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to which distinct names have been given, some might be considered 

 as well-raarkedj'sub-species, while others do not even merit to be 

 regarded as varieties. The synonymy is, in many cases, very 

 obscure ; but the following list will,^it is beheved, be fomid to 

 exhaust all the noteworthy forms. 



Var. l.jfenuma, Engl.'Bot., ed. 3, tom. ii., p. 35; A.W. Benn. 

 inJourn.Bot., 1877, p. 169; P. vuh/aris a. vera, DC, Prodr., 

 i., 325 ; subsp. vulgaris proper, var. 1, Hook., Stud. Flor., 

 ed. 2, p. 48; P. vulgaris, Linn, sp., 986; DC., Prodr., i., 

 324; Eeich. PI. crit., i., 16 ; Koch, Fl. Germ., 99 ; Gr. et 

 God., Fl. Fr., i., 195; Boiss., Fl. Or., i., 476; Led., Fl. 

 Boss, i., 270; Bert., Fl. Ital., vii., 314; Boiss., Voy. Bot. 

 Esp.,h.,81; Gris.,Fl.Eum.,i.,239; Fries., Fl. Scand., 38; 

 Dmrt., Prodi'. Fl.Belg., 31 ; Benth., Handb.Brit. Fl.,i., 99 ; 

 Hook., Stud. FL, 46 ; Car., in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. It., i., 23; 

 Dmrt., in Soc. Bot. Belg., 1868, p. 344. Caulibus erectis 

 vel ascendentibus, rectis; foliis supernis lanceolatis; racemis 

 10-20 flor. ; bractea centrali X3edicellum florentem quasi 

 aequante ; alis oblongo-obovatis, capsula latioribus, venis 

 copiose anastomosantibus; bracteis, alis, capsulaque eciliatis. 



Figs. Eeich., PL Crit., L, t. 25; Ic. Flor. Germ, et Helv., 

 t. mcccxlvL, f. 1; Oed., FL Dan., t. 516 (teste DC); 

 Benth., Handb. Brit. Flor., L, t. 124 ; Eng. Bot., ed. 3, 

 t. clxxxv. ; Journ. Bot., 1877, t. 189, f. 1 (ala, pistillum, 

 semenque.) 



No doubt the most widely- distributed form of the species, 

 though probably not reaching so high an elevation as var. depressa. 



P. vulgaris, var. parvijiora, Coss. et Germ., Par., 72, Eeich. Ic, 

 t. mcccxlvi. f . 3 ; P. vulgaris y. minor, Led., FL Eoss, i., 

 271, sunt formae haud constantes, floribus minoribus, qusB 

 in Gallia et Eossia crescunt. 



P. duhia, Bellynck, Fl. Nam., p. 27, Dmrt., in Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 Belg., 1868, p. 344, est forma varietatis typicse aHs pauUo 

 angustioribus. 



Var. 2. depressa, Engl. Bot., 3rd ed., vol. ii., p. 38; Bab. Man., 

 7th ed., p. 44; Hook. Stud. Flor., 2nd ed., p. 49 ; Var. 6., 

 Fries Nov. FL Suec. 223 ; A.W. Benn. in Journ. Bot., 1877, 

 p. 169 ; P. depressa, Wenderoth, Schrift. d. Ges. Nat. 

 Marburg, p. 1 ; Eeich. Ic, vol. xviiL, p. 90; Gr. et God., 

 FL Fr., i., 196; Koch. Fl. Germ., 99; P. serpgllacea, 

 Weihe, Flora, 1826, p. 745 ; P. serpyllifolia, Fischer-Ooster, 

 Flora, 1854, p. 98 (non Poir.) ; P. mutahilis, Dmi-t. Prodr. 

 Fl. Belg., p. 31 ; P. hadensis, Schimp., in Spenn. Frib., iii., 

 p. 867 (teste Dumortier) ; P. amara y. cespitosa, DC. Prodr., 

 L, 325. Caulibus elongatis, tenuibus, flexuosis; foliis parvis, 

 imis S8epius oppositis vel sub-oppositis ; floribus in racemo 

 paucioribus minoribusque quam in var. 1 ; bractea centrali 

 quam pedicellum florentem breviore ; alis latis, venis vix 

 anastomosantibus ; arillodii appendicibus brevibus, obtusis. 



