4 0>' AMUOXAMULM PUELII. 



ron gives as a synonym of A. Puelii^ but M. Borcau in the *• Flure dii 

 CenTre," Ed. iii., p. 697, describes it as a distinct species under the 

 name of A. Lloijdii, Jord. ! giving the following characters, ''root 

 tibrous ; stems from 2-6 cent, in dense tufts ; leaves linear acute, 

 dilated at the base, villous on the upper surface ; ligule membranous 

 somewhat prominent ; sheaths lax somewhat inflated, strongly striate ; 

 panicle spike-like short, close, oval, barely exceeding the upper leaf; 

 glumes greenish, scabrous, margins white scarious ; exserted portion 

 of the awn equal to or exceeding one-thitd of the glume. May, 

 June. Annual." This plant occurs on maritime rocks on the west 

 coast of France, on lie d'Yeu, Croisic, Houat, Quiberon, Bell-Ile, Groin, 

 lie Glenans, Pointes du Finistere. 



Judging from M. Korean's description without access to specimens, 

 1 was inclined to think that M. Godron was right, and now that 1 

 have seen the specimens of J. Gay, in the Kew Herb. 1 am still 

 of the same opinion. In my own Herb. 1 have specimens from the late 

 William Gardiner of Dundee, labelled ^'A. odoratum, L., alp. st. Loc. 

 IJen Avon ; Hub. Summit. ; Co. Aberdeen; Coll. July 1844."* (Ben 

 Avon is over 4900 feet above sea level.) J believe these represent 

 Lloyd's ^ 7ianum as described above, and the occurrence of an alpine 

 ])lant on the sea coast is known not to be anomalous. I have other 

 specimens from Cintra, Portugal, " Flora Lusit, jS"o. 316," gathered 

 by the late Dr. Welwitsch ; these I take also to represent a dwarf state 

 of A . Puelii. 



The following is the synonymy of A. Puelii, Lee. et Lam., which 

 I give separately, though disposed to combine with this species A. 

 Lhydiiy Jord. 



A. odoratum, '' var. ou peut-etre une espece diflferente." Villars, 

 Hist., des PI. de Dauph., tom. ii., p. 57. 

 /?. laxiflorum, St. Am. et Uhaub., Fl. Agen., p. 13. 

 13. Puelii, Coss. et Bur. 

 A. aristatum, Bor. Fl. Centre, ed. i., p 576 (non ed. iii). 



Puel et AJaille, herb, fl loc, :N'us. 13, 35, 79. 

 Reliquiae Ila'dleancB^ JN"o. 380, a. 

 Lloyd. Fl. Ouest, p. 505 (non Boiss). 

 /?. Puelii, Lange in Plant. Hisp. exsicc, No. 19. 

 A. gracile. Gay, ic. et descrip. ann. 1819 ined. (non Biv.) 

 A . myrthense, Todaro in sched. 



A. angustifoliura, Plan, teste Lge., Fl. Hisp. i., p. 38. 

 A. Puelii, Lecoq et Lamotte^ Cat.pl. Auv., p. 385 (1847). 

 Uren. et Godr., Fl. de Fr., torn, iii., p. 443. 

 Wil/k. et Zanye, Prod. Fl. Hisp. i., p. 38. 

 Billot exsicc, ^o. 1578. 

 The following are synonyms of what 1 take to be a dwarf state of 

 A. Puelii: — 



A. odoratum, ft. nanum, Lloyd, Fl. Loire Infer., p. 293. 

 nanum, Herb. J. Cray, 

 y. nanum, Z>6'., Fl. Fr. suppl. 

 alp. St., Herb. JF. Gardiner, 



* This plant must not be confounded with other specimens distribute! by 

 Mr. Gardiner, und termed by him " Alpine form." 



