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Origin of silene1
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The country was at that time ravaged by a dragon whose lair was a great pond near the royal city of Silene.
Styles 5, rarely 4, and pod opening by as many or twice as many teeth; otherwise nearly as in Silene.
It feeds on the roots of seaside campion (Silene maritima), July to September.
Longitudinal section of flower of Silene Pennsylvanica, showing stipe between calyx and corolla.
He went to Silene, the moon-goddess, whose light rivalled that of the sun himself, and challenged her to a game of tables.
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