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fructifero infra capsulam carpophorum ter superantem con- 
stricto facile distinguitur. 
Hab. Utaly 
251. SineNE squamicera, Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Nov. Or., Ser. T. i. 
p. 38; Jaub. et Spach, Illustr. Plant. Or., i. p. 8, t. 4 (S. 
echinata) ; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 173. 
Differt a S. echinatd calycis nervis a squamis nec pilis obsitis, 
petalis albis, seminum forma. 
8. ANTIOCHICA, Freyn (sp.), in Bull. Herb. Boiss.,iii. (1895) p. 78. 
Caules dichotomi, ramis rigidis. Calyx cylindricus pur- 
purescens. Petala carnea. 
Geogr. limits.—N. Mt. Sipuli, in Anatolia. 
HE. Prov. of Marasch. 
S. Elmalu, in Anatolia. 
W. Nome of AXtolia, in Livadia. 
252. S. vesicuuirera, J. Gay, ap. Boiss., Fl. Orient., i. p. 586; 
Rohrb., Monogr., p. 173. 
Valde affinis priori, a qué tamen calycis forma, dentibus 
elongatis, squaamarum natura, petalis angustioribus et capsula 
globosa satis differt. 
Hab. Mt. Taurus, in Cilicia. 
Sectio III. BorryostLEne. 
Herbe perennes suffruticesve. Flores in racemo simplici vel 
Composito breviter vel longe pedicellati: racemi ramis aut 
brevibus paucifloris, aut elongatis iteram racemosis vel 
cymuliferis vel, omnibus cymarum internodiis abbreviatis, 
verticillastriferis, interdum axis primarie intra inflorescentiam 
internodiis contractis flores capitulum formantes; raro abortu 
caulis tri-vel uniflorus. 
A. Calyx glaberrimus coriaceus, cylindrico-vel conico-clavatus, 
ssepe basi annulo circulari pseudoumbilicatus. 
Series 1. Sclerocalycine. 
a. Pedicelli ima basi bibracteolati. 
253. S. Friwanpzkyana, Hampe, in Flora, xx. (1837) p. 226; 
Rohrb., Monogr., p. 175. 
As 8. colorata, Poir., is now sunk in S. sericea, by the strict application 
of the law of priority Hampe’s name (1837) would yield to S. colorata, 
