. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. b-shaped, teeth oblong, ob-tuse ; limb pink, bifid into obovate or linear lobes Fruiting raceme ofS. nocturna. capsule ovate. once to twice as long as carpophorecoast. Spring—Sandy places along Var. Oliveriana, Post. Leaves often narrower. Calyx green-nerved. Limb white or pale pinJc, with linear lobes. (8. Oliveriana,Otth. 8. colorata, Poir.) Var. loilgipe§, Post. Capsule shorter than carpophore — Not un-common. Var. stenophylla, Boiss. Leaves linear-oblong to linear.
. Flora of Syria, Palestine, and Sinai : from the Taurus to Ras Muhammas and from the Mediterranean sea to the Syrian desert. b-shaped, teeth oblong, ob-tuse ; limb pink, bifid into obovate or linear lobes Fruiting raceme ofS. nocturna. capsule ovate. once to twice as long as carpophorecoast. Spring—Sandy places along Var. Oliveriana, Post. Leaves often narrower. Calyx green-nerved. Limb white or pale pinJc, with linear lobes. (8. Oliveriana,Otth. 8. colorata, Poir.) Var. loilgipe§, Post. Capsule shorter than carpophore — Not un-common. Var. stenophylla, Boiss. Leaves linear-oblong to linear. Stems1-few-flowered — Palestine to Sinai. 140 SILENE^. (pink family.) § 6. ATOCIE^. 24. S. rnbella, L. 0 .3 to .5, pulerulent, glaucescent; stemsunequally dichotomous. Leaves obovate-spa-Ihulate to linear, obtuse. Peduncles of alar flowera Fig. 70. rather long, of the more or less cymose, termina,lones short ; caljx membranous, oblong, in fruittop-shnp€t], teeth rounded, obtuse, ciliate ; limbpink, obovate-cuneate, refuse ; capsule ovate,2-3 times as long as carpophore — Spring —Hflleh ; Hauran ; 25. S. scdoides, Jacq. 0 .2 ,hirsute, branching from base, fleshy, oblong-spathulate to axillary, racemose ahove ; lower peduncleslonger than calyx, all nodding after fiowering ;calyx .007 long, oblong from umbilicate base, infruit club-shaped, teeth short, obtuse ; limb cymes of s. rubella,small, obovate, refuse • capsule membranous, oblong as long as calyx, four times as long as carpophore — Spring —Sands ; along coast. 26, S. fuscata, Link. 0 .3 to .8, viscid-puhescent; stems oNotig to ollong-lanceolate. Alar peduncles much longer thancalyx, terminal short, cymose ; calyx oblong-obconical from umbili-cate base, in fruit club-shaped, teeth ovate, obtuse ; limb piuk,cuneate-obovate, entire; capsule ovate, about as long as carpophore —Spring — Fields ; along coast. 2T, S. Atociou, Murr. 0 .2 to .3, cr
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