TUNICA 
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Section I. * FZU-TUN ICA 
Ell-Tunica Boissier FI. Orient, i, 518 (1867); Rouy et Foucaud FI. France iii, 158 (1896). 
For characters, see p. 86. Only British species : * T. saxifraga. 
I. *TUNICA SAXIFRAGA. Plate 84 
Tunica saxifraga Scopoli FI. Cam. ed. 2, i, 300 (1772); Al. Braun in Flora xxvi, 384 (1843); Rouy 
FI. France iii, 158 (1896). 
leones : — Reichenbach Icon, vi, t. 247, fig. 5006 b. 
Camb. Brit. FI. iii. Plate 84. (a) Flowering branch, (b) Petals. ( c ) Ovary. Pembrokeshire (S. H. B.). 
Exsiccata : — Mabille {Herb. Cors.), 216, as T. bicolor ; Reichenbach, 393, as Gypsophila rigida\ A. Schultz 
{FI. Istr. Exsicc.), 16; Todaro, 231, as G. permixta\ Welwitsch {FI. Lusit.), 851, as G. saxifraga. 
Perennial. Shoot usually glabrous. Branches numerous, diffuse. Leaves sessile, subconnate, 
narrow, linear, scabrid, acute. Inflorescence with few flowers. Flowers about 1 *3 — 1 *5 cm. in diameter; 
July and August. Epicalyx deciduous, not completely enveloping the calyx, deeply divided ; segments 
4, 2 longer than the others, imbricate at the base, green in the centre, margins broad and white, 
acute. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals rose-coloured, emarginate, limb gradually narrowing into the claw. 
Stigmas about three times as long as the ovary. Seeds small, dark brown, about twice as long 
as broad. 
At the foot of a land-cliff on ground adjoining a public path near the railway station, Tenby, Pembrokeshire 
(sent to us by Mr G. Ginger, of Manchester, in 1908). Doubtless it was a garden escape originally, and 
subsequently self-sown. 
France (central and south-eastern), Germany (southern), Switzerland, Austria-Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Italy, 
south-eastern Europe; south-western Asia to Persia; North America (not indigenous). 
Section II. KOH LRA USC IL I A 
Kohlrauschia [Kunth FI. Berol. i, 108 (1838) as a genus;] Boissier FI. Orient, i, 516 (1867); Rouy et 
Foucaud FI. France iii, 159 (1896). 
For characters, see page 86. Only British species : — T. prolifer. 
2. TUNICA PROLIFER. Plate 85 
Armeria prolifera Johnson in Gerard’s Herball ed. 2, 599 (1636); Caryophyllus sylvestris prolifer Dillenius in 
Ray Syn. ed. 3, 337 (1724). 
Tunica prolifer Scopoli FI. Cam. ed. 2, 
i, 299 (1772); Rouy FI. France iii, 159 (1896); 
Dianthus prolifer L. Sp. PI. 410 (1753)!; Smith 
FI. Brit. 460 (1800)!; Syme Eng. Bot. ii, 51 
(1864); Kohlrauschia prolifer Kunth FI. Berol. i, 109 
(1838). 
leones : — Smith Eng. Bot. t. 956, as Dianthus 
prolifer-, FI. Dan. t. 221, as Dianthus prolifer ; 
Reichenbach Icon, vi, t. 247, fig. 5009, as Kohlrauschia 
prolifer. 
Camb. Brit. FI. iii. Plate 85. {a) Lower leaves. 
{b) Flowering shoots. ( c ) Middle stem-leaves. 
(1 d ) Petals. ( e ) Withered flower. {f) Capsule. 
Cambridge Botanic Garden (R. I. L.). 
Exsiccata : — Billot, 2027, 2027 bis, 2027 ter, 
as Dianthus prolifer ; Bourgeau {PI. d’Esp.), 963, 
as Tunica prolifera ; Fries (Ringius), ii, 24, as D. 
prolifer ; Welwitsch {Iter. Lusit.), 222, as D. prolifer. 
Annual. Shoot glabrous. Flowering branches erect, elongate. Leaves sessile, linear, up to 
5 — 6 cm. long, somewhat scabrous at the margin. Inflorescence with about 1 — 12 flowers. Peduncles 
Map 35. Distribution of Tunica prolifer in England 
