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Hab. Spain ! Portugal ! Algeria ! 



Stems £-1 ft. ; leaves ^-1^ in. long ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals -J in. ; 

 petals 1 in. 



15. M. stipulacea Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. p. 431 ; Willk. & Lange, 

 Fl. Hisp. iii. p. 574. M. hispanica Asso. Syn. p. 90, nee L., and 

 M. Tournefortiana Asso. Enum.', non L., fide Willk. & Lange, 

 op. cit. — Scabra, caulibus declinatis, foliis inferioribus trilobis lobis 

 subemarginatis integerrimis superioribus palmato 3-5-partitis 

 laciniis bi-trifidis, stipulis niagnis lanceolato-linearibus, floribus 

 magnis, bracteolis setaceis, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis 

 calyce duplo longioribus purpureis. 



Hab. Spain (Arragon). 



16. M. .Egyptia L. ; Jacq. Hort. Vindob. t. 65; DC. Prod. i. 

 p. 431 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 818 ; Willk. & Lange, Fl. Hisp. iii. p. 574. 



— Uni- vel niulticaulis caulibus erectis vel decuinbentibus ; pilis 

 rarnosis adpressis strigosis, foliis suborbicularibus inferioribus longe 

 petiolatis palrnatisectis segmentis tri-multipartitis laciniis lineari- 

 oblongis, pedunculis 1-2 floris folio sublongioribus, bracteolis 

 linearibus, sepaHs late triangularibus acuminatis corollam parvam 

 lilaceam suba3quantibus, carpellis orbicularibus faciebus radiatim 

 dorso transverse sulcatis. 



Hab. Spain ! North Africa ! Greece ! Arabia ! Syria ! 

 Armenia ! to the Caspian Sea ! 



Stem 1-12 in. ; leaves £-J in. long ; bracts i in. ; sepals £ in. ; 

 petals ^ in. 



17. M. trifida Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. p. 431 ; Willk. & Lange, Fl. 

 Hisp. iii. p. 574. M. trifida var. latifolia Willk. Sert. p. 32, no. 188. 



— Uni- vel multicaulis scabris, foliis petiolatis suborbicularibus 

 3-5-sectis supra glabro subtus birtulo segmentis foliorum inferi- 

 orum trilobis superiorum tripartitis laciniis late linearibus, bracteolis 

 linearibus, sepalis triangularibus acutis, corolla calyce duplo longiore 

 coerulescente, carpellis faciebus radiatim rugosis dorso tenuiter trans- 

 verse rugosis. 



Hab. Spain ! 



Stem 4-18 in. ; leaves J in. long ; bracts £-J in. ; sepals ^ in. ; 

 petals, \ in. 



ft. heterophylla Willk. & Costa, in Willk. Pug. p. 92. — Gracilis, 

 minor, foliorum segmentis augustis, carpellis cinereo-olivaceis 

 faciebus non excavatis. 



Hab. Spain. 



(To be continued.) 



SPERGULA PENTANDRA IN IRELAND. 



By G. C. Druce, F.L.S. 



At pp. 302-303 the Editor kindly reproduces the gist of a paper 

 on Speryula pentandra which appeared in another place, and in a 

 much too generous criticism obliges me by pointing out defective 



