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25 G. ARMERIOIDES (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 353.) 

 stems tufted, stiff; flowers dichotomously-panicled ; peduncles 

 and calyxes beset with glandular hairs ; calyx striated, with 

 acutish segments, which have scarious margins ; petals spatulate, 

 almost entire ; leaves linear, bluntish, firm, length of internodes. 

 !{. . H. Native of Troada. Habit of Dianthus Armeria. Flowers 

 pink or white. 



Armeria-like Gypsophila. Fl. July. PL 1 foot. 



26 G. PUBE'SCENS ; flowers panicled, small ; branches of pa- 

 nicle trichotomous, divaricate ; stamens longer than the corolla ; 

 calycine segments obtuse, dotted, scabrous ; leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, flat, clothed with glandular hairs ; stem prostrate, also 

 beset with glandular hairs. 3 . H. Native of Calabria. G. 

 Arrostii /3, pubescens, Guss. pi. rar. p. 160. Flowers small. 



Pubescent Gypsophila. Fl. July. PL prostrate. 



27 G. TENUIFOLIA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 319. suppl. 296.) 

 stems somewhat panicled, few-flowered ; petals emarginate, 

 twice as long as the calyx and stamens ; leaves awl-shaped, fili- 

 form, glabrous. I/ . H. Native about the Caucasian ports. 

 Root twisted, very thick, and with the loaves similar to those of 

 Plantago subulata. Petals rose-coloured, inflexed, emarginate. 



Fine-leaved Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PL 1 ft. 



28 G. RE'PENS (Lin. amcen. 3. p. 23. spec. 581.) stems some- 

 what panicled, few-flowered ; stamens shorter than the emar- 

 ginate petals ; leaves linear, glabrous. I/ . H. Native of the 

 Alps of Europe, as well as in the Pyrenees, among stones by 

 road sides and along the borders of torrents. Lam. ill. t. 375. 

 f. 2, Jacq. fl. aust. 5. p. 4. t. 407. Petals white, streaked with 

 green or red. Root creeping. This plant resembles a species 

 of Cerdstmm or Arenaria. 



Creeping Gypsophila. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1774. PL f ft. 



29 G. PATRINII (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 353.) stems 

 somewhat panicled, few-flowered ; segments of calyx bluntish ; 

 petals equal in length with the stamens ; leaves very narrow, 

 thick, three times longer than the space of the stem between 

 the leaves. I/ . H. Native of Siberia in fields at Irtish about 

 Oustka-Menogorik. Flowers pink. 



Patrin's Gypsophila. Fl. July. PL 1 foot. 



30 G. DU'BIA (Willd. enum. suppl. p. 23.) petals obovate, 

 emarginate ; stamens shorter than the campanulate corolla ; 

 leaves linear, rather fleshy. 1. H. Native ? Perhaps G. 

 repens, Lin. ex Treveranus. Flowers white. 



Doubtful Gypsophila. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1815. PL | foot. 



31 G. PROSTRA'TA (Lin. spec. 1. p. 581.) stems diffuse, 

 panicled ; pistils longer than the emarginate petals ; stamens 

 shorter than the corolla; leaves linear-lanceolate, smooth. If. 

 H. Native on the Alps of Europe ? Sims, bot. mag. t. 1281. 

 Pluk.alm. 22. t. 75. f. 2. Flowers white or pale rose-coloured. 

 Like G. repens. 



Prostrate-stemmed. Gypsophila. Fl. July, Sep. PL prostrate. 



32 G. ROKE'JEKA (Del. fl.^aegyp. 87. t. 29. f. 1.) stem erect; 

 branches weak, panicled, dichotomous ; peduncles capillary ; 

 petals large, painted with lines ; radical leaves ovate, oblong, 

 upper ones linear. ? 1 ? H. Native of Egypt near Soueys. 

 Rokejeka, Forsk. deer. 90. no. 77. Flowers white striped with 

 violet. Capsules globose. Seeds hemispherical, black, rough. 



Rokejeka Gypsophila. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



33 G. THESIIFOLIA (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 354.) 

 stems numerous, somewhat panicled, few-flowered, straight ; 

 petals almost entire, equal in length with the stamens ; leaves 

 linear, very narrow, glabrous. If. H. Native of Siberia about 

 the mines of Schamanaikha (Patrin.) Flowers pink. 



Thesium-leaved Gypsophila. Fl. July. PL ^ foot. 



34 G. MURA ( Lis(Lin. amcen. 3. p. 24. spec. 583.) stem dicho- 

 tomously-panicled, much branched ; flowers axillary, solitary ; 

 petals crenated ; leaves linear, flat, length of pedicels. $, H. 



Native of France, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and Tauria, 

 by road sides and in corn-fields. Sibthorp gathered it on the By- 

 thinian Olympus. Lam. ill. 375. G. serotlna, Hayne. Flowers 

 small, pinkish. This is a small biennial upright bushy herb. 

 Wall Gypsophila. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1739. PL f to 2 ft. 



35 G. COMPRE'SSA (Desf. atl. 1. p. 343. t. 97.) stem erect, 

 panicled, compressed ; pedicels pubescent ; flowers terminal ; 

 calyxes elongated, striated, with acute lobes ; leaves awl-shaped, 

 lanceolate, striated. 0. H. Native of Barbary in sandy corn- 

 fields. Petals white, variegated on the under surface with 

 violet-coloured veins, entire. 



Compressed-stemmed Gypsophila. PL 1 foot. 



36 G. CERASTIOIDES (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 213.) stems 

 erect, 4-sided, pilose ; pedicels and calyxes pilose ; flowers 

 corymbose ; lobes of calyx lanceolate, acute, girded by a mem- 

 branaceous fringed margin ; petals emarginate ; leaves pilose on 

 both surfaces, as well as ciliated on the margins, radical ones 

 spatulate on long footstalks, mucronulate, cauline ones obovate, 

 almost sessile. l/.H. Native of Nipaul in Gosaingsthan. 

 Flowers white. 



Chick-rveed-like Gypsophila. PL -j to -| foot. 



SECT. II. PETRORHA'GIA (probably from ircrpoe, petros, a 

 rock, and prj-yvvm, rhegnumi, to break ; because the plants grow 

 on rocks, which they break with their roots.) Ser. mss. and D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 354. Calyxes furnished at their base with 2 or 4 

 opposite scarious scales. 



37 G. GLOMERA'TA (Pall. ined. taur. ex Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 

 321. suppl. 297.) flowers in clustered heads; stems straight, 

 simple, herbaceous ; leaves linear, triquetrous from being keeled, 

 rather scabrous ; stamens rather longer than the retroflexed ob- 

 ovate petals ; bracteas of calyx scariose. If . H. Native of 

 Tauria and Caucasus in stony places. Flowers white. 



Cr/o7erafe-flowered Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. 

 PL 1 foot. 



38 G. CAPITA'TA (Pall, ex Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 321.) stem suf- 

 fruticose, much branched ; branches dichotomous, scabrous, 

 compressed, angular ; flowers capitate ; stamens exserted ; 

 leaves lanceolate, smooth, glaucous. Tj . F. Native of Asia 

 Minor. G. glomerata ft, capitate, D. C. prod. 1. p. 354. 

 Flowers white. 



Capitate-flowered Gypsophila. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



39 G. SAXI'FRAOA (Lin. spec. 584.) stems numerous, erect, 

 stiff; flowers panicled, terminal ; calyx girded with 4 unequal 

 lanceolate scales; leaves linear, stiff. . H. Native of the 

 south of Europe on rocky or stony places. Smith, exot. bot. 2. 

 t. 90. Dianthus saxifraga, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 413. Barrel, 

 icon. t. 998. Roots fibrous. Petals rose-coloured, emarginate. 



Var. /3, capillacea (Ser. mss. and D. C. prod. 1. p. 354.) 

 leaves and stems capillary, elongated. G. filiformis, Lam. 



Far. y, hispidula (Ser. mss. and D. C. 1. c.) leaves and stems 

 rather hispid. Native of Vallais. 



Saxifrage-like Gypsophila. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. PL 

 | foot. 



40 G. RI'GIDA (Lin. amoen. 3. p. 24.) stems numerous, mo- 

 derately branched ; calyx girded by 4 equal ovate scale" or 

 bracteas ; petals emarginate ; leaves linear erect. If. . H. Na- 

 tive of rocky dry places in the south of Europe. Found on 

 the Bithynian Olympus by Dr. Sibthorp. Root woody. Stem 

 spreading a span long, more or less downy on the upper part. 

 Leaves nearly pressed close to the stem, dilated and membra- 

 nous at the base. Flowers solitary-, rarely in pairs, terminal, 

 pale rose-coloured. Teeth of calyx mucronate. Styles short. 



Rigid Gypsophila. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1769. PL prostrate. 



41 G. DIANTHOIDES (Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. t. 383.) leaves 



