Sect. VIII. Jordania (Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. I, VIII, p. 93). 

 — Calyx tubulosus inter nervos membranaceus . Pe- 

 tali unguis in laminam sensim dilatatus. Stamina 

 alternatim breviora. Ovarium i2 ovulatum. Pla- 

 centa breviter cylindrica. Capsula ovata ad medium 

 4 valvis. Seminis radicula prominens. — Herbce pe- 

 rennes facie Scleranthi, cespitosce ramis decumbenti- 

 bus;foliis confertis subulato-setaceis inermibus axillis 

 fasciculiferis , floribus minutis sessilibus dense glo- 

 meratis bracteatis. 



G. minuartioides , spergulafolia. 



SECT. I. EUGYPSOPHILA. 



§ 1. Pulvinares. 



G. aretioides (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, I,p. 9) glabra, densissime 

 pulvinaris acaulis, foliis arcte imbricatis minimis carnosis oblongo- 

 lriquetris obtusis, pedicellis unifloris calyce brevioribus, calyce ob- 

 conico inter costas virides rnembranaceo ad medium lobato dentibus 

 ovalis obtusis albo-marginatis , petalis albis oblongis integris calyce 

 sesquilongioribus, seminibus echinulatis y . 



Hab. in regione alpina montis Demavend E y ersiaB bor. (Auch. exs. 538 ! 

 et 4271 d ! Ky exs. 607 !) Fl. sest. 



Facies Silenes exscapce, pulvini 1-2 pollices alti, folia et- calyces lineam 

 unam longa , pedicellus basi 2 bracteis membranaceis cucullatis cespitem 

 subsuperantibus obsitus. Ovula 14-16. Capsula ad basin usque 4 valvis. 



§ 2. Gaudiculosae. 



G. nana (Bor. et Ch. Fl. Pelop. n° 654 cum icone) cespitosa 

 pubescenti-viscida, caudiculis fragilibus vestigiis foliorum ssepe ves- 

 tilis, caulibus filiformibus brevibus, foliis elliptico-linearibus basi at- 

 lenuatis obtusiusculis, floribus 1-5 ex axillis supremis et terminali- 

 bus, pedicellis filiformibus calyce sublongioribus, calyce pubenti- 

 viscido obconico ultra medium dentato dentibus oblongis obtusis 

 membranaceo-marginatis, petalis roseis obovato-oblongis retusis calyce 

 2'/ 2 plo longioribus, seminibus luberculalis ^ . 



Hab. in tissuris rupium regionis alpinae GrseciaB, Taygetus (Bory ! Heldr!), 

 Malevo Laconia? (Heldr! Orphi), Parnassus supra Oourna (Guicc!), montes 

 Sphaciotici Cretse supra HelHnoseli (Heldr! Raulin !). Pl. a38t. 



