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SILENE. 



sitis, pedicello setaceo calyci aequilongo vcl longiori, fructifero saepe patulo-deflexo 

 suffultis; calyce florifero obconico, friictifero oblpngo-clavato viridulo enervi viscidulo, 

 fere ad tertiam partera usque in dentes triangulari- lanceolalos acuios membranaceo- 

 marginatos fisso; pelalis anguste lineari-cunealis e sicco flavidis, apice brevissime ex- 

 .sertis, Lreviter bilobis nudis; capsula calycem aequanti tencra ovata, carpophoro ea 

 dimidio breviori suffulta; seminibus minimis rciiiformibus eximie rugulosis, dorso non 

 canaliculatis. — Crescit in arenosis ad Wadi Sannour deserti Arabico -Aegyptiaci. 



5. S. EXSUDANS Boiss. et Heldr. I. c. 76. f — Annua brevissime papilloso -tomentella, 

 secus caules et ramos viscidula: caulibus pluribus pumilis rubellis, a basi pluries ei 

 divaricatim dicbotomis; ramis tenuissimis rigiduiis; foliis omnibus caulinis minutis 

 oblongo-linearibus obtusiusculis, basi attenuatis-, inferioribus superne canaliculatis, 

 .saepe subrecurvis, supremis linearibus minutissimis ; floribus ad dicbotomias supremas 

 aut ad ramulos terminales sitis , pedicello setaceo calycem aequanti vcl (in dicboto- 

 mia) duplo longiori suffullis; calyce oblongo -clavato brevissime papilloso - puberulo 

 albido ecostato , 5 lineis virescenli- nigricantibus, saepe obsoletis percurso , dentibus 

 triangularibus acutis, margine ciliolalis; petalis roseis cuneatis semibiQdis, corona bre- 

 vissima vix per.spicua ad basin usque 5 — 6-denticulata ; capsula calyce paululum 

 longiori crustacea flavida, tenuissime punctulata ovata, carpophoro ea paulo breviori 

 suffulta; seminibus reniformi-compressis (immaturis) laevibus. — Crescit in arenosis 

 maritimis porlus Tschinova Lyciae. 



6. S. SALSA Boiss. 1. c. 77. f — Annua, parce et breviter hirlula: caulibus pumihs a 

 basi divaricatim dicholomis ramisque filiformibus rigidulis; foliis anguste linearibils 

 convoluto -plicalis acutiuscuiis ; floribus in dichotomiis superioribus et ad ramulorum 

 apicem pedicello selaceo calyce 1 — 2-pIo longiori, fructifcro patulo sufl^ultis; calyce 

 patule et sparsim puberulo anguste clavato lineis quinquc viridibus e dentibus decur- 

 rentibus membrana albo-hyalina separatis percurso. dentibus triangulari- lanceolatis 

 aculis albo-marginatis longiuscule ciliatis; petalis e sicco flavidis, lamina lincari- 



cuneaia exserla, calyce dimidio breviori anguste semibifida; corona ; capsula 



oblonga crustacea tenera calyce paulo breviore, carpophoro ea paulo longiori suf- 

 fulta ; seminibus (immaturis) laevibus. — S. Unearis var. tenella Fenzl. — Crescit in 

 solo salso ad lacum Nemek Derja prope Schiraz. 



7. S. CASSIA Boiss. 1. c. 78. f — Annua vel biennis viridis brevissimc scabrida: caule 

 elato a basi opposite ramosissimo, ramis strictis rigidulis elongatis dichotome ramosis 

 viscidulis paniculam effusam formantibus; foliis anguste Imeari-complicatis acutis, 

 apice saepe subrecurvis, supremis bracteaeformibus seiaceis brevissimis ; fioribus ad 

 dichotomias suprcmas el ramulos lerminales pedicello flUformi semper recto, calyce 

 o_3.pio longiori suffultis; calyce florifero elotigato cylindrico-clavato breviter et 

 sparsira scabrido 10-costato, dentibus ex basi lanceolata subulalis, raargine non mem- 

 branaceis; petalorum lamina lineari-cuneata, breviter exserta ultra medium in 2 lobos 

 lineares bipartita; corona minutissima in 2 lacinias ovatas partita; capsula oblonga 

 elongata calycem aequante crustacea dura flavida minute punctata, carpophoro ea paulo 

 breviori suffulta ; seminibus reniformi - compressis rugulosis , dorso canaliculatis. — 

 Crescit in sylvaticis jugi Cassii. 



8. S. ECHINOSPERMA Boiss. et Heldr, 1. c. f — Annua vel bifinnis viridis, inferne bre- 

 vissime scabriuscula, superne viscida: caule elato tereti a basi opposite et laxe ramoso; 

 ramis elongatis dichotomc raraulosis paniculani laxifloram formantibus, nodis albidis 

 tumidis; foliis inferioribus angusle lanceoiato -linearibus obtusis vel acutiusculis, 

 caeteris lineari -subulatis . summis minimis braeteaeformibus; floribus ad dichotomias 

 supremas et ramulos terminales silis, pedicello calycc longiori, fructifero erecto suf- 

 fultis; calyce glabro elongato- clavato, inferne angustissirao membranaceo-hyalino 

 albido concolori vel lineis nigris rubeUisve percurso. dentibus latc et breviter tri- 

 angularibus acutis; laminis petalorum araplis longe exsertis cuneatis albis , subtus 

 paliide rubello-pictis, ad mediura usque divaricatim bilobis, lobis linearibus obtusis ; 

 corona ad basin usque flmbriato-multiflda, fimbriis longis setaceis asperulis; capsula 

 oblonga crustacea eximie punctulata, carpophoro aequilongo suff"ul(a; seminibus reni- 



