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SILENACE^i.Nat. syst.ed. 2. p. 124.SILENE.Calyx tubular, not angular, 5-toothed, naked.Petals 5, withlong claws, which are often crowned with scales at the top ;limb bifid. Stamens 10. Styles 3. Capsule 3-celled at thebase, opening at the top by 6 teeth.418. S. virginica Linn. sp. 600. Willd. ii. 703. DC.prodr. i. 379. Elliott i. 516. i.Torreyfl. 450. S. cheiranthoidesPoir. diet. vii. 176. S. coccinea Monch. suppl. 306. S. CatesbseiWalt. car. 142. Willd. ii. 706. DC. prodr.i. 379. (Pluk.t. 203. f. i. Various parts of the southern and western parts ofthe United States.Root perennial, creeping.Stem mostly erect, simple, about a foothigh, viscid and downy. Radical leaves oblong-spathulate ; petiolesvillouS; stem leaves lanceolate, scabrous on the margin. Panicledichotomous, few-flowered. Calyx clavate, with the teeth a little spreading.Petals crimson, deeply 2-cleft, much longer than the calyx ; lobesentire or divided. Stamens unequal, exserted. Root said to beanthelmintic.419. Saponaria Vaccaria Linn. sp. pi. 585. is said to increasethe lacteal secretions of cows fed upon it.420. Saponaria officinalis Linn. sp. pi. 584,421. Gypsophila Struthium Linn. sp. pi. 582. are saponaceous,and have been used in washing.201

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