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a fragment of a flower, are like those of S. officinale. A lower stem-leaf 
measures 24 x 93-em. I consider it to be a broad -leaved form of 
S. lanceolatum, and one of the series which connects S. officinale with 
S. uliginosum. 
Here also may be placed a plant in Herb. Kew. labelled “ S. officinale 8 
purpureum, Pers, ex herb, hort. Petrop. Irbit, Rossia orient.” It approaches 
S. uliginosum but has broadly oblong leaves, the middle broadly clasping 
and the upper decurrent. 
2. S. ULIGINOSUM, Kern. in Oestr. Dot. Zeitschr. xii. (1863) p. 227. 
Radix fusiformis, ramosa. (Caulis gracilis, ramosus, setis raris hamatis 
albidis tubereulatis adspersus. Volia setis minutis uncinatis deciduis 
tubereulatis exasperata, lanceolata, radicalia in petiolum longum, superior: 
in petiolum brevem subdilatatum amplexicaulem contracta, summa non vel 
plus minus decurrentia, Calyx in lacinias lanceolato-subulatas margine 
setis unguiformibus albis ciliatas et spe in dorso unica serie earundem 
munitas profunde fissus. Corolla violacea, calyce duplo triplove longior. 
Fornices anguste lanceolati, stamina equantes, Anthere filamentis subduplo 
longiores. Vucule curvatee, supra. basin. non contraetze, obsolete areolate, 
Jeeves vel minute rugulose, пе, atre. 
Caulis 3-6 dem. altus; folia radicalia 20-25 em. longa, 7-10 em. iata, 
superiora 5-10 em. longa, 1°3-3°5 em. lata ; flores 14-17 mm. longi; calyx 
7-8 mm., fructifer 14 mm. longus; corolla 12-14 mm. longa; nuculæ 
4-5 mm. longe. 
Conf. 5. Vetteri, Thellang in Beitr. zur Kennt. Schweiz. p. 460 (1907). 
GEoGR. Disrr.—Huncary. S. Russia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED :—“ Ñ. vulgare," Gmelin. Herb. Linn. in Herb. Soc. 
Linn.—S. sp., Herb. Smith in. Herb. Soc. Linn.—8. caucasicum-squarrosum, 
Caucasus, 1820. Herb. W. H. Gower in Herb. Kew.—8. officinale. Nov- 
gorod-Sieversk, 1824. Herb. Fielding.—S. uliginosum, Kern. Vesztö, 
Hungary. Borbás, 1877. Herb. Kew., Mus. Brit, Fielding, and Univ, 
Cantab.—8. uliginosum v. pseudopterum, Borb. Veszté, Hungary, 1878. 
Herb, Bailej.—8. uliginosum, Kerner. Hungary (?). Herb. Glennie Smith in 
Herb. Mus. Bristol. —S. officinale, Linn. Sefton Park, Liverpool, 1874. 
Herb. Bailey. 
The entire plant is glabrous except for small white deciduous prickles with 
tubercular bases, which render it seabrid and harsh to the touch. The calyx 
segments are long and gradually attenuated to an acute point, ciliate with 
small, strong, white prickles, and purplish in colour. The flowers appear to 
be rose-coloured. The nutlets are similar to those of 5. officinale. 
Kerner describes the leaves as not decurrent, but forms often occur in 
which the stem is partially winged, and this constitutes the variety 
pseudopterum, Borb. 
