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B. Witixommrana, J. Gay (sp.), ap. Coss., Not. Pl. Crit., ii. 
(1850) p. 32; Willk. et Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hisp., iii. p. 660. 
Robustior, ramosissima, dense hirsuta, valde viscosa, foliis 
carnosulis, corolla pallida. 
Geogr. limits.—N. Sierra de Carascoy, near Murcia. 
S. Dschebel Santo (Sacred Mountain), in 
Algeria. 
E. Dschemma Ghazawat, in Algeria. 
W. Andalusia, near Malaga. 
200. SILENE RUBELLA, Brot., Fl. Lusit., ii. (1804) p. 188; 
Willk., Ic. Descr. Pl. Nov. Hisp., p. 66, t. 488; Rohrb., Monogr., 
p. 155. 
Differt a S. fuscatd, cui habitu valde accedit, calyce hand 
umbilicato, scabride nec viscoso-pubescente, dentibus rotun- 
datis ; carpophoro multo breviore; seminum forma; a ceteris 
magis distat. 
The Linnean description is loosely worded, and does not sufficiently 
identify the plant, which is described from Portuguese specimens. It is as 
follows :—“ Radix annua. Caulis erectus, rectus, vix pedalis, non ramosus. 
Folia inferiora cuneiformia obtusa, superiora lanceolata ; articulus supremus 
caulis longior. Flores conferti caulem terminant, dichotomi, 3 vel 7. 
Calyces glabri, csesii, subglobosi, venosi. Corolle rubre, bifide, nectariferee, 
vix unquam aperte, minutissime et vix conspicue.” 
Adde syn. S. antirrhina, Otth, in DC. Prodr.,i. p. 378 (non 
Ivinn.). 
Geogr. limits.—N. Monserrat, in Catalonia. 
S. Upper Egypt. 
E. Near Bagdad, in Asiatic Turkey. 
W. Near Lisbon. 
201. S. Berciana, Lindm. in Act. Hort. Berg., i. (1891) p. 3, 
n. 6, f. 1-8. 
Caulis erectus simplex vel rarius e basi ramosus, pilis 
recurvis scabride puberulus. Folia inferiora ovato-spathulata 
ad basin attenuato-petiolata, obtusissima, superiora oblongo- 
lanceolata, acuta, basi angustata, omnia ciliata; bractew et 
prophylla undulate late lineares, acuminate, ciliate, puberule. 
Dichasium remotifloruam; pedicelli fructiferi calycem usque 
3-plo superantes. Calyx pallide virens 9 mm. long. obovato- 
cylindraceus, fructifer obovato-turbinatus, basi attenuatus, haud 
umbilicatus, puberulus, dentibus subtriangulari-rotundatis 
albido-marginatis lanuginoso-ciliatis, nervis latis viridibus. 
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