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SILENE^. (pink family.) 



calyx-teeth lanceolate, ciliate at base ; claws exserted ; limb pink, ob- 

 long-spathulate, fringed to less tJimi half its length — Summer— Leba- 

 non, near Besherri and Cedars. Too near the last. 



13. D. Siiiaicii§, Boiss. If Sammah. .3 to .4, glaucous, shrub- 

 by at base; stems much branched, dicJiotomous. Radical leaves few, 

 fugacious, awl-shaped, scabrous-margined ; stein leaves reduced to an 

 appressed cusp QA-times as long as sheath. Flowers solitary ; scales 10, 

 closely appressed, ovate, white margined, tapering into a short point, 

 one-third as long as .025 to .03 long, calyx-tube; calyx-teeth lanceo- 

 late, acute; limb glabrous, oblong, a little broader than claic, fringed for 

 three-fourths its length — August — Rocks at base of Sinai. 



§ 4. DENTATI. 



14. D. pe]icliilu§, Boiss. et Bl. 21 A to .6, many-stemmed 

 from a woody base ; stems with few, stiflE branches. Leaves linear, 

 acuminate, somewhat rigid, more or less 5-nerved, scabrous-margined. 

 Flowers .02 to .03 broad, pedicelled, solitary, or 2-3, clustered ; scales 

 8-10, oblong-lanceolate, acute, the uppermost one-third to one -half as 

 long as .02 to .025 long, calyx-tube ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acute ; 

 limb obovate, digitate-iiicised to one-fouTth. its length — September — 

 Hanging from cliffs ; Lebanon. Doubtfully separated from the follow- 

 ing. 



15. D. actinopetalus, Fenzl. l^ .3 to .4, shrubby at base; 

 stems stiff, simple or branched. Leaves linear, acuminate, 5-7-nerved, 

 7wt scabrous-margined, the radical long, flexuous. Flowers 2-3, cluster- 

 ed, rarely solitary ; scales 8-10, ovate, acute, somewhat herbaceous, 

 one-fourth as long as .02 long, calyx-tube ; calyx-teeth oblong-triangu- 

 lar, acute ; claw exserted ; limb obovate, cut-tootlied — Summer — ■ 

 Rocks ; Antioch, and northward. 



16. D. zoiiatus, Fenzl. If .3 to .4, tufted from an indurated 

 root-stock ; stems erect, simple or stiff branched. Leaves 5-nerved, 

 rigid, acuminate. Flowers usually scarious-bracted ; scales 4, with 

 membranous margin broader above, ovate, mucronate, one-third as long 

 as .02 long calyx-tube ; calyx-teeth lanceolate, mucronate, usually 

 purple-zoned at base, yellow beneath, acutely denticulate — Spring — 

 Fields ; Moab. 



17. D. hypoclilorus, Boiss. et Held If .1 to .2, tufted ; 

 stems simple or slightly branched. Root-leaves .01 to .02 long ; stem 

 leaves linear, grooved, 3-nerved, scabrous. Flowers solitary, bracted 

 or naked at base ; 'Scales 4, straw-colored, white margined, tapering 

 into a cusp, one-third as long as .012 long calyx-tube ; calyx-teeth 

 lanceolate, ciliate ; limb oblong-spathulate, acutely denticulate, half 

 as long as calyx — Summer — 



Var. Karami, Bl. Leaves more flaccid ; scales herbaceous ; 

 ealyx green, red above — Lebanon, base of Qurnat-es-Sa'adah, Dhun- 

 niyeh. 



§ 6. OARTHUSIANl. 



18. D. caloccpbalus, Boiss. If .1, nearly glaucous. Leaves 

 flaccid, 5-nerved ; sheath appressed, many times longer than diameter 



