114 MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS SILENE. 
Petala pallide rosea, bifida, unguibus superne paullum connatis, 
laminai minuté obcordata, appendicibus binis parvis leviter 
emarginatis, non in tubum connatis. Capsula ovoidea carpo- 
phorum 3-4-plo superans. 
Syn. 8. rubella, Hort. Olyssiponensis. 
Hab. Portugal. 
202. Sinene TURBINATA, Guss., Fl. Sicule Prodr., i. (1827) 
p. 506; Moris, Fl. Sardoa, i. (1837) p. 249, t. 14 (S. rubella 
var. brachypetala). 
Caulis erectus, simplex vel e basi ramosus, glaber. Folia 
radicalia lanceolato-spathulata, obtusa, media lanceolata acuta, 
superiora linearia acuminata, omnia margine scabra, uninervia. 
Flores laxe paniculato-fasciculati, breviter pedicellati. Calyx 
albidus clavatus basi in petiolum attenuatus, fructifer turbi- 
natus, dentibus rotundatis obtusis, late albo-marginatis, ciliatis. 
Petala rosea bifida, unguibus inclusis, lamindé minima obcor- 
data, lobis obovato-linearibus, appendicibus bilobis, inter se 
connatis. Capsula ovata carpophorum ter superans. 
A S. rubellé certissime diversa. 
Hab. Sardinia and Sicily. 
203. S. secetatis, Duf. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, vii. (1860) 
p. 241. 
Caulis erectus, dichotome ramosus, pruinoso-pubescens. Folia 
ovato-oblonga, omnia margine undulata, ad basin attenuata, 
ciliata. Flores erecti. Calyx purpurascens glaber, breviter 
tubulosus, fructifer turbinato-clavatus, dentibus ovatis, obtusis, 
late albo-marginatis, lanuginoso-ciliatis. Petala emarginata 
rosea, appendicibus oblongis, bilobis, inter se connatis. Capsula 
ovato-oblonga, carpophorum bis terve superans. 
Syn. 8. patula, Lag. ex Duf,, l.c., p. 242 (non Desf.). 
S. rubella, Soy.-Will. et Godr., Sil. d’Algér, p. 37 
(non Linn. ?) 
S. undulata, Pourr. in Herb. Salvad., n. 109 (non Ait.), 
fide Rohrb., Monogr., p. 155. 
S. stricta, Achar. in Herb. Holm. (non Linn.), fide Lindm. 
Geogr. limits —N. Tudela, in Navarre. 
H. Tunis. 
S. Algeria. 
W. Near Cadiz, in Andalusia. 
