132 MR. F. N. WILLEAMS ON THE GENUS SILENE. 
Caulis erectus e basi divaricatim ramosus punctato-scabri- 
dulus. Folia inferiora oblongo-spathulata, superiora lanceolata, 
acuta, scabrida; bractez lineares. Flores subsessiles, alares, et 
ad ramos supremos breves 3-5-conferti. Calyx coriaceus, 
eylindricus, fructifer clavatus, infra capsulam constrictus, 
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dentibus rotundis, ovatis, late albo-marginatis, ciliatis. Petala 
rosea, obovato-oblonga, integra, appendicibus binis acutis. 
Capsula ovata, carpophoro crasso duplo longior. Semina dorso 
lato obtuse canaliculata, faciebus auriformi-curvato-excavata. 
Inflorescentia vel dichotoma cymosa vel seepius e cymis con- 
tractis ad ramos alternos terminalibus paniculatis constans. 
Geogr. limits —N. Ain-Tab, in prov. of Aleppo. 
S. Jerusalem. 
248. SILENE preRONEURA, mihi; Ball et Claraz (var.), im 
Journ. Iinn. Soc. (Bot.), xxi. (1886) p. 213. 
Basi retrorsum puberula, superne glabra viscida. Caules 
erecti furcati. Folia elongato-linearia, acuminata, ciliata; 
bractee foliis conformes. Flores longissime pedicellati. Calyx 
viridis ovatus, fructifer ovoideus, costis herbaceis undulato- 
alatis, dentibus oblongo-ovatis obtusis. Petala carnea, emar- 
ginata, appendicibus binis parvis. Capsula ovoidea subsessilis. 
Semina seriatim tuberculata, dorso faciebusque plana. 
On account of the distinctive character of the nerves of the calyx, it 
does not seem to belong to the same series as S. antirrhina. 
Hab. Near Bahia Blanca, in the Argentine Republic. 
b. Petala bifida vel bipartita. 
249. S. papruLosa, Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Nov. Or., Ser. I. i. p. 39; 
Rohrb., Monogr., p. 172. 
Affinis S. crassiped?, sed distinctissima nervorum dentiumque 
calycinorum structura, et lamina bifidé magis exserta. 
Geogr. limits —N. Guzuldere, near Mersina, in Cilicia. 
S. Nahr el Kelb, on the) (Peyron, ex Boiss., 
Syrian coast Fl. Orient., suppl., 
FE. Gadir, in the Lebanon }  p. 92). 
W. S. coast of Anatolia. 
250. S. Ecminata, Otth, in DC. Prodr., i. p. 380; Rohrb., 
Monogr., p. 172. 
Calycis indumento accedit ad S. trinerviam, que tamen 
primo aspectu inflorescentia differt. 8. papillosa calyce breviore, 
