OF THE GENUS ARENARIA. 357 
3. trachysperma, Willk. Semina acute tuberculata. 
Species valde glutinosa, a forma viscoso-pubescente A. obtusi- 
fore caute distinguenda. 
Included in Parlatore’s ‘FI. Italiana, apparently for the 
ethnographical reason that it occurs in Corsica. 
Geogr. limits —N. France: dept. of Gard. Æ. Corsica. 
S. Andalusia: Sierra Nevada, up to 1800 metres. 
W. Andalusia: near Granada. 
Iconogr.— Willk. Ic. descr. Pl. Rar. Hisp. p. 91, t. 62 4. 
27. A. caAPILLIPES, Boiss. Voy. Bot. Esp. p. 98, t. 27 B (1839); 
Willk. et Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hisp. iii. p. 621. 
Hab. Sierra Bermeja, in Andalusia, up to 1200 metres. 
Ieonogr.— Boiss. l. c. 
28. A. OXYPETALA, Sibth. et Sm. Fl. Grec. Prodr. i. p. 303 
(1806) ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. i. p. 704. 
Geogr. limits.—N. 4 W. Greece: nome of Achaia. 
S. & E. Syria: Mt. Lebanon, at Ain-Sofa. 
Iconogr.—Sibth. § Sm. Fl. Greca, v. p. 26, t. 437. 
Boissier evidently misunderstood this figure of the plant, as 
he writes after his description of a new species, A. Rhodia, — 
"an eadem sit ac A. oxypetala e miserrimis hujus operis dia- 
gnosibus absque iconis inspectione dignoscere nequeo." 
29. A. rAuPHYLICA, Boiss. d Heldr. Diagn. Pl. Or. nov. 
Ser. I. viii. p. 102 (1819) ; Boiss. Fl. Orient i. p. 104. 
Tenera, pumila, patule hirtella, 7-15 centim. Caulis erectus, 
stricte et dichotome ramosus fere eglandulosus, superne laxe 
corymbosus, pauciflorus. Folia inferiora ovata vel deltoidea 
obtusa in petiolum brevem contracta, superiora elliptico-linearia 
acuta; pedicelli erecti setacei. Sepala lanceolata acuminata 
obsolete 5-nervia, late membranaceo-marginata. Petala obovata 
obtusa inferne longe attenuata, calyce j longiora. Styli supra 
medium hirtello-papillosi. Capsula inclusa. Semina reniformia 
granulato-tubereulata. 
A. modeste hee planta notis fere omnibus est simillima, 
diversa tamen est habenda ob inflorescentiam puberulam non 
glanduloso-pilosam et petala obovata non elliptico-oblonga ; item 
ob folia caulina omnia plus vel minus ovata vel spathulato- 
elliptica non vero pleraque linearia. 
P. lyeia, Boiss. FI. Orient., Suppl. p. 116 (1888). 
Capsula calycem excedens. Planta magis nana. > 
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