192 F. J. RüPRECHT. 



nulla a capsula S. nutantis. Semiria miiiuta lin. dorso profonde concavo, hinc margini- 

 bus fere alatis, faciebus plana, sed variant duplo majora evidentius granulata dorso paulo 

 tantum concava. 



Vulgatissima Caucasi Silène, valde polymorpha. In promontorio et declivitate boreali 

 rarius australi Caucasi totius, ab ait. 370 hex. ad finem reg. sylv. et 1300 hex. usque, nec 

 non in reg. alp. usque ad 1500 hex., hinc inde supra limites vegetationis dense caespitosae 

 in terra subnuda ait. 1570 — 1580, rarius 1680 (Djultidagh) et imo 1800 hex. (Artschi- 

 kala) usque; amat praecipue prata alpina declivia, rarius in rupibus crescit. Floret in de- 

 missis a medio Majo, in reg. alp. initio vel fine Julii, in reg. subalpina interdum usque ad 

 finem Sept.; fructus maturi in plantis defloratis sub alpinis medio vel fine Julii. 



S2)ec. loca plurima infralpina non notavi. In rupestribus Caucasi (M. Bieb. n. 834), 

 seil. pr. Lars Substrate calcareo, in collo radicis tantum deposito (M. Bieb. herb.! specc. 

 fr. caulibus basi dense puberulis, capsula З'/з lin. in carpophoro 1 lin.). Promontorium et 

 reg. alp. Cauc. occid. ait. 400 — 1300 hex. (Meyer п. 1860); in cacumine m. Beschtau 

 alt. 718 hex. 4 Aug. (Meyer mss. I, 94), ibid. 4 Jul. flor. (Kolenati! caul. inferne puberu- 

 lis, ut m specc. Hohen!); Pjätigork, in saxis ad thermas sulfureas, Majo fl. (Wilhelms!); pr. 

 Narsan alt. 400 hex. 10 Aug. (Meyer mss. I, 138); ad fl. Kitschmalka alt. 410 hex. 1 Jul., 

 versus catarrhactas fl. Kuban alt. 500 hex. 15 Jul., ad rupes calcar. inter fl. Kuban et 

 Kuma 19 Jul., ad rivul. Kassaut alt. 750 — 933 hex. 3 Jul. (Meyer mss. I, 13, 64, 80, 

 20; non coll.). In pratis alp. ad rivulos montium nigrorum versus m. Elbrus alt. 1250 — 

 1333 hex. 13 Jul. flor. foliis longis erectis, angustis, ad summum 2 lin. latis, flor. erectis; 

 calyce apice 2 lin. lato hinc cuneato, petala «albida» ad ungues usque bipartita, coronula 

 parva (Meyer obs. in sched. herb! et mss. I, 261). In valle fl. Ardon in rupibus pr. 

 Nechas supra Alagir alt. 370 — 375 hex. 21 Majo flor. legi antheris purpureo-violaceis, 

 fol. spatlralato-lanceolatis, caule inferne glabro vel retrorsum puberulo. Ad fl. Terek in 

 rupibus extimis ad introitura Caucasi pr. Reidan alt. 400 hex. 4 Oct. fere exsiccatam legi; 

 inter Lars et Darial alt. 540 — 640 hex. 14 Majo legi fl. primis subnutantibus, fol. parvis 

 ІУ^ lin. usque latis; pr. Darial ait. 600 — 700 hex, 22 Aug. legi fl. et defl. vegetam, foliis 

 fere 4 poil, longis, ad 3 lin. latis papulosis et margine cartilagineo ciliato-serrulatis, flor. 

 erectis, calycibus 4 lin. longis, vix 1 lin. latis, petala extus flavo-viridia, intus sordide car- 

 nea, carpoph. 1 lin. capsula 4-plo brevius; pr. Kasbek alt. 900 hex. 14 Jun. legit Owerin 

 flor. cernuis; ibid. et in m. Kasbek alt. 1140 hex. 13 Aug. defl. fol. late elliptico - spathu- 

 latis parvis, sed 2V2 lin. latis (Kolenati! ex Meyer 1849); pr. Kobi alt. 1020 — 1040 hex. 

 13 Majo legi in statu fere hyemali cum capsulis viduis 3 lin. in carpophoro 7^ lin. et fol. 

 novellis brevissimis et angustissimis; pr. Baidara alt. 1200 — 1250 hex. 14 Aug. legit 

 Owerin var. platypetalam, ultrapedalem, fol. late lanceolatis, calyce ЗѴ^ — 4У2 lin, longo, 

 2 lin. lato, purpureo suffuso, petalis 7, limbo obovato indivise 3 lin. longo. Ad fontes Ara- 

 guae in m. Gudgora supra et infra Kaischaur alt. 1000 — 750 hex. medio Sept. legi ca- 

 lyce colorato, lobis limbi 3 lin. angustis; pr. Passanaur alt. 554 hex. 9 Majo legi flor. 



