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sparsa. Surculi decumbentes, filifornn >. graciles, lon- 

 gissimi, viridcs, gemmis destitute Caulcs plures, erecti, 

 3 — 4-pollicares, rlexuosi, glabriusculi, nitidi, multitiori. 

 Folia radicalia profunda 5-partrta ; sutcuHbm tripartita 

 rarius indivisa. in axillis nuda : segnwattia lineari-Jance- 

 olatis, acutissimis, aristatis, divaricatis : lateralibus hori- 

 zontaliter porrectis. Flora cernui, candidi. Pedun- 

 culi elongati calycesque pilis glanduliferis suppediti. 

 Lacinice calycince oblongo-ovataj, trioerves, muerone re- 

 ilexo apice instructs. Petala spathulata, integerriina, 

 triplinervia : nervis simplicibus. rertis. Stamina aequa- 

 lia ; Ji lament a alba ; antkera aurea*. 



This species, as well as its variety /3, is cultivated b\ my friend 

 Mr. Macnab, of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, \\li<> 

 received them from Wales. I have since my arrival in London 

 had an opportunity of examining flowering specimens of it. The 

 spreading divaricated segments of its leaves are a very striking 

 character, and readily distinguish it from its congeners ; but 

 nevertheless it affords sufficient marks besides that to rank it as 

 a species. 



108. S. latevirens, surculis procumbentibus elongatis, foliis 5 — 3- 

 partitisve: segmentis linearibus acutis, laciniis calycinis 

 lanceolatis mucronatis, petalis spathulatis emarginatis. 

 Habitat in Scotiae alpibus. G. Don. % . (v. v. spont.) 



llerba lretissime virens, ante anthesin densissime ca^spitosa, 

 glaberrima, postea laxc diffusa, surculosa, villis longis 

 adspersa. Surculi elongati, procumbentes, gemmis de- 

 stituti. Caules pauci, erecti, tripollicares, glabri, oli- 

 gophylli, subtriflori rarius unirlori. Folia radicalia 5- 

 partita : surculina omnia tripartita : segmenta linearia. 



acuta. 



