130 SILENE^. (PrNK FAMILY.) 



late, .005 long calyx ; calyx-teeth oblong, membranous-margined, ob- 

 tuse ; limb wedge-shaped, pink, a little longer than calyx-teeth — 

 June to September — 



Var. Liibauotica, Boiss. More viscid. Flowers often more 

 numerous at the apex of the branches ; pedicels often somewhat longer 

 than calyx — Alpine and subalpine Lebanon. 



11. O. hir§uta, Labill. 2f .1 to .3, velvety-hispid, somewhat 

 shrubby at base ; stems hrittU, slender, decumbent, dichotomously 

 and sparingly branched. Leaves fleshy, linear-spathulate or oUong-ellip- 

 tical tapering at base, .005 to .008 long. Alar flowers short-pedicelled, 

 termiDal 3-5, sessile, capitate ; calyx tubular-campanulate, .004 to .006 

 long, with acute teeth ; limb obovate, white, a little longer than calyx 

 teeth — April to October — 



Var. alpina, Boiss. .03 to .05 high, tufted, velvety. Flowers 

 terminal, 3-7, crowded — September and October — Alpine regions of 

 Lebanon, Antilebanon, and Jebel Katarina (Sinai). 



Var. mollis, Boiss. Soft-hispid. The alar and terminal flowers 

 2-5, clustered — Lebanon near Ehedin. 



Var. Barradensis, Boiss. Greenish. Flowers nearly solitary ; 

 pedicels somewhat longer than .003 long calyx — Suq-Wadi-Barada. 



Var. filicauli§, Boiss. Velvety-canescent ; stems elongated 

 flexuous, branching. Leaves ovate-oblong. Alar flowers clustered — 

 Dry places ; Coelesyria to Damascus and Palmyra. 



12. O. porrigen§, L. .3 to .6, Mspid-mscid ; stem erect, 

 thickish, dichotomous, ending in a diffuse, corymbose panicle. Leaves 

 firm, oblong -lanceolate to linear -lanceolate and linear, 3-nerved, the largest 

 .07 long, .015 broad. Pedicels capillary, at length spreading-reflexed, 

 3-4 times as long as oblong-campanulate, .006 long calyx ; calyx be- 

 coming spherical in fruit, teeth oblong, obtuse, white-margined ; limb 

 wedge-shaped, white, as long as calyx ; capsule as large as a pea — 

 June — Fields ; Antilebanon to Qaldun, and northward and east- 

 ward. 



6. A]VKYROPETAL.rM[, Fenzl. Ankyropetalum. 



Calyx cylindrical, 5-nerved, membranous between nerves. Petals 

 5, inserted on the upper margin of a sessile, cup-shaped disk, deeply 

 3-parted, with a naked claw tapering gradually into the limb. Stamens 

 exserted. Ovary 8-9-ovuled. Capsule ovate or oblong, 1-celled, pa- 

 pery, irregularly 4-valved. Seeds hanging by elongated funicles after 

 decay of capsule, kidney-shaped, with concentric, granular wrinkles — 

 Perennial, glabrous, nearly leafless herbs, with filiform branches, and 

 aspect of Gypsophila Rokejeka. 



* Intermediate lobe of petal di/id, 1-dentate near hase. 



1. A. gypsopliiloidcs, Fenzl. If .6 to 1, intricate, diffusely 

 panicled. Leaves few, fleshy, awl-shaped, triquetrous, the lower .03 

 long, the upper very short. Pedicels capillary, 3-6 times as long as 

 .004 long, puhcrulent calyx ; calyx-teeth rounded, obtuse ; claw linear- 

 cuneate, exserted — Summer — Mahardi to Aintab. and northward. 



