1 .4 1 8 . S w t .h w t .m b . lm d . p . lO O . H o rt. b r it. p . 4 3 . n. o i . E d it. 2.
Silene“ uadr?dlntata. |3 pusilla. Otth. mss. in D C . prodr. 1. p. 375.
Lychnis pusilla. Link enum. 1. p . 432.
Perennial, growing in a close dense tuft. J""™®™
erect very slender, smooth, simple or branched at the base.
Leaves opposite, oblong or spathulate, bluntly rounded, generally
slightly concave, attenuated at ^nd down
the petiole, clothed with long crooked white ^airs on the
uppmside, and smooth underneath; upper leaves narrower
and linear sessile. Flowers white, 1 to 3 on each stalk.
Peduncle filiform, smooth, erect. Calyx ^lavately campa^^^^^
late, with 5 bluntly rounded segments with s®anose rnargins.
Petals 5, w h i t e , unguiculate, with a spreading 4-toothîd
limb : fance crowned with 2 flat teeth or scales
mens 10, every other one inserted in the ^ase of tiie peta
the other 5 in the receptacle, exserted beyond the mouth of
the corolla: smooth, slender :
O v a r ium smooth and glossy. Styles 3, smooth, spread g,
crooked, terminated by simple Stigmas.
This neat little plant is a native of Hungary, and is well
adapted for the ornamenting of rock-work, or growing y
the edges of borders, where it will form dense tufts that are
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