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Sectio i. Armerium. 



HerbsB annuse. Cauies teretes. Folia subfloralia herbacea. 

 Bractese 2. Calyx dentibus 9-11-nerviis. Petala barbulata. 



1. D. Armeria, Linn. Sp. Plant, ed. 1, p. 410; Si/me, Engl. 

 Bot. ed. 3, ii. p. 45, t. 191 ; Reichb. Ic.fl. Germ. Helv. 5011. 



Tomentosus. Cauies 40 centim. # , subsimplices aut superne 

 parce et dichotome ramosi. Folia plana stricta 5-nervia, infima 

 48 mm. * lineari-lanceolata obtusa, superiora 72 mm. # elongato- 

 linearia acuta, subfloralia flores a3quantia t. superaiitia acumi- 

 nata, vagina folii diam. sequante. Inflorescentia fasciculis 

 obliquis dichotomis 3-8 florum inodororum. Bractese lineari- 

 lanceolatae acuminata ad calycis apices. Calyx valde striatus, 

 dentibus lanceolatis acutis. Petala non contigua ; lamina 

 oblongo-elliptica purpurea maculata, = £ unguis. Capsula sub- 

 cylindrica. Semina tuberculata. 



b. subhirsutus, Schur, Enum. PI. Transsilvanice, p. 91. 



Plus minus hirsutus. Flores magni, laminis pallide purpureis. 



c. Armeriastrum, Wolfn. (sp.) in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitscli. 1858, 

 p. 318. 



Bractese obovato-subulatae. Calyx dentibus rubescentibus. 



Lamina speciosa. 



d. pseudarmeria, Wierzb. (sp.) Schur, Enum. PL Transsilvanice, 

 p. 91. 



Sub apice pubescens, ceterum glaber. Flores minimi atro- 

 purpurei. 



e. subacaulis, Seiner, Enum. PI. Transsilvanice, p. 92. 



Caulis abbreviatus. Flores longissime pedunculati magni, 

 pedunculis hirsutis. 



f. glaber, Vandas, in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitscli. 18S8, p. 333. 

 Grlabriusculus. * 



g. csespitosus, Clav. Flore de la Gironde, p. 156 (1882). 

 Geogr. limits.— X. Gothland, 56°. E. Talysch, 49°. 



S. Sicily, 38°. W. Asturias, 8°. 



2. D. pseudarmeria, Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. i. p. 323 ; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, i. p. 508 ; Reichb. 1c. PI. crit. 737. 



Pilosus. Cauies 25 centim., parce ramosi. Folia 40 mm., 

 linearia acuta 5-nervia stricta adpressa, vagina folii diam. 

 sequante. Inflorescentia in corymbum saepius compositum 12-15 



The measurements given throughout are those of good average specimens. 



