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18. A. LrBANOTICA, Kotschy, in Boiss. Fl.Orient. p. 699 (1867) ; 
Post, Fl. Syr. p. 153 (1896). 
Nana, tantum 22 mm. supra terram. Folia glabrescentia 
minima obovata carinata obtusa ad basin ramorum imbricata. 
Rami floriferi breves glanduloso-velutini 1—3-flori. Pedicelli 
calycelongiores. Sepala ovata obtusa glanduloso-hirsuta. Petala 
alba obovata calyce longiora. 
Distinguished specifically by the small leaves imbricated at the 
base of the short branches. Mr. Post does not seem to have 
been able to obtain specimens, since he has not added any fuller 
characters to Boissier's somewhat fragmentary description. It 
is certainly one of the smallest species in the genus. 
Hab. Mt. Lebanon, in Syria. 
Tt Petala basi longe attenuata. 
19. A. tomentosa, Willk. in Linnea, xxv. (1892) p. 15; 
Prodr. Fl. Hisp. iii. p. 626. 
Suffruticosa, tota crispato-tomentosa, casio-canescens. Caules 
breves pumili erecti, simplices vel patule ramosi, teretes, cæspitem 
compactum fastigiatum formautes. Folia minuta 4-fariam im- 
bricata oblonga obtusa recurva, nervo albido marginata, dorso 
nervoso-carinata. Flores 2-5 ad apicem caulieulorum aggregati 
alii capitati, alii sub capitulo solitarii axillares ; bracteæ ovato- 
lanceolate obtuse. Sepala inequilonga lanceolata acuminata 
anguste membranaceo-marginata. Petala alba spathulata, calycem 
parum superantia. 
Hab. Sierra Nevada in Andalusia, on the peak between Las 
Vertientes and Chirivel up to 1200 metres. 
Iconogr.— Willk. Ic. descr. Pl. Rar. Hisp. i. p. 98, t. 65 P. 
20. A. Gractits, Waldst. et Kit. Pl. Rar. Hung. ii. p- 309, 
t. 276 (1812) ; Schloss. et Vukot. Fl. Croat. p. 352. 
P. cretica, Spreng. (sp.), Syst. Veget. ii. p. 396. 
Superne glanduloso-hirtella. Folia elliptico-oblonga. 
oblongo-lanceolata. 
Sepala 
y- intermedia, var. nov. vam] 
Minus cespitosa, 7-9 centim., puberula. Folia linearia ™ ice 
acuta, margine scabra. Sepala ovalia. Petala oblonga ap 
rotuncata (Vandas, Fl. Herceg. australis, exsicc. 1891). 
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