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SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS TUNICA, 195
SubsGctio 2.— Species polytocrc. Folia angustc lincaria acuta
uniiiervia margine scabra. Bractese mucronatiu omniuo scariosio.
Petala emarginata v. retusa.
5. T. Gasparrini Guss. ; Fl. Sicul^ Syii. 1, p. 474.— Glabra
cfespitosa. Caules 4-7 centim., ascendentes teretes. Folia
patentia. Bracteffi 4-G oblongae. Calyx turbinatus 5-nervius.
Lamina pallidissime colorata emarginata.
G. T. SAxiFRAGA Scop. ; L. Sp. Plantarum, ed. i. p. 413 (Dinnthcs
saxifraqus) ; Sibth. Fl. Grroca, iv. tab. 382 {GypsophUarinlda) ;
Echb. Ic. Flor. Germ. 5006; Jord. et Fourr., Brev. PI. Nov. tab.
44, 45 (varr.).—Glabra aut scabra, 16 centim. Caules numerosi
graciles ascendentes vel a basi diffusi paniculati, teretes. Folia adpressa,
Bracteas 4 oblongo-lanceolatae carinatte scariosa; calyce
breviores. Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus 15-nervius nervis lateralibus
obscurioribus dentibus triangulari-ovatis. Lamina albida
V. ssepius rosea obcordato-cuneata retusa v. erosa linois saturatioribus
purpurascentibus picta.
Var. cirpWacea Ser, ; DeCandolle, Prod. i. p. 354.
Var. hispidnhf Ser. ,, ,,
Var. sccibra Scliult. ; Oestr. Fl.
Var. aspenda Duf. (herb. Cosson),
Var. hicolor Jord. et Fourr. ; Brev. PI. Nov. p. 10 (1866).
Var. erecta Jord. et Fourr. ; Brev. PI. Nov. p. 10 (1860).
Var. xerophibi Jord. et Fourr; Brev. PI. Nov. p. 10 (1866).
This is the plant figured and described by Jean Bauhin (Hist.
Univ. Plant. 3, p. 337, f. 2) as " Betonica coronaria " ; and by
Barrelier (Plant. Obs. Ic. tab. 998) as "Lychnis pumila caryophyllata
flore rubello." Described also by Pona (1595), and by
Cupani (1696). By Linnaeus it was included in Diunthus, and by
DeCandolle in Gi/jisojihila.
Sectio in. EuTUNicA.—Flores fasciculati v. capitati. Capitulura
basi phyllis scariosis involucratum. Calyx 5 -v. 15-ncrvius.
Polytocffi.
Subsectio 1. — Folia uninervia adpressa. Involucri phylla
tenuiter uninervia. Calyx 5-nervius. Petala retusa v. Integra.
7. T. DiANTHoiDKs Boiss. ; Sibth. Flora Gncca, iv. p. 76, tab. 383.
(Giips()/)/iilyi.)—Glabra basi suffruticosa multicaulis, 18-27 centim.
Caules graciles ascendentes stricte ramosi. Folia subulata acuta
margine la^via. Fasciculi 3-5-flori. Involucri phylhi lanceolata
acuta calyce subbrcviora. Calyx turbinatus dentibus ovato-lanceolatis
acutis. Lamina alba sanguineo-venosa oblongo-spathulata
obtusa.
8. T. THKssALA Boiss. ; Diag. PI. Nov. Or. ser. i.8, p. 63.—Glabra
basi sufl'ruticosa multicaulis, 21-28 centim. Caules tcnues rigidi
juncci simplices v. superno stricte ramosi et angulati. Folia
anguste linearis acuta margine serrulata snrculorum fasciculata.
Capitula densa 5-10-IIora. Involucri pliylla ovata inticronata
calyccm a;quantia. (!alyx turbinatus dentibus oblongo-liuearibua
obtusis. Lamina albida lineari-lanccolata obtusa.
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