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cristata ; filamentis superne liberis ; stigmate rostraeformi : 

 capsula emarginata, orbiculari, late alata, qiiam alas multo 

 angustiore ; semiuibus liirsutis ; arillodio galeato, inappen- 

 pendiculato. 



Syn. p. sa.ratilis, Desf., Fl. AtL, ii., 128 ; DC, Prodr., i., 324 ; 

 Boiss., Voy. Bot. Esp., ii., 81 ; Woods, Tour. Flor. 42. 

 Isolophus sad-atilis, Spacli, Hist. Nat. des Veg., vii., 114. 



Figs. Desf., AtL, ii., t. 175 ; Eeicli., Ic, mcccli., f. 1. 



In locis rnpestribus at saxatilibus, Hispaniae Gallias anstralis, 

 et Insularum Balearic arum ; necnon in Africa boreali. 



This interesting species is the only representative in Western 

 Europe of the sub-section to Avhich it belongs, and is very easily dis- 

 tinguished from all others by its axillary racemes, reduced fi-equently 

 to only one or two flowers, and by the semi-herbaceous texture of 

 of the wdng- sepals. The wiry stems spring from a very short 

 woody root-stock. The species varies greatly in the form and 

 size of the leaves, but they are always more or less coriaceous, and 

 with a thickened margin. The distribution appears to be limited 

 to the western shores of the Mediterranean, ascending to a height 

 of 5000 feet. Sir J. D. Hooker records it from S. Marocco. 



C. Filaments XDartially free. Annual. 



18. P. ExiLis, DC, Hort. Monsp., 133; Prodr., i., 325; Eeich., 

 PI. Cit., i., 28; Ic, xviii., 88; Gr. et God., Fl. Fr., i., 

 198; Bert., Fl. It., x., 521 ; Willk. et Lge., Fl. Hisp., iii., 

 554 ; Woods, Tour. Flor., 42 ; Car. in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. It., 

 i., 24. P. caule erecto, humili, copiose ramoso ; fohis 

 linearibus, infimis oblongioribus ; racemis terminalibus et 

 axillaribus,laxis, paucifloris, hand comosis ; floribus minimis, 

 pallidis ; alis oblongis, uninerviis ; corolla quam alas dimidio 

 breviore ; j)etalis lateralibus quam carinam brevioribus ; crista 

 parva, inconspicua; antherarum filamentis liberis quam an- 

 theras minimas multo longioribus ; stylo infundibuliformi, 

 apice subgaleato, lobo antico abbreviato; capsula sessili, ob- 

 cordata, minima, quam alas subbreviore sed latiore ; semi- 

 nibus hirsutis ; arillodio minimo, inapx^endiculato. 



Syn. p. parfiflora, Lois. Desk, Not., 104 (non Poirj. P. linearis, 



Lag. (teste DC), (non Hook. f.). P. nova, Boiss. (teste 



DC). P. mnnsppliaea, Eeich., Fl. Germ, exsicc, no. 2546 



(non DC.) 



Figs. Eeich., PI. Crit., f. 61 ; Ic, mcccxlv., f. 2: Boiss., Fl. 



Eur., i. t. 474, f. 1 (teste DC.) 

 Crescit in Hispania, Gallia meridionali, Italiaque boreali. 

 Much the smallest of the European species, not reaching a 

 greater height than three to four inches, and the flowers scarcely 

 more than a line in length. It has all the appearance of a weed of 

 agriculture, but its distribution is apparently much more restricted 

 than that of P. monspeliafa. It lias only been recorded from the 



