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loram sterilium laxius disposita, vix imbricata, omnia tenuiora 
margine minus incrassata. 
Geogr. area. N. & Central Spain, and Majorca in the Balearic 
Isles. 
Ieonogr.— Lange, Pf. Nov. Hisp. fasc. i. t. 4. f. 2. 
Sys. A. Bourgeana, Coss. ev Willk. in Linnza, 1876, p. 117 (var. 8). 
97. A. nAcEMOSA, Willk. in Bot. Zeit. v. p. 239 (1847); 
Prodr. Fl. Hisp. ii. p. 627. 
Specimens labelled A. hispida, Linn., in Salzmann's herbarium, 
stated to be found at Trapani in Sicily, were described by Presl 
under the name of A. Salzmanni. The description appears 
rather to tally with that of A. racemosa, but E. Tanfani states 
that no plant answering this description has since been found or 
recorded in the district; so that the matter remains in doubt for 
the present. ‘Che specimens on which the species is founded 
were collected by Cabrera “in montibus Beæticæ,” and are 
labelled Arenaria sacatilis in Hünseler's herbarium. Similar 
specimens were collected by Perez Lara at Grazalema in Anda- 
lusia, and this is the only precise locality known for the plant. 
leonogr.— Willk. Ic. descr. Pl. Rar. Hisp. i. p. 97, t. 65 c. 
38. A. ERINACEA, Boiss. Voy. Bot. Espagne, ii. p. 103, t. 29 4; 
Willt. & Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hisp. ii. p. 627. 
Hab, Sierra de Leon, in Leon ; Sierra de las Nieves, Sierra de 
Lujar, and Sierra Tejeda up to 2000 metres, in Andalusia. 
leonogr.— Boiss. l. c. 
Svx. A. aggregata (non Loisel), Boiss. El. Plant. p. 23 (1838). 
39. A. rETRAQUETRA, Boiss. Voy. Bot. Espagne, ii. p. 103, 
t.29» (1839-45) ; Willk. d Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hisp. iii. p. 627. 
Basi suffruticosa, cæspites compactos depressos glauco-virentes 
formans, nana, Folia minima connato-vaginantia recurva ovata 
canaliculata carinata, apice rotundata, margine incrassata, basi 
ciliolata, ceterùm glabra. Flores terminales solitarii sessiles, 
foliis supremis bracteiformibus calyce brevius stipati. Sepala 
oblongo-lanceolata obtusa ciliolata, dorso nervoso-striata. Petala 
SPathulato-lanceolata alba, calycem superantia. Capsula den- 
tibus 6 dehiscens. Semina tuberculata. , 
It would be absurd to cite Linnæus as the authority for this 
Species. I would refer the pedantic purist, in the matter of 
