54 MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS SILENE. 
Species inflorescentise ramulis stricte cymosis, axibus secun- 
dariis plus minus elongatis, capsulé eA S. conic longiori angus- 
tiorique. 
Geogr. limits—N. Modurlu, in Anatolia. 
S. Cyprus. 
E. Prov. Aleppo. 
W. Elmalnu, in Anatolia. 
Subgenus IIT. HUSILENE. 
Calyx semper 10-nervius, vel evenius vel nervis anastomo- F 
santibus, nunquam vesicarie inflatus, fructifer autem supra 4 
carpophorum sepe a capsulé maturescente distentus. Inflores- a 
centia valde varians. Species annus, biennes, vel perennes. 
Sectio I. Crycrnnosiuene. 
Flores in cincinnis plus minus laxis (racemis secundis scor- — 
Ppioideis) simplicibus vel geminatis, breviter vel raro longe — 
pedicellati vel subsessiles, interdum primo dichasium simplex % 
vel duplex formantes, dichasii deinde ramis scorpioideis. — 
Herbe annue vel biennes, pauce perennes. : 
A. Species annus vel biennes. 
a. APTEROSPERME. 
Semina reniformia vel globosa, dorso nunquam alis undulatis 
marginato. 
Series 1. Dichotome. 
Flores in cincinnis geminatis brevissime pedicellati vel su 
sessiles, primo in dichasio simplici vel duplici, ramis dicha 2 
lateralibus scorpioideis. Calyx evenius, fructifer apice con- 
tractus. Herbe interdum biennes. 
a. Semina faciebus plana. 
42. SILene LAGENOCALYX, Fenzl, in Kotschy, Pl. Pers. Aus 
(1845); Boiss., Fl. Orient., i. p. 587; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 93. 
Forma purpurea. 
Syn. 8. lagenocalyx var, purpurea, Boiss., Fl. Orient. i. p. 
Hab. S. Persia. Ge: 
43. S. areca, Boiss. et Sprun., Diagn. Pl. Nov. Or., Ser. I 
p- 36; Rohrb., Monogr. p. 93. 
