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79. S. schmuckeri Wettst. View in CoL in Luerssen, Biblioth. Bot. (Stuttgart) 26: 30(1892).

Caespitose; stems up to 15cm. Leaves up to 10mm, linear-lanceolate, acute (or the lower obtuse), scabrid or puberulent, canescent. Inflorescence 1- to 6(-8)-flowered. Calyx 7-9 mm, pale greenish or vinous, slightly pubescent above. Petals purple, claw not exserted; carpophore 3-4 mm, slender, slightly pubescent. Capsule 4-5 mm, equalling or slightly exceeding calyx. • Mountains o f N.W. Makedonija. Ju.

80. S. multicaulis Guss. View in CoL , Pl. Rar. 172 (1826).

Usually less densely caespitose than 78; stems up to 40 cm, (l-)3- to 4(—8)- flowered. Leaves linear-lanceolate to linear. Calyx 14-18 mm, narrowly davate, pale greenish or vinous, rarely with anastomosing veins, sometimes slightly scabrid above; teeth alternately obtuse and acute. Petals purplish or greenish; claw long-exserted. Capsule 8-9 mm, equalling or up to 2 mm longer than calyx; carpophore 6-9 mm, pubescent, especially below. • Mountains o f Balkan peninsula, Italy and Corse. Al Co G r It Ju. S. genistifolia Halâcsy , österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 42: 369 (1892), with lanceolate leaves, long pedicels, flowers inclined at anthesis, and calyx 16-22 mm, occurs in N. Greece (Athos). S. stenocalycina Rech. fil. , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 104: 175 (1957), with narrow glabrous calyx c. 18 mm, and slender carpophore c. 10 mm, nearly twice as long as subglobose capsule, is described from E. Greece ( N. Evvoia ). Both seem related to 80, but the group needs further investigation.

81. S. waldsteinii Griseb. View in CoL , Spicil. Fl. Rumel. 1: 179 (1843)

( S. clavata (Hampe) Rohrb. , non Moench).

Densely caespitose, with crowded linear leaves, and 1- to 5-flowered erect stems up to 25 cm. Calyx 20-25(-28) mm, narrowly davate, with acute, distinctly patent teeth; veins anastomosing. Petals white; claw exserted. Capsule exceeding calyx; carpophore pubescent at least near base. • Mountains o f Balkan peninsula. Al Bu G r Ju. S. macropoda

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(1): 8 (1886), described from Bulgaria, seems closely related, but has calyx 16-24 mm, and glabrous carpophore.

S. regis-ferdinandi Degen & Urum. , Magyar Bot. Lapok 11: 2 (1912), also from Bulgaria, has very large, usually solitary, flowers and calyx 34-36 mm. It is variously treated as a taxon related to 81 or as a variety of 5. bupleuroides (23).

82. S. pindicola Hausskn. View in CoL , Mitt. Thür. Bot. Ver. 5: 85 (1887).

Dwarf, caespitose; flowering stems up to 10 cm, very slender, 1-flowered, pubescent below, glabrous and very viscid above. Leaves up to 15 mm, linear. Calyx 18-24 mm, narrowly davate, glabrous, vinous. Petals brownish; claw long-exserted; coronal scales c. 1m m. Capsule 8-1 0mm, half exserted from calyx; carpophore 12-16 mm, pubescent. Serpentine rocks. • Mountains o f N. Greece. Gr.

83. S. orphanidis Boiss. View in CoL , FI. Or. 1: 651 (1867).

Caespitose; stems very slender, 1-flowered. Uppermost pair of leaves very close to the base of the calyx. Calyx 20-22 mm. Petals white. Capsule c. 8 mm; carpophore c. 20 mm. • N. Greece (Athos). Gr.