118 MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS SILENE. 
S. clandestine quadammodo ex habitu similis, pluribus notis 
autem diversissima,—petalis integris, calyce fructifero ampliato, 
foliis acuminatis, glabris, margine pilis raris ciliatis nec scabris, 
seminibus ala undulaté marginatis. 
By Ledebour (‘ Fl. Rossica,’ i. p. 777, in suppl.) placed in the group 
Elisanthe, which is now a section of the genus Melandryum. From an 
examination of the capsules of dried specimens in Herb. Kew, I sm 
inclined to agree with this view, as I was unable to detect the remains of 
septa at the base of the capsules I examined; but I should prefer not 
to be responsible for excluding the species from Silene unless I had the 
opportunity of examining the fresh capsules of living plants. Boissier 
(Fl. Orient., i. p. 581) has “ capsula basi trilocularis,” though the statement 
seems based only on presumptive evidence. 
Geogr. limits.—N. Agathme, in Turkestan. 
Beluchistan. 
The spring of Sassyk-pastan, in the Desert 
of Soungaria. 
W. Kerman, in S.E. Persia. 
B. Semina dorso plana. 
a. Capsula carpophorum bis superans. 
212. Smmene Husson, Botss., Diagn. Pl. Nov. Or., Ser. I. viii. 
p. 76; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 158. 
Hab. Wadi Sannonr, in the Egypto-Arabian Desert. 
b. Capsula carpophorum equans vel paullum superans. 
213. S. riaiputa, Sibth. et Sm., Prodr. Fl. Grec., i. p. 299 ; 
Fl. Greca, v. p. 21, t. 480; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 158. 
Adde syn. S. methanwa, Heldr. Exs. Herb. Norm., n. 828. 
Haussknecht is disposed to consider this species as merely a form of 
S. portensis, in which the capsule and carpophore are nearly of the same 
length : there is no difference in the seeds of the two plants. 
Geogr. limits —N. Mt. Hymettus, near Athens. 
E. Island of Rhodes. 
W. Mt. Malevo, in the Morea. 
S. Island of Crete. 
214. S. EcninospeRMA, Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Nov. Or., Ser. I. viii. 
p. 78; Rohrb. Monogr, p. 158. 
Differt a priori, cui valde affinis, presertim colore petalorum 
et seminibus. 
Hab. Mt. Taygetus, in the nome of Messenia, Greece. 
