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196 ' SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS TUNICA.
9. T. FAscicuLATA Boiss. ; Marg. et Rent. Mem. Soc. Ph3-sic.
Genev. viii. p. 281, tab. i. [Oi/pso/ihilii). — Parce glanduloso-hirta
Lasi suffruticosa multicaulis, 20-25 centim. Caules filiformes
erecti ramosi inferne foliosi. Folia 4-7 mm. lineari-subulata ob-
tu.siuscula mai'gine hevia. Flores fasciculato-capitati. Pedicelli
calyce breviores. Involucri phylla liuearia ubtusa calyce duplo
breviora. Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, deutibus oblongis obtusis.
Lamina alba lineari-cuneata retusa.
Subsectio 2. — Folia uniuervia adpressa. Involucri phylla
valide carinata. Petala obtusa Integra. Calyx 15-nervius.
10. T. Orphanidesiana Clem.; Sert. Orient, p. 17, tab. 5.
Glabra basi suffrutescens, 24 centim. Caules numerosi tenues
strict! simplices juucei angulati superne parce ramosi. Folia
inferiora subfasciculata obtusa superiora linearia acuta, margine
serrulato-aculeata. Capitula 5-10-densiflora. Involucri phylla
ovata mucronulata calycem sequantia. Calyx turbinatus dentibus
oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis. Lamina purpurascens linearilanceolata.
11. T. macra Boiss. et Haussk. ; Fl. Orient. Sappl. p. 81. —
Glanduloso-puberula, 35 centim. Caules erecti dichotome ramosi.
Folia inferiora lineari-oblouga, superiora subulata. Fasciculi
2-4-flori. Involucri phylla triangulari-lanceolata acuta calyce
breviora. Calyx tubulosus dentibus oblongis obtusis, uervis lateralibus
obscurioribus. Lamina alba linearis.
12. T. gracilis mihi in Herb. Kew.— Glauca asperula, 38 centim.
Caules graciles stricti tenues ascendentes, sparsim foliati, superne
l)lusminus dichotome ramosi. Folia 2-3 mm., minuta anguste
linearia acuminata margine Itevia, infimis latioribus. Fasciculi
3-5-flori. Involucri j)hylla 4-(i ovata acuminata calyce triple
breviora. Calyx hispidus clavatus dentibus ovato-lauceolatis acutis.
Lamina alba oblongo-spathulata.
Collected by Prof. Haussknecht in 18G7, on rocks of Mt. Lhahu
in Kurdistan. Similar to the preceding, but of a glaucous and
more graceful habit ; and differs further in its very small leaves,
broader bracts and fuller calyx.
13. T. RiGiDA Boiss.; L. Sp. Plantarum, ed. 1, p. 408 {GyjisnpJiil(i).
— Puberula pumila. Caules 18-15 centim. ascendentes
corymbose paniculati teretes. Folia subulata acuta margine scabrida.
Flores 2-5-fasciculati. Involucri phylla ovato-oblonga
mucronulata calyce subbreviora. Calyx obconicus dentibus ovatis
obtusis. Lamina albida oblongo-spathulata supra lineata.
This is the veritable 'Tunica minima of Dalechamps (1513
1588), described on p. 1191 of his ' Historia,' published the year
before his death. Licluded by Linmeus in (Ti/psophila. The
Gypsop/dla riyida figured in the ' Fl. Grajca,' tab. 382, is T. saxifroija.
The Tunica of llupp, in ' Fl. Jenensis,' p. 105 (1718) includes only
species now included in Dianthus.
Bectio IV. Gypsophiloides.—Flores solitarii basi nudi. Calyx
touniter 5-v. 15-norvius. l'f)lvt,oc;('.