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Prob S. rutella L. No I #62, Boe 62 . See New ident 7
#629. 3-23-32 and # 676 5-18-32.
5-13-30 Silene
FL Venripe p2. Edge of field back road to Palma.
This high, many branches from base some some-
what decumbent. Root whitial. St. purpulesh
esp at base. Leaves smooth but (20x) covered with
tiny stippled downward curved hairs which are
enlarged at base. Lvs apatulate narrowed to
particulars base or oblong v sessile. the largest 1 3/4
x 9/16 in., obtuse, edges strongly suffled. Lobes
smooth valvate beneath but above on edges
have short stiffish hairs (20x). Lvs clasping within-
ternodes enlarged just abov. Infl. dichotomous
cyme (not always regular), peduncles except
fl lowest fl shoot. Calyx whitial with veins
v blunt more or less purple. Almost if not quite smooth
but (20x) seems minutely tubercled. The round
ciliate lobes about 1/3-1/6 length of calyx (12 mm.) in
acestiation when calyx gradually enlarges
from a truncate (not dimpled base) to a slightly
constricted throat below the very slightly
flaring limb. After acestate Calyx enlarges
somewhat (not inflated) v blunt does not
spread. Calyx beautifully veined: 5 veins
ending in lobes, the other five branching
in 2 just below the sinus these handles
joining the enlarged ends of the 1st set of veins.
Corolla dark rose, small, projecting beyond