162 MR, F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS SILENE. 
Lusus 2. Calyx fructifer brevior, ob carpophorum brevissi- 
mum ellipsoideus. 
Syn. S. spergulifolia, var. ellipsoidea, Trautv. in Act. Hort. 
Petrop., ii. (1873) p. 508. 
Lusus 3. Caules debiles, geniculati, glabriusculi; inflorescentix 
rami primarii elongati. 
Syn. S. spergulifolia, var. elongata, Botss., Fl. Orient., i. 
p- 612. 
B. ARBUSCULA, Boiss., l.c. 
Dumosa, candice lignoso. Folia lineari-lanceolata. Racemus 
elongatus. Calyx solim ad strias hirsutus. 
Geogr. limits—N. Trans-Caucasia. 
S. and H. Persia; Ruins of Persepolis, in 
prov. of Fars (var. f). 
W. Mt. Arjish-tagh, in prov. of Karamania. 
333. Strene BornmutsLriert, Freyn, in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitsch. 
xli. (1891) p. 363. 
Tota glanduloso-hirta, viscosa, e basi suffrutescente multi- 
caulis. Caulis infrafoliorum rosulam terminalem lateraliter edens. 
Caules stricte erecti, apice 1~3-flori. Folia lanceolata, acuta, 
infima subspathulata, caulina vix diminuta, floralia herbacea, 
conspicue minora. Calyx florum masculorum major, cylindrico- 
conicus, rubro-striatus, apice purpureus, dentibus ovatis obtusis ; 
floruam feminorum et florum hermaphroditoram minor, sub- 
turbinatus, viridi- vel purpureo-striatus, dentibus oblongis, 
obtusis, margine subhyalinis. Petala alba, unguibus ciliatis, 
lobis oblongis, appendicibus binis, oblique ovatis, acutis, 
denticulatis. Capsula (perjuvenilis) turbinata, carpophoro 
glabro duplo saltim longiore suffulta. 
Hab. Prov. of Siwas; Mt. Yildiz-dagh (Bornmueller, exs., 
n. 2022). 
B. SUBALPINA, Freyn, l.c. 
Elatior, vegetior, subpedalis, laxe paniculata, panicule ramis 
paucis, apice cymoso-trifloris, inferioribus divaricatis vel 
arrectis, foliis majoribus. 
Hab. Mt. Yildiz-dagh (Bornmueller, exs., n. 2023). 
334. S. supiwa, Bied., Fl. Taur. Cauc., i. p. 336, iii. p. 304; 
Bot. Maq., t. 1997; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 207. 
