143 SILENE^. (PINK FAMILY.) 



puberulent, dbconical-camjyanulate, in fruit o'Date^ teeth ovate, obtuse ; 

 claws dilated, limb obcordate-bilobed ; capsule ovate, short-stipitate — 

 June — Subalpine and alpine Lebanon. 



§ 9. SP£RGUIiIFOL.I^- 



35. S, stenobotrys, Boiss. etHaussk. If .3 to .5, pruinose, with 

 numerous, erect, slender stems. Leaves subulate, ciliate at broad base. 

 Cymules 1-3-flowered, short-peduncled, forming a loose, viscid raceme, 

 .1 to .3 long ; teeth of glandular-hairy, ovate, .007 long calyx oblong, 

 obtuse ; limb white, biparted almost to base into linear lobes ; fila- 

 ments hirsute, long-exserted ; capsule small, ovate, acute, 3-3-times as 

 long as obconical carpophore — May and June — Chalky districts; 

 Antilebanon about Rasheyah and Mar Elias to Aintab and Marash, 

 and north-eastward. 



36. S. brevipes, Paine. If .3 to .3, puberulent ; stems many, 

 difEuse, from a thick, woody base. Leaves small, firm, lanceolate, 

 acute. Cymes spiciform, few-flowered, simple or forked ; flowers 

 small, distant, solitary or twin ; calyx puberulent, cylindrical, .005 

 long, 5-nerved ; filaments glabrous ; limb small, round, notched ; 

 gynophore almost — April — Southern slopes of Jebel SiSghah 

 (Moab.) 



37. S. §pergiilifolia, Desf. 2| .2 to .3 ; scabrous-pubescent, 

 tufted, stems ascending. Leaves linear-siibulate, rigid, recurved, ciliate 

 at base. Cymules with short and stiff peduncles, forming short, ter- 

 minal^ interrnpted, often capitate racemes; calyx .009 long, glandular- 

 hairy, cylindrical-obconical, in fruit club-shaped, with acute angles, 

 teeth ovate obtuse ; limb white, with linear lobes ; filaments glabrous; 

 capsule rounded at base, conical, tapering, twice or thrice as long as 

 carpophore — 



Var. elongata, Boiss. .3. Racemes loose, elongated — Mt. 

 Akdagh (Northern Syria.) 



38. S. pruinosa, Boiss. If .2 to .3, grey, retrorsely puberulent, 

 shrubby at base ; stems ascending, panicled, branches of panicle often 

 alternate. Leaves .01 to .015 long, someichat spathulate. Calyx .01" 

 to .015 long, glandular, cylindrical-obconical, in fruit club-shaped, 

 teeth ovate, obtuse ; limb white, with linear lobes ; capsule slightly 

 punctate, oblong-conical, once to twice as long as carpophore — June 

 — Dry hills ; Cassius and Amanus to Aintab, and northward. 



Var. alpina, Boiss. Stems .1 to .2, few-flowered — Amanus 

 and northward. 



39. S, montbrctiana, Boiss. 2f .2 to .3, grey, velvety ; base 

 shrubby, stems erect, simple or stiff-branched. Leaves 1 -nerved, odlo?i^ 

 to linear-lanceolate, the lowest often obtuse, the rest acute, the floral ob- 

 long-triangular. Cyme terminal, l-S-fowered, with short peduncles ; 

 calyx .01 long, glandular-hairy, campanulate, in fruit club-shaped, 

 teeth ovate, acutish ; claw 1 -toothed on each side ; lobes of the yellow 

 limb short, ovate ; capsule oblong, as long ag carpophore — May — 

 Mountains above Aintab, and northward. 



