OF THE GENUS ARENARIA. 403 
turiones caulesque floriferos edens. Caules 15 centim. Folia 
brevia stricta setaceo-subtriquetra scabrida, basi membranaceo- 
dilatata, apice obliquiter mucronata. ^ Inflorescentia cymoso- 
corymbosa 6-15 florum; cymis strictis glandulosis, bracteis 
lanceolatis scariosis. ^ Sepala lanceolata acuta, dorso convexa, 
preter basin subvirentem omnino scarioso-alba. Petala oblongo- 
linearia basi subattenuata, calyce breviora. ^ Glandule sub- 
spathulatze. 
Hab. Turkish Armenia: between Gumuchkhane and Kerekli 
in prov. of Trebizond. 
117. A. GRAMINEA, C. A. Mey. Verz. Pfl. Cauc. p. 220 (1831); 
Boiss. Fl. Orient. i. p. 692. 
The leaves of the barren shoots are about 15 centim. long. 
Geogr. limits —N. Russian Armenia: Mt. Kara-bagh (Szowits, 
no. 322, ex. Herb. hort. Petropolit.). 
S. 4 E. Tatuni, in prov. of Talysch, at 1300 metres above 
the Caspian Sea (1836). 
W. Persian Armenia: Mt. Kara-dagh, in the distriet of 
Khoi. 
SYN. Eremogone graminea, C. A. Mey. ex Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem. 
hort. Petropol. i. p. 7. 
118. A. BLEPHAROPHYLLA, Boiss. Fl. Orient. i. p. 693 (1867) ; 
Jacks. Ind. Kew. i. p. 178. 
Caules 15 centim., dense foliosi, eum turionibus vaginis cari- 
natis ciliatis foliorum vetustorum plus minus vestiti. Folia 
turionum brevia setacea flexuosa, margine serrulato-scabra vel 
ciliata incrassata albo-cartilaginea, caulina plana trinervia setaceo- 
acuminata. Panicula glandulosa breviter thyrsoidea conferta. 
Sepala ovato-oblonga obtusa glabra late viridia. Petala oblongo- 
hearia, sepalis duplo longiora. Glandule breves lineares, apice 
subincrassatæ. 
B. breviflora, mihi. . 
Syn, A. graminea, var. parviflora, Fenzl, in Ledeb. Fl. Rossica, 
i. p. 362. 
A. Steveniana, Boiss. Fl. Orient. i. p. 692 (var. 8). 
Folia facie superiore vix coneava, margine haud eiliata. Sepala 
oblonga, minus obtusa. Petala breviora. . 
Hab. Armenia, from Lake Gók-tchai in Russian Armenia to 
Mt. Bingél-dach in Turkish Armenia. 
_ In Herb. Kew. are specimens collected by Calvert and Zohrab 
1867, labelled « Gypsophila succulina.” These specimens are 
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