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lobatis superioribus palmatisectis segments pmnatifidis, floribus 

 axillaribus et suuimis saepe umbellato-fastigiatis, bracteolis angusto- 

 lanceolatis, sepalis triangularibus acutis, petalis roseis calyce duplo 

 triplove longioribus, carpellis hirsutissimis margine rotuudatis. 



Hab. Western, Central and Southern Europe ! extending 

 northward to South Sweden and eastwards to Dalmatia. 



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

 ^ in. ; petals £-1 in. 



3. M. Tournefortiana L. ; DC. Prod. i. 432. M. maritima 

 Lam. Fl. Fr. iii. p. 140. M. moschata /?. tenuifolia Guss, Syn. ii. p. 

 221. — Caule erecto, foliis inferioribus suborbicularibus limbo pal- 

 matosecto superioribus pinnatipartitis laeiniis bifidis vel trifidis, 

 floribus longe pedunculatis, bracteolis parvis lineari-ianceolatis, 

 sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis purpureis, carpellis 16-20 puberulis 

 dorso rotundatis faciebus elevatim rugosis. 



Hab. Spain ! France ! Italy ! Sicily ! Greece ! Marocco ! 



Stem 1-2 ft. high; leaves 1-2 in. long; bracts £ in.; sepals 

 £ in. ; petals 1 in. 



Differs from M. moschata in its more finely-cut leaves, paler 

 flowers, and smaller carpels with rugose sides. 



4. M. altheoides Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. 432 ; M. cretica Webb, It. 

 p. 00, non Cav. — Multicaulis, caulibus setoso-hirsutis, foliis inferiori- 

 bus longe petiolatis eordato-orbicularibus lobatis serratis superiori- 

 bus palmatipartitis summis tripartitis, floribus longe pedunculatis, 

 bracteolis lineari-ianceolatis, sepalis longe acuminatis hirsutis, 

 petalis roseis calyce duplo longioribus, carpellis glabris dorso 

 planis faciebus rugosis. 



Hab. Spain ! Corsica ! Sardinia ! Italy ! 



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

 petals \-\ in. 



Var. cretica == Jf. cretica Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. 431. M. altha- 

 oides Fl. Grsec. vi. t. 6G4. M. hirsuta Ten. Prod. p. 40, non Viv. — 

 Corolla calyce subaequante, carpellis glabris dorso planis eleganter 

 transverse rugosis. 



Hab. Sicily ! Italy ! Greece ! Crete ! 



(To be continued.) 



BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH 

 BOTANISTS. 



By James Britten, F.L.S., and G. S. Boulger, F.L.S. 



(Continued from p. 188.) 



Robson, Edward (17G3-1813) : b. Darlington, 17 October, 17G3 ; 

 d. 21 May, 1813. Of Darlington. A.L.S., 1789. Nephew of 

 Stephen Robson. Correspondent of Withering. Described 

 Ribes spicatum in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 240. " A very assiduous 

 and accurate botanist," E. Bot. 70. "Accomplished draughts- 



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