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Caules cespitosi eglanduloso-pubescentes, erecti vel suberecti, 
simplices, parce foliosi, 16—21 centim. longi, basi foliolis parvis 
in squamas vergentibus densioribus cincti. Folia rosularum 
sterilium obovato-spathulata acuminata in petiolum longum 
attenuata, caulina spathulato-oblonga longius acuminata, dense 
pubescenti-tomentella canescentia; bractese et prophylla ovate 
acute candicantes. Inflorescentia cymosa 7-10-flora, cymis 
trifloris in summo caulis approximatis confertis, vel cyma 
infima trifloré axillari remoté; flores breviter pedicellati. 
Calyx campanulatus, albidus vel livide subcoloratus, molliter 
tomentosus, dentibus late triangularibus acuminatis. Petala 
alba, unguibus utrinque obtusiuscule auriculatis glabris ; lamina 
oblonga bifida bigibbosa lobis lineari-oblongis. Capsula sub- 
globosa, carpophorum fere equans. Semina dorso tuberculato 
convexa. 
Hab. Syria; Zebdaine, near Damascus. 
7, Smwene araxtna, Trautv. in Act. Hort. Petrop., iii. pars 1. 
(1875) p. 278; Boiss., Fl. Orient., suppl., p. 101. 
Caules sive rami florigeri numerosi glandulosi foliosi, 30 
centim. longi. Folia glandulosa uninervia, radicalia anguste 
oblonga in petiolum attenuata, caulina majora late oblonga, 
bractee: et prophylla ovato-lanceolate. Cyma dichotoma multi- 
flora floribus coarctatis. Culyx albidus glanduloso-pubescens, 
fructifer subclavatus, dentibus ovatis acuminatis. Petala 
albida, unguibus utrinque obtusiuscule auriculatis, lamina 
biloba, appendicibus obtusis. Capsula carpophoro vix longior. 
Semina dorso canaliculata bicarinata minute  tuberculata, 
faciebus plana levia, 
Hab. Turkish Armenia; along the R. Aras, in the district 
of Erzeroum. 
8. S. AKINFIJEWI, Schmalh., Neue Pfl. aus Kaukasus, in Ber. 
Deutsch. Bot. Gesellsch. (1892), p. 286. 
, Caules humiles glanduloso-pubescentes. Folia ovata acuta; 
acter herbaceew. Inflorescentia terminalis cymosa, cymis 
floris; pedicelli calyci squilongi vel duplo longiores. 
alyx albidus oblongus, dentibus triangulari-oblongis obtusis. 
etala alba bifida ecoronata. Capsula carpophorum ter superans. 
longi ymca differt foliis multo latioribus, pedicellis 
i ‘bus, dentibus calycinis obtusiusculis. 
ab. In the Central Caucasus, on the Harves glacier. 
