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Geogr. limits —N. Near Alliar, in district of Karabagh, Trans- 
Caucasia. 
S. and W. Mt. Hermon, in Syria. 
HH. Mt. Elburz, in N. Persia. 
268. SILENE ARMENA, Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Nov. Or., Ser. 1. 
p- 29; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 180. 
8. SCABRIDULA, Boiss. (sp.), Fl. Ovient., i. p. 643. 
Pruinoso-scabridula, canescens, superne glabra, viscidula. 
Caules sepias simplices. Folia inferiora lineari-lanceolata. 
Calyx albidus tenuiter cylindricus, dentibus lanceolatis. 
Geogr. limits —N. Mountains of Trebizond. 
E. Prov. of Erzeroum. 
S. and W. Mt. Taurus, in Cilicia. 
B. Folia serrulato-scabra. 
269. S. serrutata, Boiss., Fl. Orient., i. p. 643; Rohrb., 
Monogr., p. 180. 
Hab. Anatolia; hills near Elmalu. 
(3) Calyx dentibus omnibus ovatis obtusis albo-marginatis 
ciliatis. 
270. S. Bauansa, Botss., Diagn. Pl. Nov. Or., Ser. I. vi. p. 31; 
Rohrb., Monogr., p. 181. 
Hab. Mt. Aslan-dagh and Mt. Masmeneu-dagh, in Cappa- 
docia. 
+t Flores cernui. 
(1) Calyx dentibus omnibus acutis vel obtusis. 
271. S. srrurmioLoiwes, A. Gray, Bot. U.S. Expl. Exped., i. 
p- 109, t. 10; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 181. 
A species remarkable for its squarrose habit; a character not noted in 
the description. 
Hab. Sandwich Islands. 
272. S. Manissapgrant, Freyn, in Bull. Herb. Boiss., iii. (1895) 
p. 83. 
Glaucescens, preter basin tomentellam glabra, superne viscida, 
suffrutescens. Caules 30-60 centim., diffuse paniculati, ramis 
1-3-floris, fragilibus tenuissimis bracteatis. Folia glabra, plana, 
uninervia, acuta, inferiora lanceolato-spathulata, in petiolum 
eequilongum basi dilatatum sensim angustata, margine serrulato- 
scabra, caulina lanceolata, subsessilia ; bractee lanceolato- 
