822 REVISION OF THE SPECIFIC FORMS OF THE GENUS GYPSOPHILA. 



(which include plants described as species, and here reduced to 

 varieties) are recorded under each species. 



Gypsophila. — Calyx campanulatus turbinatus vel obconico- 

 tubulosus, rarius cylindricus ; 5-deutatus vel 5-fidus, inter 5 nervos 

 membra naceus; nullis nervis commissurahbus tubum decurrentibus ; 

 basi ebracteolatus. Petala 5, disci sessihs cyathiformis margine 

 inserta ; ungue angusto longitudinaliter non bilamellato, lamina basi 

 nuda, Integra retusa bidentata vel profundius biloba rarius triloba 

 vel anchors formi. Anthophorum parvum. Stamina 10. Styli 2. 

 Capsula unilocularis, globosa vel ovoidea rarius oblonga, profunde 

 quadrivalvis. Semina subreniformia umbilico marginal! affixa : 

 embryo periphericus. — Herbae annu^e vel perennes raro suffruticosae, 

 pler^que glaucaB, paucae glanduloso-pubescentes vel hispidae. Folia 

 plana vel caualiculata, srepe carnosula. Flores plerumque paryi et 

 numerosi, paniculati, nunc in dichotomiis solitarii, dilute rosei vel 

 Bsepius albi. 



Subgenus I. Pseudosaponaria. — Calyx oblongo-campanulatus. 

 Petali unguis apice constrictus a lamina distinctus. Ovarium 

 18-20-ovulatum. Annure. 



1. G. PORRiGENS Fenzl. (Fl. Orient.). Saponaria porrijens L. 

 Hagenia porrigens Moench. 



Subgenus II. Anchyropetala. — Calyx cylindricus. Petali 

 unguis apice non constrictus, in laminam anchoraeformem vel 

 trilobam sensim dilatatus. Ovarium 6-10-ovulatum. Perennes. 



2. G. ARsusiANA (Fl. Orient.). Ankyropetalum arsusianum Ky. 



3. G. Beuteri (Fl. Orient.). Ankyropetalum Reuteri Boiss. et 

 Haussk. 



4. G. coELESYRiACA (Fl. Orient.). Ankyropetalum coelesyrlacum 

 Boiss. et A. gypsophiloides Fenzl. 



5. G. HispiDA Boiss. (Fl. Orient.). 



Subgenus III. Eugypsophila. — Calyx campanulatus turbinatus 

 vel obconico-tubulosus, dentatus lobatus vel partitus. Petali unguis 

 apice non constrictus, in laminam truncato-retusam bidentatam vel 

 profundius bifidam sensim dilatatus. Ovarium 2-24-ovulatum. 

 Perennes vel annuae. 



Sectio I. Pauciovulat^. — Folia acuta carinata. Calyx inter 

 5 nervos tenues late membranaceus. Ovario ovula 4 v. pauciora. 

 Perennes. 



6. G. FRANKENioiDEs Boiss. (Fl. Orient.). 



7. G. intricata Franch. ; Ann. Sci. Nat. vi. 15 (1883), p. 238. 



8. G. libanotica Boiss. (Fl. Orient.). 



9. G. cuRviFOLiA Fenzl (Fl. Orient.). 



10. G. capitata M. B. (Fl. Orient.). ? G. campestris Pall., G. 

 glomerata Adams. 



Sectio II. ExscAP-E. — Acaules dense pulvinares. Flores in 

 cPDspite subsessiles. Folia arete imbricata. Calycis lobi obtusi. 

 Stamina exserta. Semina echinato-tuberculata. Perennes. 



