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OF THE GENUS ARENARIA. 845 
414) on the Sierra de Alcaraz in Murcia, and the specimens col- 
lected by Bourgeau (named A. tenuis) in the same locality, are 
identical. 
Geogr. limits —N. France: dept. of Vienne 
E. Central France. 
S. Spain: Sierra de Alcaraz, in prov. of Murcia. 
W. Spain: near Valladolid, in prov. of Leon. 
Iconogr.— Willk. Ic. descr. Pl. Rar. Hisp. i. p. 92, t. 61 c: 
Delastre, Fl. départ. Vienne, p. 190, t. 2 ( A. conimbricensis var.). 
Sv. A. tenuis, J. Gay, in Walp. Ann. Bot. vii. p. 300 (1867). 
A, conimbricensis, J. Gay, ev Gren. et Godr. Fl. de France, 
i. p. 260. 
A. Gouffeia, Puel, in Duch. Rev. Bot. i. p. 450 (1846). 
7. A. NAPULIGERA, Franch. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xxxiii. 
p. 429 (1886); Pl. Delavay. p. 92, t. 24 4. 
Radix inflata fusiformis, e collo unieaulis vel multicaulis. 
Caules rubescentes unilateraliter puberuli, plus minus diehotome 
ramosi, ramis intricatis. Folia linearia vel lineari-oblonga, 
punetis elevatis asperata, basi ciliolata, ceterum glabra. Inflores- 
centia paniculato-corymbosa; pedunculi rigidi erecti, inferiores 
solitarii, superiores 3-5. Calyx purpurascens ; sepala lanceolata 
vel ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, margine membranacea. Petala 
rosea, calyce duplo longiora, obovata, emargiuata vel breviter 
biloba. Ovula 10-14. 
A handsome plant with large rose-coloured flowers, well 
characterized by its napiform root, very large in some specimens, 
less developed in others. It cannot be compared with any 
Himalayan Species: its habit is rather that of certain annual 
European species, such as A. controversa, with more specious 
flowers, which are rose-coloured instead of white. 
Hab. China: prov. of Yun-nan, in fissures of Mt. Koua-la-po, 
near Hokin (1884) ; and on the road to the hill of Yen-tze-hay 
near Lankong, at 2500 metres. 
Iconogr.—Franch. Pl. Delavay. p. 92, t. 24 4. 
f». Species perennes 
(axille eaulium floriferorum fasciculos foliorum edentes). 
T Petala basi vix unguiculata. 
8. A. Isena, Lina. Sp. Plant. p. 425 (1753); Willk. § 
Lange, Prodr, Fl. Hisp., Supplem. p. 277 (1893). 
