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most distinct of the whole section, has given rise to much con- 

 fusion. It has been regarded by most authors as the real caspi- 

 tosa of Linnaeus, as I have already shown in speaking of that 

 plant. I am glad in being able to lix it as a British species, and 

 also to restore to it the synonyms of Hudson and Withering, 

 which I have done without hesitation from specimens collected 

 at Ambleside in Westmoreland, and which had been sent to my 

 late father, and preserved in his Herbarium. 



97. S. pygmaa, glaberrima ; surculis hrevissimis rosulatis, foliis 

 lanceolatis enervibus glabris apice pbscindente-obtusis, 



laciniis calycinis late ovatis, petalis ovalibus vix calyce 



longioribus. 

 S. pygmaea. Haworth Misc. Nat. p. 168. 

 S. muscoides y hemisphacrica. Lapcyr. Pyren, Sasif. p. 60. 



^.36. (optima.) Persoon Synop. i. p. 491. 

 S. moschata. Engl. Bot. t. 2214. (exclus. synon.) 

 S. moschata, /3. Lapeyr. 1. c. p. 62. t. 38. 

 S. moschata y. Sternb. Saxif. t. 11. (3. f. 2. 

 Habitat in Pyrenaeis, La Peyrouse. 



Planta glaberrima, densissime caespitosa, patula, humi de- 

 pressa. Surculi brevissimi, rosulati, crebre foliosi. Caules 

 iiliformes, graciles, paucifolii, 3 — 4-flori, glandulis hre- 

 vissimis suppediti. Folia lanceolata, patentia, rosulata, 

 carnosa, enervia, marginata, glabra, nitida, apice obscin- 

 dente-obtusa. Flores hujus sectionis omnium minimi ful- 

 vo-lutescentes. Calyces pedicellique glandulosi : lacinia; 

 breves, late-ovatae, obtusissimae, trinerves. Potato ova- 

 lia, integra, vix calyce longiora, viridi-lutescentia, punctis 

 nitidis supra adspersa, trinervia: nervis simplicibus, ffts- 

 co-rubris. Filamenta brevissima, purpurea. Antherce 



minutae, fulvae. 



3 l 2 Obs. 



