130 MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS SILENE. 
242. Sitene TENUIFLORA, Guss., Pl. Rar., p. 177, t. 36 (1826) ; 
Dill., Hort. Eltham., p. 423, t. 314, fig. 404; Lindm. in Act. 
Hort. Berg., i. (1891) n. 6, p. 6, figg. 21-25; Rohrb., Monogr., 
p. 167 (sub S. cretica). 
Inferne puberula, superne viscidula. Caulis tenuis in cymam 
corymbosam stricte dichotomam dividens. Folia radicalia 
spathulata, obtusa, in petiolum attenuata, superiora cum 
bracteis anguste linearia, acuta. Flores in cymas regulares 
dispositi, et mediani et laterales longe pedicellati. Calyx 14-16 
mm. longus, clavato-cyiindraceus leviter umbilicatus superne 
atro-purpurascens, fructifer clavatus infra medium _leviter 
constrictus apice sensim contractus, nervis rubris, dentibus 
ovato-triangularibus anguste albo-marginatis. Petala pur- 
purea, unguibus exsertis, obovato-cuneata, obcordato-emarginata, 
appendicibus bipartitis, hujusque laciniis oblongis rotundato- 
obtusis, vel interdum subacutis. Capsula ovata carpophorum 
duplo superans. Semina tuberculata, dorso faciebusque 
planiuscula. 
Lindman, who has carefully studied the characters of the plant in the 
living state, shares the opinion of Boissier (FI. Orient., i. p. 585), that this 
species is quite distinct. from S. cretica. 
(reogr. limits—N. Albano, near Rome, Lindman. 
S. Sicily, Gussone. 
E. Base of Mt. Parnassus, in Greece, Heldreich, 
ex Boiss., Fl. Orient., l.c. 
W. Andalusia, Reverchon (** S. cretica”’). 
B. Calyx dentibus obtusis. 
245. S. Benen, Linn., Sp. Plant., ed. I. p. 418; Dill., Hort. 
litham., p. 427, t. 317, fig. 409; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 169. 
Affinis S. levigate a qua, ceteris neglectis, jam calyce 
umbilicato nervis anastomosantibnus differt. 
(reogr. limits.—N. Prov. of Cagliari, in Sardinia. 
S. and W. Canary Islands (S. ignobilis, Lowe). 
Ii, Palestine. 
244. S. Hotzmayny, Heldr. in Boiss., Fl. Orient., suppl., p. 91 
(1888); Nym., Consp. Fl. Hur., suppl., ii. p. 54. 
Glaucescens, glabra. Caulis dichotomus, ramis crassiusculis. 
Folia lanceolata utrinque attenuata, obtusa, suprema lanceolato- 
linearia, acuta. Dichasii internodii brevissimi. Calyx oblongus 
rubellus, fructifer ovato-inflatus, dentibus  ovatis. Petala 
