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cation of this species; but as Alphonse de Candolle points out, 
vol. iv. of the * Fl. Française’ was published in 1805, not in 1815 
as printed in many copies. P. B. Webb (Iter. Hispan. p. 62) 
claims to have found this species on Sierra Nevada in Andalusia, 
—“ jn stagnis elatis prope verticem." But, as Prof. Willkomm 
asserts, since neither Boissier nor any other botanist who has 
explored and examined the vegetation of this mountain chain has 
ever found there this Pyrenean plant, it is extremely probable 
that P. B. Webb incorrectly identified his specimens. But for 
the smooth seeds, it could be referred to Cerastium. 
Hab. The Pyrenees (French aud Spanish sides) and in the 
Cantabrian Mountains. 
Iconogr—DC. Ic. Plant. rar. Gall. 45 (1808); Bot. Mag. 
t. 5836. 
Syn. A. cerastioides, Pers. Syn. Plant. i. p. 502. 
Cerastium purpurascens (non Adams), Fenzl, Verbreit. Alsin. 
t. ad p. 56. 
C. Ramondi, Fenzl, ex Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. p. 149. 
Dufourea purpurascens, Gren. in Act. Soc, Linn. Bord. 1887, 
p. 25. 
Sectio v. EREMOGONES. 
Subsectio 1.—Avxille foliorum non fasciculifere. 
A. Flores subsessiles, in cymis capitato-aggregatis vel 
glomerato-fasciculatis. 
90. A. CEPHALOTES, Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. i. p. 346 (1805), et 
ill. p. 309 ; Ledeb. Fl. Rossica, i. p. 361. 
Caudex polycephalus crassus, caules erectos edens. Folia 
turionum prælonga curvata, margine ciliis asperis scaberrima ; 
folia caulium duplo latiora breviora, superiora rigida adpressa., 
Ochrea brevis. Flores in thyrsum compactum turbinatum vel 
hemisphæricum conferti; bracteæ latæ subulatæ rigidæ elongatæ. 
Sepala ovata acuminata obtusa carinata. Petala e basi sublatiore 
Totundata oblonga obtusa, calycem subsuperantia vel eum 
quantia. 
Described from Rehmann’s specimens in Herb. Kew. 
Geogr. area.—8. Russia. 
N. South part of the prov. of Podolia. 
S. Prov. of Kherson, near Odessa. 
W. Prov. of Bessarabia. 
