198 SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS TUNICA. 



paniculatim ramosi. Folia 22-25 mm., lineari-lanceolata acumi- 

 nata adpressa trinervia margine scabrida. Calyx dentibus ovatis 

 acutis. Lamina oblonga integra superne alba subtus lineis viola- 

 ceis picta. 



Sectio V. Pleurotunica. — Flores solitarii basi nudi. Calyx 

 valde quinquecostatus, costis 1 v. 3-nerviis. Monotocse. 



Subsectio 1. — Folia patentia. Calyx costis uninerviis. Petala 

 integra. 



22. T. illyrica Fisch. et Mey. ; Linn., Mantissa, p.70(SVf/x>warta) ; 

 Rcbb., Ic. Flor. Germ. 4999. — Viscido-pubescens,plusrnimiscjespi- 

 tosa basi suffrutescens. Caules numerosi rigidi laxe et divari- 

 catim dichotomi. Folia anguste lineari-subulata recurva trinervia 

 margine scabra. Flores approximati. Calyx birsutus tubuloso- 

 campanulatus, dentibus triangulari-ovatis mucronatis. Lamina 

 oblonga, supra pallide oebroleucai subtus purpureo-lineata basi 

 purpureo-punetata. Biennis. 



Var. Taygetea Boiss. ; Fl. Orient. 1, p. 521. 



Yar. fluva Huter ; PL Exsiccat. Ex Itin. Italico, iii. no. 25G 

 (Herb. Kew). 



Tbis species includes tbe following plants : — 



Saponaria Illyrica L., wbicb certainly does not occur in Illyria, 

 and therefore tbe trivial name proposed by Linngeus is not appro- 

 priate. 



Gypsophila cretica Griseb. in Spicil. Fl. Rumel. Bitbyn. 1, 

 p. 184. T. cretica, for wbicb tbe plant may bave been mistaken, 

 does not occur in tbe Balkan provinces. 



Fiedleria illyrica Rcbb., representing a genus which has not 

 been maintained. 



23. T. Dav^ana Cosson ; Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxvi. p. 103. 

 — "Viscido-pubescens 16-20 centim. Caules erecti rigidi laxe et 

 divaricatim dicbotomi. Folia anguste lineari-subulata trinervia 

 stricta margine scabra. Pedicelli calyce longiores. Calyx clavatus 

 dentibus ovato-lanceolatis mucronatis. Lamina oblongo-spatbulata 

 purpurascens. Annua. — Cyrenaica in Africa boreali (in borto 

 Musei Parisiensis culta). 



24. T. stricta Bunge in FL Altaica, ii, (1830), p. 129 {Gypso- 

 phila); Ledebour in Ic. PL Ross. tab. 15, — Glabra 25 centim. Caules 

 numerosi erecti strictissimi basi racemose ramosi. Folia brevia 

 uninervia incurva margine scabra radicalia flaccida rosulata lineari- 

 spathulata, caulinia late linearia acuta. Pedicelli calyce 2-5-plo 

 longiores. Calyx tuvbinatus dentibus triangularibus acutis. La- 

 mina albida oblongo -linearis. Biennis. 



Subsectio 2.— =Folia patentia trinervia. Calyx costis trinerviis. 



25. T. pachygona Fiscb. et Mey.; Ind. Sem. Petropolit. iv. p. 

 50. — Glanduloso-viscida. Caules 13-20 centim., erecti rigidi a medio 

 dicbotome paniculati. Folia linearia acuta margine Isevia. Pedi- 

 celli calyce sublongiores. Calyx glaber campanulatus dentibus 

 triangulari-ovatis mucronatis. Lamina alba lineari-spatbulata in- 

 tegra subtus trilineata. Annua, 



