184 MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE GENUS SILENE. 
Geogr. limits —N. Corsica. 
E. Sardinia (Lisa [1837], in Herb. Moris.).. 
S. Algeria. 
W. Andalusia. 
B. Calyx evenins. 
388. SILENE GIBRALTARICA, Boiss., Elench. Pl., p. 20; Voy. Bot. 
Esp., p. 91, t. 26.4; Rohrb., Monogr., p. 227. 
A S. mollissimd differt, caulibus superne glabris viscidis, 
calycis striis rubellis, velutinis, haud anastomosantibus, petal- 
orum lamina pallide violacea, semilunari-excis4, seminum facie- 
bus leviter concavis. 
Adde syn. S. auriculefolia, Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atlant., 
p. 382. 
Hab. Gibraltar, in fissures of rocks on the east side; and 
Serra de Cintra, near Lisbon (Winkler [1876], ex Wellk. et 
Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hisp., iii. p. 667). 
389. S. niracensts, Rouy, in Willk. Ilustr. Fl. Hisp., i. (1885) 
p- 150, t. 89; Prodr. Fl. Hisp., suppl., p. 282 (1893). 
Suffrutescens; rhizomate vel candice reliquiis petiolorum 
foliorum emortuorum squamato, foliorum rosulas caulesque 
floriferos edente. Caulis erectus, robustus, sulcatus, angulatus, 
aut non nisi cymam terminalem 4-5-floram umbelliformem, aut 
cymam terminalem compositam multifloram compactam, et sub 
ei cymas axillares simplices ferens. Folia lexte virentia, 
spathulato-lanceolata vel obovato-lanceolata, cum caule brac- 
teisque dense sed brevissime velutina, inferiora in petiolum latum 
basi vaginantem attenuata, bractee et prophylla ovato-lanceo- 
late. Flores speciosi breviter pedicellati. Calyx cylindrico- 
clavatus, fructifer clavatus, umbilicatus tenuissime puberulus, 
dentibus seu lobis suborbicularibus, late albo-marginatis, dense 
ciliatis, sinubus interlobaribus rotundato-excavatis. Petala 
supra ochroleuca, subtus purpurascentia, unguibus exsertis, 
lamina late obovata, biloba, lobis latis subtruncatis, ecoronata. 
Capsula ovata rostrata. 
a. PSEUDOGIBRALTARICA, Rouy, in Willk. Illustr. Fl. Hisp., 1. 
(1885) p. 150; Prodr. Fl. Hisp., suppl., p. 282. 
Folia rosularum dense congesta spathulata obtusa, 3-4 centim. 
longa. Caulis brevis 8-10 centim. longus, duo solim foliorum 
paria ferens. Cyma simplex umbelliformis 4—5-flora. 
