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sepius purpureo-tinctis, ciliolatis. Petala pallide rosea, unguibus 
exsertis, bifida, lobis linearibus, appendicibus binis, lanceolato- 
linearibus, acutis. Capsula ovato-conica, carpophoro 3-4-plo 
longior. Semina reniformia, undique tuberculata, dorso plana. 
S. nutantis habitus, diversa autem foliis mucronulatis latioribus 
et numerosioribus, petalorum forma. 
Hab. China; prov. of Yun-nan. 
359. Stnene Spaupinen, S. Wats. in Proc. Amer. Acad., x. 
(1875) p. 344; B. L. Robinson, in Proc. Amer. Acad., xxviii. 
(1893) ‘p. 146. 
Caulis erectus, foliosus, tomentosus, simplex vel ramosus, 
superne glanduloso-viscosus. Folia inferiora oblongo-lanceolata, 
acutiuscula, superiora lanceolata, acuta. Flores in paniculam 
brevem strictam racemosam dispositi. Calyx subherbaceus, 
oblongo-cylindricus, fructifer obconicus, nervis anastomosantibus, 
dentibus ovato-triangularibus, acutiusculis, ciliolatis. Petala 
viridi-albida, unguibus paullum exsertis, lamina bidentata 
breviter triangulari, appendicibus 4-partitis, parvis, lanceolatis, 
obtusis. Capsula ovato-oblonga, breviter stipitata. 
Hab. On the Clear Water, Central Idaho; and on the 
Lumnaha, Union Co., Oregon. 
360. S. gaLaT#a, Boiss., Fl. Orient., suppl., p. 103 (1888). 
Caules adscendentes, flexuosi, tenues, sepe ramulosi. Folia 
oblongo-rhombea, breviter petiolata, apice abrupte acuminata, 
breviter velutino-puberula ; bractee lineares vel setacex, breves. 
Panicula elongata, laxa pauciflora; floribus longe pedicellatis. 
Calyx scaber, rubellus, cylindrico-conicus, fructifer clavatus, 
sub capsulé constrictus, dentibus alternatim ovatis obtusis, 
triangularibus acutis. Petala livida, bifida, appendicibus 
truncatis, erosulis. Capsula oblonga, carpophoro sesquilongior. 
Semina tuberculata, faciebus subconcava. 
A S. nutante eximie distincta, foliis abrupte acuminatis, caulis 
et pedicellorum gracilitate, carpophoro bis longiore. 
Hab. Cyprus, near Galata. 
Several more species have been described, which are referred to the 
S. nutans group, but which are scarcely to be differentiated from the type 
itself and are best included in it. The list of synonyms following Rohrbach’s 
description is very formidable, and implies that he considered the species 
as of a polymorphic type. 
