TAB. 4-
SILENE ECHINATA Otth.
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SILENE. L.
Subdivisio ATOCION, Reichb. Flor. Germ. Excurs., p. 8i5.
Plantce annuce. Flores spicciti, v. racemosi, v . cymosi, v. hebetatione subsolitarii. Calyx clcwatus, io-
costatus. Petalorum lamina basi appendicibus duobus liberis instructa. Capsula longé stipitata.
SILENE ECHINATA Otth, in D. C. Prodr. i, p. 38o (absque indicatione loci natalis) .—Reiclib. Flor. Germ. Excurs.,
p. 8i5 (in adnotatione sub Sil. dichotoma).
Gaule subdichotomè paniculato (v. nonnunquam hebetatione subsimplex); ramis simplicibus v. apice
bifurcatis. Foliis basi ciliatis : inferioribus spathulatis; cæteris linearibus v. lanceoiato-linearibus, sessi-
libus. Cymulis 3-ad 7-floris, terminalibus, dichotomis, Iaxis, ad‘ bifureationes pedicellosque latérales
dibracteatis. Calyce supemè densè muricato-squamuloso : squamulis rigidis, chartaceis, imbricatis,
subrotundis, i-4-ciispidulatis, ad quamque costam uniserialibus. Petalorum lamina obcordato-biloba;
appendicibus cuneiformibus, crenulatis.
Planta pedalis v. „sesquipedalis, gracilis. R adix parcè ramosa, perpendicularis, annua. Caulis erectus, subflexuosus,
nodulosus, teres, ramîsque pube minutissimâ adpressâ scabridâ conspersus; internodia inferiora foliis vix v. [parùm longiora ;
superiora gradadm remotiora, foliis haud raro quadruplo longiora. Specimina macra caulem exhibent simplicissimum v.
nonnisi apice bifurcation; specimina validiora ad articulos plerosque ramoinstruuntur singulo. R ami graciles v. fere filiformes,
parcè foliati, subdivergentes, plerumquè simplices, rariùs ramulum unum alterumve abbreviatum proferentes ; superiores
inferioribus longiores et præcociores. F olia uni-nervia, v. basi trinervia, obtusa, v. acutiuscula, in utrâque pagina scabro-
puberula, basi setulis albidis ciliolata ; radicalia caulinaque inferiora spathulato-obovata, v. spathulato-oblonga, v. spathulato-
lanceolata, in petiolum attenuata; csetera linearia v. lanceolato-lineana, sessilia. Inflorescentia centrifuga. Brae teas minuta-,
lineari-lanceolatæ, v. subulatae, foliaceæ, scabro-puberulæ. Pedicelli filiformes, calyce multo breviores. Calyx clavatus, 10-
costatus, 5-dentatus, sub anthesi 8-9 lineas longus; dentes breves, erecti, ovatiyobtusiusculi, mucronati, ciliati, præter costam
rigidè setosam glabri; costae ad tubi partem angustatam contiguæ, scabro-puberulæ, sparsè setosæ, ad partem dilatatam tubi
au tem densè muricato-squamulosæ : squamulis rigidis, chartaceis, sursùm lateribusque imbricatis, subrotundis, i-ad 4-cuspi-
dulatis (plerumquè 3-cuspidulatis), ad quamque costam uniserialibus. Petal a calyce trien te circiter longiora, albida, ungue
lineari-spathulato, triplinervi, calyce sublongiore; lamina obcordato-biloba: lobis ovalibus, apice rotundatis ; appendices
;minutæ, cunéiformes, apice obsoletè crenulatæ. Stamina calyce subæquilonga^Ovarium longé stipitatum. St y l i 3, filiformes,
subexserti. ( Fructus haud subfuit.) (Exam. s. sp.)