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Hab. Southern France! Italy! Corsica! Gieece ! To 

 Syria and Palestine ! 



Stem 2-3 ft. ; leaves 1-2 in. long ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals \ in. ; 

 petals \\ in. (occasionally only | in.). 



13. L. biennis M. B. ; DC. Prod. i. 439. —Caule herbaceo 

 erecto, foliis inferioribus subrotundis lobatis superioribus oyatis 

 trilobatis lobis lateralibus minimis, pedunculis folio longioribus, 

 bracteolis ovatis mucronatis, sepalis triangularibus acuminatis, 

 petalis truncato-retusis, carpellis glabris dorso rotundatis rugosis. 



Hab. Armenia ! East Caucasus. 



Stem 1-3 ft. ; leaves 1 in. long ; bracts \ in. ; sepals \ in. ; 

 petals \ in. 



14. L. thuringiaca L. ; DC. Prod. i. 439 ; Rchb. Ic. Flor. 

 Germ. v. t. 177. L. olbia Stepb. Misc. 32, non L. L. Thirkeana 

 C. Koch, Linn. xix. p. 58. L. vitifolia Wierzb. in Scbur. Enum. 

 PI. Trans. 129.— Caule herbaceo tomentoso, foliis inferioribus pal- 

 matilobatis superioribus trilobis, pedunculis subsojitariis petiolo 

 longioribus, bracteolis ovatis mucronatis calyce brevioribus, sepalis 

 triangularibus acutis, petalis magnis pallide roseis, carpellis glabris 

 dorso rotundatis angustis carinatis. 



Hab. Scandinavia! Germany! Eegion of Danube !, to Asia 

 Minor ! Astrachan ! and Siberia ! 



Stem 3-5 ft. ; leaves 2-3 in. long; bracts ^ in. ; sepals \ in. ; 

 petals 1^ in. 



Var. ambigua = L. ambvjua DC. i. 440. Malva CyrilU Vis. Fl. 

 Dalm. iii. 207. L. salvitellensis Brig. L. sylvestris Ten. Prod, 

 p. 40, non Brot. — Foliis inferioribus acute palmatilobatis medio 

 longiore, fioribus axillaribus et snepe subumbellatis. 



Hab. South France ! Italy ! Austria ! 



A specimen from Athenian peninsula (Aucher Eloy, 857 bis) 

 has petals only -f in. long. 



15. L. flava Desf. ; DC. Prod. i. 439. L. agrigmtina Tin. 

 Pug. p. 13. — Caule herbaceo tomentoso, foliis inferioribus siib- 

 rotundis molliter tomentosis obsolete lobatis serratis vel crenatis, 

 stipulis magnis ovatis acutis, fioribus axillaribus aggregatis et in 

 racemum terminalem, bracteolis molliter tomentosis magnis lanceo- 

 latis acutis, calyce paulo breviore, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis 

 flavidis, carpellis hirtis. 



Hab. Sicily ! Algeria ! 



Stem 3-4 ft. ; leaves 1J in. long ; bracts f in. ; sepals J in. ; 

 petals 1 in. 



(To be continued.) 



PUCCINI A DIGRAPHIDIS. 



By Henry T. Soppitt. 



By a series of experimental cultures extending over the past 



twelve months, I have been enabled to demonstrate that the 



iEcidiuni of Convallaria majalis (JEcidium Cunvallarice) is a heterce- 



