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MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS SILENE. lll 
b. Calyx fructifer apice non contractus. 
194. Strenr Kremert, Soy.-Will. et Godr., Sil. Alg., p. 31; 
Coss., Illustr. Fl. Atlant., fase. iv. (1890) p. 140, t. 90; Rohrb., 
Monogr, p. 151. 
Adde: Caulis 10-60-centim. longus, virgatus, superne vel a 
medio dichotome ramosus. Folia inferiora obtusa, superiora 
obtusa, vel sepe acuta. Bractew herbacem, longe ciliate. 
Petala albida, ochrolenca, unguibus ciliatis. Capsula car- 
pophoro pubescente paullum brevior. Semina compressa, 
faciebus auriculiformi-subconcava, dorso obtuse canaliculata 
tuberculata. | 
Hee species habitu S. cineree affinis, sed distincta calyce 
fructifero superne ovato- vel subgloboso-clavato infra capsulam 
constricto, petalorum unguibus dorso glabris, marginibus 
ciliatis, filamentis in parte inferiore pubescenti-ciliatis, carpo- 
phori longitudine, seminibus faciebus subconcavis dorso 
canaliculatis. 
As in the previous species, Rohrbach did not examine any specimens, but 
relied on Soyer-Willemet’s description, to which are here added other 
characters given by Cosson in his account of the plant. 
Hab. Algeria. 
195. S. cirrensis, Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atlant., p. 328. 
Caulis erectus, robustus, e basi ramosus, ramulis strictis, 
brevissime pubescens. Folia glauca, obovata vel oblonga, 
superiora sublinearia, omnia puberula, ciliata. Flores breviter 
pedunculati. Calyx tubulosus, fructifer ovoideo-oblongus infra 
Capsulam constrictus, nervis pilis articulatis vestitis, superne 
reticulato-venosus, dentibus obtusis oblongis. _ Petala bifida, 
unguibus ciliatis, appendicibus brevibus_bilobis. Filamenta 
glabra. Capsula oblongo-ovoidea carpophorum quater superans. 
Semina brunea, faciebus excavata striata. 
Hab. Environs of Constantine, Algeria. 
196. S. x1cmensis, All, Mise. Taurin., v. p. 88; Fl. Pedem., ii. 
(1785) p. 81, t. 44; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 152. 
Adde syn. S. Vallesiaca, Link., Handb., 11. p. 244. 
A biennial species, according to E. Tanfani. 
Geogr. limits.—S. and E. Cyprus. 
N. Island of Lido, near Venice (Kellner, ex 
Tanfant, in Parl., Fl. Italiana, ix. p. 394 
[1892]}). 
