530 MR. C. BUCKNALL : A REVISION 
S. Bornmuelleri, Bucknall, it differs in the larger, thicker, less asperous 
leaves which are often cordate at the base, and from the first two by the 
racemose, not dichotomous branching of the stem. De Candolle’s var. 8, 
angustior belongs partly or entirely to 5, palwstinum, Boiss. 
Linnzeus combined this with Tournefort’s blue-flowered plant, which 
probably included more than one species, under the name оЁ S. orientale. 
But Fries was of opinion that the blue-flowered plants which are found in 
Sweden, and which also contain several distinct forms, are the true S. orien- 
tale, Linn. As Tournefort’s excellent description and figure prove that his 
S. constantinopolitanum is the white-flowered plant which is now accepted ах 
S. orientale, Fries was perhaps justified in his opinion, and it would have 
been better if the name of S. constantinopolitanum had been retained for this, 
and S. orientale for one of the blue-flowered species. 
13. S. KURDICUM, Boiss. y Hausskn., in Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. p. 174 (1879). 
Pallide virens. Caulis setis aculeiformibus recurvis parce obsitus, elatus, 
ramosus. Folia membranacea, hirtula et setis tuberculatis aspera, repando- 
denticulata, ovato-oblonga, longe petiolata, cordata, intermedia et superiora 
petiolata, obtusiuscula, basi rotundata vel cuneata. /acemé fructiferi breves, 
densiuseuli. Calyæ strigosus, ad medium vel quartam partem superiorem 
fissus, fructifer ampliatus, accretus, oblongo-campanulatus, ad tertiam partem 
superiorem in dentes late triangulares, obtusos vel subacutos partitus. 
Corolla late infundibuliformis, alba, усе duplo longior. Fornices staminas 
vix iequantes, .Inthene filamentis breviores. Nuculæ supra basin constrictze, 
valde obliqua, subhorizontales, elongate, tenuiter venoso-areolate, minute 
tuberculatee. 
* Ex unico specimine fruetifero foliis radicalibus orbato descriptum, sed 
distinetissimum, caulis elatus videtur, folia etiam superiora 3 poll. longa, 
calyx fructifer ut in S. palestino elongatus, amplus, 6 lineas longus, посце 
2 lineas longæ, supra basin horizontaliter eurvatze."— Boiss. 
Folia radicalia 20 em. longa, 12 em. lata; caulina 9-15 em. longa, 3:5— 
T5 em. lata; racemi 7 em. longi; flores 22 mm. longi; calyx 11 mm. 
longus, fructifer 13 mm. longus ; corolla 20 mm. longa. 
GEOGR. DISTR.—TURKEY : KURDISTAN. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED :— Inter. Sulimanieh et Sikna et in Pir Omar 
Gudrum, 1867. Herb. Boiss.—In montis Kuh-Sefin. P. Sintenis, No. 1297 
(1888). Herb. Kew.—In montis Kuh-Sefin, Sehaklava, ditionis Erbil. 
J. Bornmiiller, No. 1633 (1893). Herb. Boiss., Kew. and Fielding. 
Nearly related to S. orientale, Linn., from whieh it differs in being more 
asperous, in the membranaceous leaves, the upper of which are petiolate, 
not sessile. According to Boissier’s description the "alyx is divided to the 
middle when in flower, but in all the specimens I have seen it is divided 
to one-quarter or scarcely more than one-third. In the plants collected by 
