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304. SmneNE nocreoLens, Webb et Berth., Phi ytogr. Canar., i. 
p- 141, t. 20; Rohkrb., Monogr., p. 194. 
Adde : Semina dorso obtuse canaliculata (ex observ.). 
Hab. Canary Isles. 
2. Ungues et filamenta ciliati. 
305. S. stenosorrys, Boiss. et Haussk. in Boiss., Fl. Orient., i. 
p. 611, et suppl., p. 97; Rohrb. , Monogr., p. 195. 
A S. spergulifolid et affinibus, staminibus hirsutis longe 
exsertis, discedens. 
Adde syn. 8S. supina, Aucher-Eloy, n. 482. 
Geogr. area.—Turkey in Asia. 
W. Rascheya, in the Anti-Lebanon. 
N. Prov. of Diarbekir, along the east branch 
of R. Euphrates (Sintenis, It. Orientale, 
1888; Herb. Kew). 
FE, At the base of Mt. Sindjar, in prov. of 
Mosoul (Haussknecht in Boiss., Fl. Orient., 
suppl., p. 97). 
S. Mar Elias, between Damascus and the ruins 
of Palmyra, in the Syrian Desert. 
306. S. semenovu, Regel et Herder, in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 
(1866), p. 536; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 195. 
Hab. Soungaria; the Ala-tau Range, north of the R. Tabya 
and Lake Issyk-kul. 
B. Petala laciniato-quadripartita. 
307. S. oporatisstma, Bunge in Ledeb., Fl. Altaic., ii. p. 148; 
Ic. Fl. Rossice, t. 396 (petala erronea) ; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 195. 
Hab. Kirghiz Steppes and Desert of Soungaria. 
b. Flores in racemo simplici vel composito verticillastrifero, 
aut, axis primarie internodiis intra inflorescentiam abbreviatis, 
capitulum plus minus densum formantes; (rarissime racemus 
non contractus pauciflorus, sed tum calyx brevis obconicus et 
ungues ciliati). 
Series 4. Capitellate. 
Flores in racemo simplici, axis primarie internodiis abbre- 
Viatis, capituliformi, rarissime in racemo paucifloro non 
