148 MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS SILENE. 
Tomentello-canescens, fere argyrea. Folia inferiora lineari- 
lanceolata, superiora linearia. Calyx crispule hirsutus, brevior, 
clavato - pyriformis, fructifer amplius pyriformis, elevatim 
obtuse costatus inter costas viridis, insigniter sulcatus. 
Hab. Prov. of Bagdad, and S. Persia. 
292. Smvene casprca, Pers., Syn. Pl., i. p. 497 (1805) ; Reichb., 
Ic. Pl. Crit., 263; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 190. 
Adde syn. 8. fruticulosa, Bieb. Tabl., n. 17, ex DC. Prodr., i. 
p. 381. 
This plant is frequently cited as S. suffrutescens Bieb., e.g., by 
Ledebour (Fl. Rossica) and Boissier (FU. Orient.), though that 
name is three years later. 
Geogr. limits —N. N. Turkestan. 
S. E. shore of the Caspian Sea. 
E. Desert of Souugaria. 
W. Between Kuba and Schamachi, in the 
Eastern Caucasus (S. fruticulosa). 
293. S. wirticatyx, Boiss. et Haussk. in Boiss., Fl. Orient., 
suppl., p. 104. 
Glauca, glabra. Caules e rhizomate indurato adscendentes, 
inferne dichotome et pluries ramosi, inter internodia brevia 
nodoso - incrassati, apice 1-2-flori. Folia inferiora anguste 
oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa, basi longe attenuata, superiora 
abbreviata, acuta. Pedicelli calyce 5-plo breviores. Calyx 
cylindricus, pilis crispulis velutinus, fructifer clavatus, nervis 
pallidis, dentibus ovatis latemembranaceis. Petala fuscescentia, 
biloba, appendicibus circumcirca denticulatis. Capsula oblonga 
carpophoro sublongior. 
Hab. On mountains of Persian Kurdistan, above Inanro. 
tt Petala linearia integra. 
294. S. cepropeTata, Schrenk, in Bull. Phys. Math. Acad. 
Pétersb., u. p. 198; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 191. 
Hab. Soungaria. 
B. Calyx membranaceus. 
t Petala unguibus ciliatis. 
295. S. petr#a, Adams in Weber et Mohr, Bettr., i. (1805) 
p. 98; Rohkrb., Monogr., p. 191. 
B. @yMNocaALycIna, Trautv. in Act: Hort. Petrop., v. pars 1. 
p. 414. 
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