506 MR. C, BUCKNALL ! A REVISION 
Bot. Inst.—S. officinale, Linn. Samthal, Botzen. C. Packe, 1878. Herb. Univ. 
Cantab.—N allis 8. Ledro, S. Tyrol. Porta, 1878. Herb. Bailey and S. Lond. 
Bot. Inst.—Englefeld, Pest. Steinitz, 1880. S. Lond. Bot, Inst.—Lund, 
Sweden. Carl Paulsen, 1885. Herb. J. W. Wlate.-—Feldkirch, Austria? 
1886. Herb. Bailey and S. Lond. Bot. [nst.—8. patens. Stockholm. 
Dr. Andersen, 1887. Herb. Kew.—S. officinale variatio vernalis & autumnalis 
f. latifolia (8. purpureum). Perpignan. Debeaux, 1879. Herb. Kew.— 
S. officinale, Linn. Robilante, Italy, 1888. Merb. Bicknell_—Novogrodek, 
Russia. W. Dybowski, 1893. Herb. Kew.--S. Beat, Haute Garonne, 
Bordére. Herb. Bicknell.—Veynes, Hautes Alpes, 1905. Herb. Bicknell.— 
Rubano, Padua. A. Béguinot, 1907. Herb. Bicknell, 
Without date:—S. officinale, Linn, U.S.A. Leg. Rafinesque (Introduced). 
Herb. Delessert in Herb. Cons. Bot. Genev.—S. grandiflorum, DC. Jard. 
Bot. Genev. Herb. Cons. Bot. Genev.—8. officinale v. calycinum. — Seandi- 
navia. Herb. Bailey.—S. officinale. Moldavia. Guebhard. Herb. Cons. 
Bot. Genev.—S. uliginosum, Kern. R. Rakos, Pest. Herb. Bailey.— 
S. officinale v. bohemieum. Pforta, Thuringia. Herb. Bailey. — Tran- 
sylvania. Herb. Kew. 
Var. LANCEOLATUM, Weinm. in Bull. Soc, Imp. Nat. Mose. No. vii. p. 57 
(1837).— Caulis inferne. glaberrimus, basi violaceus, plus minus hispidus. 
Folia inferiora longe petiolata, plus minus anguste lanceolata, in petiolo 
decurrentia, superiora sessilia, summa paullo decurrentia, omnia glabra vel 
subhispido- pilosa, precipue ad venis. Calycis lacinize ovate, oblongee, 
acuminate adpresse, tubo corolle breviores, precipue margine et in dorso 
hispide. Corolla cylindraceo - campanulata, granulis albis obsita, ore 
contracta, purpureo-violacea. Fornices lanceolati, corolla parum breviores. 
Caulis 6—9 dem. altus. 
Conf. S. tanaicense, Steven, Obs. Asperif. Taur.-Cauc. p. 577 (1851). 
Groar. Distr.—Russta : Bessarabia to the Crimea, the Caucasus, and the 
Ural. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED :—Native. . asperrimum. Crimea. M. Beaupré, 
1816. Herb. DC—S. officinale y (Alph. DC.), “versus Caucasum, Revilliod, 
1821. Herb. DC.—8. lanceolatum. Bessarabia. Tardent, 1822. Herb. 
DC.—S. officinale v. purpureum. Sarepta, islands in the Volga, 1872. 
Herb. Mus. Brit. 
Introduced or eultivated.—8. patens, Sibth. — Toxteth Park, Liverpool. 
H. Sheppard, 1867. Herb. Hookerianum in Herb. Kew.—Sevenoaks. — Cult, 
Mr. E. M. Holmes, 1911. 
In typical S. officinale the decurrent blade of the leaves forms wings with 
nearly parallel margins, which extend from node to node on the stem and 
branches. 
