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himself as stated by Boissier. The species cannot be referred 
to the section Porphyranthee, which includes A. purpurascens, 
as the latter is a perennial plant with smooth shining leaves and 
flattened smooth seeds. . 
Geogr. area. Greece: nome of Attica, in the fir zone of Mt. 
Parnés near the summit at 1200-1350 metres (Guicciardi, 1854), 
and cn Mt. Parnassus (Guicciardi, 1857); nome of Laconia, on 
Mt. Malevo, and near Zatuna on the mountains of the nome of 
Arcadia (Orphanides, 1870, from the last locality much larger 
and more robust specimens). 
B. Species perennes. Flores cymosi. 
55. A. OVALIFOLTA, Somm. d Lev. Pl. Caucac. nov., in Act. 
Hort. Petropol. xiii. p. 40 (1893). 
Radix tenuis. Caules permulti filiformes flaccidi prostrati 
undique proserpentes ramosissimi inferne radiculiferi, tenuiter 
puberuli; rami axillares vel terminales, elongati dichotome pani- 
culati multiflori (20 florum et ultrà) Folia breviter petiolata 
uninervia glabra fere acuta ovata, petiolo hine inde ciliis paucis 
consperso ; bractex, preter supremas, foliaceæ. Sepala ovato- 
lanceolata acuta glabra 5-nervia, nervis lateralibus vix distinetis, 
anguste hyalino-marginata. Petala e basi cuneata ovato-lanceo- 
lata. Anthers fusco-rubelle. Semina nigra, globosa granulato- 
rugulosa. 
Affinis A. rotundifolie, sed petalis quam calyce brevioribus. 
Ab ea etiam planta differt ramis multifloris elongatis, foliis ovatis 
nec orbiculatis plerumque subacutis, et bracteis omnibus preter 
supremas foliaceis : altit. 30 centim. et ultra. 
Hab. Abkhasia in Trans-Caucasia ; at 1600 metres in valley of 
the R. Kliutsch. 
Series B.—Stamina 5. 
56. A. ANDINA, Rohrb. in Linnea, xxxvii. p. 255 (1871-72) j 
Jacks. Ind. Kew. i. p. 178. 
Caules pusilli, cæspitem laxum formantes, plus minusve ramos, 
ramis brevibus adscendentibus dense foliosis, glaberrim, 3-9 
centim. Folia valde approximata, crassiuscula lineari- vel sub- 
spathulato-lanceolata subaristata, ad basin membranaceam V 
angustata, glaberrima. Flores solitarii terminales, brevissime 
pedicellati, pedicello glabro. Sepala ovato-oblonga obtusa flava. 
ramosi, 
