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MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS SILENE. 107 
b. Calyx hyalinus, breviter clavatus basi truncatus. 
185. Strene Tarartnowm, Regel, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. (1861) 
p. 563; Rohrb., Monogr., p- 131, n. 99, et in Linnea, xxxvi. 
(1870) p. 681. 
Caules laxi, 30-60 centim. longi, procumbentes vel adscen- 
dentes, superne laxe et divaricatim ramosi, pilis minutis retrorsis 
puberulo-hirsuti. Folia e basi ovata oblongo-lanceolata, attenu- 
ato-acuminata, brevissime petiolata, hirtello-puberula. Flores 
in dichasio laxo plus minus composito, calyce paullum brevius 
pedicellati, ramis florigeris e foliorum inferiorum axillis seepe 
accedentibus; bractese herbacew, superiores minute ovato-vel 
lineari-lanceolatee longe acuminate, dense puberule. Calyx 
nervis viridibus superne vix anastomosantibus, dentibus 
lanceolatis, acutis, ciliatis. Petala rubella, unguibus longe 
exsertis, lamina obovata bifida, lobis oblongis, obtusis interdum 
emarginatis, utringue lacinulé parva obtusiuscula auctis, 
appendicibus binis oblongis. Capsula oblonga, carpophoram 
subsequans. Semina dorso convexa, faciebus plana obtuse 
granulata. 
Syn. Silene n. sp., Mazxim., Prim. Fl. Amur., suppl., p. 469. 
Rohrbach based the position of this species in his monograph only upon 
Regel’s description, but after he had examined the original specimens 
collected by Tatarinoff subsequently to the publication of his monograph, 
he rightly considered that the species should be transferred to this group, 
and should follow n. 131, where it is now placed in this revision. He 
Says :—“‘ Species, quum generis monographiam scripserim, mihi nisi ex cl. 
Regelii descriptione ignota. Itaque auctorem illum, qui speciem sinensem 
S. Schafta affinem esse dicat, secutus sum eamque, quum ex descriptione 
citata petalorum ungues auriculatos esse putarem inter Auriculatas 
enumeravi. Nunc autem speciminibus originalibus comparatis, ex inflo- 
rescentia composita calycisque forma naturalius mihi esse videtur, eam ad 
Brachyanthas numerare, inter quas juxta S. Lerchenfeldianam inserenda est. 
Hah. North China; prov. of Pe-chi-li, near Peking (Bretsch- 
neider), Jehol (David). 
186. S. maceponica, Formanek, in Verh., Naturf. Ver. Briinn, 
xxxli. (1893) p. 183 [1894]. ; 
Caules florigeri e folioram rosule terminalis basi lateraltter 
adscendentes, debiles, simplices vel apice ramosi. # olia 
glaucescentia, velutino-pubescentia vel glabra, margine inter- 
dum breviter ciliolata, inferiora oblongo-spathulata in petiolum 
longum attenuata, obtusa, rosulata, media ovato-oblonga, 
