270 COi^SPECTUS POLYGALARUM EUROP^ARUM. 



h. Bracts as loug as pedicel ; the raceme therefore subcomose. 



5. P. NicjEENSis, Kisso, Flore de Nice, 54 ; Keich., Ic, xviii., 91 ; 



Koch, Flor. Germ., i., 98 ; Woods, Tom-. Mor., 43 ; Moggr., 

 Fl. Meiit. t. 77; Car. in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital., i., 21 ; non 

 Boiss., Fl. Or., i., 475. P. foHis obloiigis vel hneari-lanceo- 

 latis, infimis parvis, subovatis ; racemo laxo, subcomoso ; 

 bracteis lateralibus pedicellum subgequautibus, ciliatis ; alls 

 ovahbus, obovatis, vel siibrotimdis, roseis vel c^ruleis ; 

 corolla quam alas snblougiore ; ovarii stipite ovarium 

 aequaiite ; capsula obovata, quam alas breviore, subsessili ; 

 arillodii appendicibus dimidium seminis attiiigentibus. 



Syn. p. rosea, Eeich., Ic, xviii., 91; Gr. et God., Fl. Fr., i., 

 194 ; Bert., Fl. It., vii., 318 ; Woods, Tour. Flor., 43 ; Ball 

 iu Journ. Linu. Soc, vol. xvi., p. 350 (uon Desf). P. am- 

 bli/j)tera, b. pubescens, et P. hiixifolia, b. pubescens, Reich., PI. 

 Crit., i., 26 (teste Eeich. f.) 

 Figs. Reich., PI. Crit., f. 51; Ic, mcccxlix., f. 2, 3; mcccL, 



f. 1 ; Moggr., Flor. Ment. t. 77. 

 Iu moutosis montauis Galliae meridioualis, Itali^eque borealis 

 et littorum Adriatic£e ; uecuou iu Marocca. 



Iu his ' Coutributious to the Flora of Meutoue,' Mr. J. T. 

 Moggridge poiuts out that iutermediate forms occur betweeu this 

 species aud P. ruhjaris ou the oue baud, aud P. comusa ou the 

 other baud : aud that it is extremely difficidt to di'aw up distmctive 

 characters betweeu them, the leugtli of the lateral bracts beiug 

 variable. The habit is that of P. vulgaris, but it is a larger plaut. 

 The colom- of the flowers is a light blue or rose-colour, aud it is 

 best characterised by its nearly round wing-sepals, which often 

 end in an abrupt apiculus. It has, with less excuse, been con- 

 founded, iu Grenier & Godrou's ' Flore de France,'* with P. rosea, 

 Desf., aud, as I think, by Boissier with P. major, Jacq. Both 

 these species are readily distinguished by their much larger ex- 

 serted corolla. The geographical range of the true P. nicccensis 

 appears to be very limited, being nearly confined to the neigh- 

 bourhood of the shores of the Mediterranean m the AljDes 

 Maritimes, Piedmont, and Tuscany ; with the exception of Koch's 

 locality at Trieste, the identity of which seems to me somewhat 

 doubtful. Ball's specimens from Marocco, in the Kew herbarium, 

 also unquestionably belong to this species. All the localities given 

 by Boissier in South-eastern Europe aud Asia Minor should doubt- 

 less belong to P. major, as also possibly does Koch's, as well as 

 Boissier's P. nicd'ensis, var. tomentella {= P. pruinosa, Boiss. in 

 parte), from Greece. 



6. P. Preslii, Spreng., Syst., v., 531 ; Guss., Fl. Sic Prodr., ii., 



358; Fl. Sic, ii.,^242; Bert., Fl. It., vii., 323; Woods, 

 Tour. Flor.^ 47 ; Car. in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. It., i., 21. P. 



* Anioino, • Flore des Alpes Maritimes,' identifies Grenier & Godron's plant 

 with P. comosa. 



