108 MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS SILENE. 
superiora lanceolata basi connata ; bractee lineares. Flores 3-4 
axillares, ceteri cymam terminalem corymbosam 2-5 (speci- 
minibus pygmeis etiam unam)—floram formantes, breviter 
pedicellati. Calyx glaber, dentibus ovatis, obtusis. Petala 
alba, lanceolata-cuneata, obtusa. Capsula ovata, carpophoro 
duplo longior. Semina reniformia, tuberculata, dorso profunde 
canaliculata, faciebus concava. 
Ab has 8S. Lerchenfeldiana imprimis differt floribus roseis 
densius dispositis, petalis emarginatis, et capsulé carpophoro 
duplo longiore. 
Hab. Bulgaria. 
187. Sinene LEercHenrenpIana, Baumg., Enum. Stirp. Trans- 
silv., i. p. 398 (1836); Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. Helv., n. 5091; 
Rohrb., Monogr., p. 148. 
Syn. S. rupestris (non Linn.), Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv., 
p. 105. 
Geogr. limits —N. Near Kronstadt, in the Transylvanian 
Alps (S. rupestris, Schur). 
S. Mt. Chortiasch, near Salonica, in Rumelia. 
HE. Mt. Rhodope, near Carlova, in Eastern 
Rumelia (S. Bulgaria). 
W. Mt. Kasovati, near Gergussowatz, in Servia. 
Series 6. Compacte. 
Species annuw, biennes, vel perennes. Flores in dichasio 
plus minus denso contracto capituliformi, brevissime pedi- 
cellati: calyx membranaceus glaber, nervis apice bifurcatim 
conjunctis; petala integra vel emarginata. 
188. S. Armerta, Linn., Sp. Plant., ed. I. p. 420; Syme, Engl. 
Botany, ed. III. ii. p. 61, t. 204; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 149. 
Differt a sequente, cui valde affinis, radice annua nec bienni; 
bracteis linearibus margine tantum scariosis; dichasio minus 
contracto ; calyce paullum breviore, dentibus rotundatis non 
ciliatis ; carpophoro interdum breviore; seminum dorso angus- 
tiore. Hee planta occidentalis, orientalis illa. 
Adde syn. 8. latifolia, S. F. Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl, ii. 
p. 647. 
A species distributed throughout Central and Southern Europe; intro- 
duced in India, North America, Brazil, and probably elsewhere. The 
geographical area is not so wide as the references in many floras would seem 
