SILENE^. (pink family.) 141 



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Var. maritima, Boiss. Internodes short — Sandy places ; 

 Suedtyah to Lattakia. 



29. S. lluearis, Decaisn. .3 to .5, glaucescent, pubescent, 

 rarely glabrous, viscid above ; stem dichotomous. Leaves lanceolate 

 to linear-subulate. Upper peduncles often shorter than calyx ; calyx 

 green newed, cyUndrical-chib-sha2:)ed, in fruit abrujAly constricted at lase 

 of ca2)S2de, teeth triangular, acute, white-margined, limb white, nearly 

 2-parted into linear-lobes ; capsule ovate-oblong, shorter than carpo- 

 phore — April and May — Arabia Petrsea to Egypt. 



30. S. €a§§ia, Boiss. . 6, rough-^mpillose leloiD, glabrous-viscid 

 above, dichotomous, branches rigid, panicled. Leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late tapering at base, to linear-plicate, acute. Peduncles longer than 

 calyx ; calyx appressed-papillose, green-nerved, oblong-club-shaped, 

 teeth lanceolate, acute ; limb whitish, wedge-shaped, bipartite ; cap- 

 sule oblong, somewhat longer than carpophore — June — ^Woods ; 

 Cassius. 



31. S. IIu§soiii, BoiBS, .04 to .07, hirtellous, viscidulous, 

 dichotomous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to linear. Peduncles longer 

 than calyx ; calyx top-shaped, .004 long, netted xeined, with triangular, 

 membranous-margined teeth, one-third its length ; limb white, bifid 

 into linear lobes ; capsule ovate, twice as long as carpophore — Spring 

 — Borders of et-Tih and southward. 



32. S. juiicea, Sibth. or If .3 to .6, minutely tulercled- 

 puherulent below, glabrous, green, viscid above ; branches elongated, 

 slender, paniculate-corymbose. Root-leaves rather large, olovate, petiol- 

 ed, intermediate linear-lanceolate, floral linear-setaceous. Peduncles 

 much shorter than calyx ; calyx glabrous, .015 long, red-nerved, netted- 

 veined at apex, umbilicate at base, cylindrical-obconical, in fruit club- 

 shaped, teeth triangular, tapering at apex ; limb showy, white or pink, 

 purplish netted ielow, bipartite into obovate-oblong, obtuse lobes ; cap- 

 sule ovate, shorter than carpophore — Throughout the year — Common 

 along coast and lower coast range of mountains. An immature speci- 

 men found by the author in the Judean desert seems to belong to this 

 species. 



33o S cbsetodonta, Boiss. .3 to .5, puberulent-scabrous 

 below, glabrous-viscid above ; stem slender, loosely dichotomous- 

 corymbose. Leaves linear, acute. Peduncles longer than calyx ; 

 calyx glabrous, or hairy at the prominent green nerves, cylindrical-club- 

 shaped, in fruit oblong-club-shaped, with lanceolate, scabrous teeth ; 

 limb pink, bipartite to middle ; capsule ovate, twice to thrice as long aa 

 carpophore, shoi'ter than calyx — June — Sands along Phoenician coast. 



Var. modesta, Boiss. Capsule exserted — Beirut. 



§ 8. OTITEiE. 



34. S. pharnaceifolia, Fenzl. If. .03 to .1, tufted from a 

 thickish root stock ; stems slender, 1-5-flowered. Leaves villous, 

 grooved, awl-shaped, obtuse, the radical densely clustered ; bracts 

 lanceolate, membranous at base. Calyx .007 long, reddish, slightly 



