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tt Flores subsessiles, capitato-congesti. Capsula ovata sulcata. 
53. A. NANA, Boiss. §& Heldr. Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. Ser. I. viii. 
p.103 (1849); Boiss. Fl. Orient. i. p. 703. 
Annua; nana, glanduloso-hirta. Caules 1-8, tantum 21 mm. 
longi, erecti simplices. Folia ovato-oblonga obtusa 5-7-nervia. 
Cyma conferta 1—5-flora, foliis summis involucrata. Sepala oblonga 
acuta 3-5-nervia navieularia apice recta. Petala ovata, calyce 
3-plo breviora. Semina granulata, reniformi-compressa. 
Hah. Crete; also Cyprus (Sintenis and Rigo, It. Cyprium, 
1880, no. 762). 
tt Flores subsessiles, corymboso-fascieulati. Capsula anguste 
cylindrica. 
94. A. Gurecrarptit, Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. Ser. 
IL. v. p. 60 (1856) ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. i. p. 703. 
Annua; pubescenti-scabra, pilis plerumque retrorsis, superne 
sepe transversis. Caudex simplex vel a collo sepius pluricaulis. 
Caules nani erecti simplices, tantüm 23 mm. longi. Folia ovato- 
oblonga acuta plurinervia, inferiora in petiolum attenuata, 
superiora sessilia angustiora, ciliata; bractew a foliis haud 
distinguendæ. Calyx angustus; sepala lanceolata acuminata 
scabra 3-nervia valde nervosa, apice recurva anguste scarioso- 
marginata. Petala oblonga, calyce 3-plo breviora. Capsula 
dentibus 6 obtusis dehiscens. Semina rugoso-tuberculata nigra, 
reniformia vix com pressa, dorso plana vel leviter sulcata. 
Ab d. nana presertim differt, foliis acutis, sepalis apice acumin- 
atis recurvis nec rectis ; facies autem verum Alsines ; ab omnibus 
speciebus sectionis Euthalie capsulaé anguste cylindrica facile 
dignoseenda. 
There is no specimen of this interesting and distinct species in 
Herb, Kew. or Herb. Mus. Brit.; so that the above description 
s drawn up from specimens kindly sent by Dr. Th. von Heldreich 
from his own herbarium, which were gathered in the locus classicus. 
At first glance the plant certainly more resembles an Alsine, but 
an examination of the capsule shows that it dehisces by six short 
qual teeth. In three capsules from different specimens there 
Were respectively 7, 9, and 13 seeds. The capsules were firmly 
closed, so that I do not think that any had escaped. Prof. von 
“eldreich Points out that the plant was discovered on Mt. Parnes 
7 Attica by his old friend T. Guiceiardi in 1854, and not by 
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