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vestitus, striis viridibus vel nigricanti-rubellis superne arcuatim 
conjunctis et intra dentes reticulato-venosis, dentibus elongato- 
lanceolatis, acuminatis albo-marginatis, ciliatis. Petala pur- 
purea vel sordide rubro-violacea, unguibus exsertis, longe 
ciliatis, lobis medianis oblongis, lateralibus lacinulatis, appen- 
dicibus binis fornicatis elongato-lanceolatis. Filamenta glabra. 
Capsula ovato-oblonga, subsessilis. Semina reniformia, dorso 
faciebusque plana dense acute tuberculata. 
Hab. S.E. Siberia; on the shores of the bay of St. Olga, and 
near the R. Wai-Fudin. 
_B. Petala bipartita vel bifida. 
a. Capsula carpophorum eequans vel fere bis superans. 
331. Smene REPENS, Patr. in Pers. Syn. Pl., i. p. 500; Ledeb., 
Ic. Fl. Rossic., t. 425; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 206. 
a. ANGUSTIFOLIA (typica), Zurcz. ap. Regel, in Bull. Soc. Nut. 
Mosc. (1861) p. 561. 
Folia linearia vel anguste lineari-lanceolata, 14-6 mm. lata. 
f. sINENSIS, mihi (= S. repens, Franch, in Journ. Botanique, 
[1890], p. 302). . 
Folia scabridiora quam in speciminibus Sibiricis. Petaloram 
appendices lineares, paullum divergentes. Carpophorum 
velutinum. 
Hab. N. China; Suen-hoa-fou. 
B. LATIFOLIA, Turcz. ap. Regel in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. (1861) 
p. 561. 
Folia lineari-lanceolata vel anguste lanceolata, 6-12 mm. lata. 
y. TRANSCAUCASICA, Trautv. in Act. Hort. Petrop., ii. (1873) 
p. 508. 
Caules simplicissimi ; foliorum fasciculis vel ramulis foliiferis 
in foliorum caulinorum axillis plane deficientibus. 
Geogr. limits—N. and EH. Kamtschatka, in Siberia. 
W. Slatoust, in Central Russia. 
S. Japan. 
332. S. sperautironia, Bieb., Fl. Taur. Cauc., iii. (1819) 
p. 305; Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. Helv. n. 5101; Rohrb., Monogr., 
p. 206. 
Syn. S. spergulifolia var. clavata, Trautv. in Act. Hort. 
Petrop., ii. (1873) p. 508. . 
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