PLANTARUM NOVARUM ORIENTALIUM. 423 
Hab. sub cacumine montis Ziaretdagh Amani, et in monte 
Akherdagh, 7000 ped. ; floret Junio. 
A plant in $ 23. Sclerocalycine, Boiss. Fl. Or. 1. p. 638, near 
S. Makmeliana, but distinguished by characteristics pointed out 
in the Supplement to the * Flora Orientalis' of Boissier, which 
at the time of writing is in the press. 
Stems shrubby at base, 4-1 foot high; slender, simple or 
sparingly branched ; root-leaves 1-14 inch long, 2 lines broad ; 
calyx narrow, 1 inch long. 
V. ALSINEZ. 
ARENARIA GRAVEOLENS, Schreb., var. MINUTA. Folia 2} lineas 
longa lineam lata; flores vix lineam longi; planta tota deli- 
catula. 
Hab. in sylvaticis ditionis ’Ajlin. 
VI. PARONYCHIEE. 
Paronycuia NIVEA, DO., var. OBTUSA. Bractex obtusiuscule 
vel breviter acuminate. | 
Hab. ad vias in Jebel Husha' ditionis Gilead. 
P. nıveA, DCO., var. ATTENUATA. Caules elongati, internodii 
folis caulinis minutis multo longiores bractearum argentearum 
destituti ; capitula pauca versus apicem caulis congesta ; 
bractex oblong® et ovate acute. 
Hab. ad radices dumorum inter 'Ain Hesbán et 'Ammán, 
ditionis Moab. 
A strongly marked variety, with stems 3-5 inches long, stem- 
leaves 2-5 lines long, and heads in terminal cymes, yet seeming 
to lack sufficient characteristics to warrant its description as a 
species. Intermediate forms between it and the type should be 
sought. 
P. ARGENTEA, Lam., var. SCARIOSISSIMA. Bractew cauline 
foliis numerosiores scariosissime, folia fere occultantes. 
Hab. in agris et ad vias prope Antiochiam. 
A well-marked variety, conspicuous by its large silvery 
bracts. 
