170 LKS HOSES 1)K3 ALl'KS MAHITIIIKS. 



myself on Leucobryum on Stretisall ^Foor. It lias smaller leaves than 

 the Swedish, but of the same ovato-orbicular form — not " elliptico- 

 orbiculata," as usually desciibcd — usually longer than broad, nearly 

 uniform in size on the same plant, but smaller on some plants than on 

 others (l-5xl*3, 1-Oxl-O; Ux8"™); the branch leaves distinctly 

 margined. Inner bracts r6"'"- long, bifid only to one- fourth, seg- 

 ments sublaciniate. Perianth 4 or even 6°"°- long — i.e., 3 to 6 times 

 as long as the leaves, the mouth ciliate, rarely valvately cleft, but 

 irregularly ruptured by the protruding capsule, which is oblongo- 

 cylindrical, twice as long as broad — Tliis long-flowered form is un- 

 distinguishable from Taylor's Spha^/noecetis longifiora (vide " Syn. 

 Hep.,'' 6!S8) which lie had froni Jamaica. Kven the Jung, prostrata of 

 Swartz, usually considered distinct, maybe only a long-leaved form of 

 0. Sphagni. Jamaican specimens, however, from Swartz's own 

 herbariuui, have oblong or oval leaves, nearly twice as long as broad, 

 beautifully margined with a row of closely-set quadrate cells : in " Syn. 

 Hep." they are described as " margine dense striata." 



{To he continued.) 



LES HOSES DES ALPES MARITIMES. 

 Par le Dh. H. CnKisr A BAle. 



{Concluded from p. 142 ) 



VI. Tomentell.t:. 



Jam jam in Diario "Flora" dicto. anni 1875, n. 18et 19 explicite 

 de formarum serie locutus sum, Tomentellis addicenda, sed foliolis 

 angustioribus Sepiaceas aemulante, quam primus Scheutzius Wexion- 

 ensis in opusculo " Studier,'' 1872, pag. 20, distin.xit nomineque Ri£. 

 sclerophyllce. notavit. Confer etiam Journal of Bot., April, 1875. 



Hujus seriei consodalem amicus Butnat in Alp. Marit. detexit, 

 quam nomine 



17. R. tomentellce , f. Burnati, 



illustrare mihi cordi est. 



Egregia stirps aculeis maxirais gaudet, basi latissimse oriundis, 

 leviter curvatie, compressis, pollicaribus, testaceis, nitentibus, ramos 

 undifjue tcgentibus. Etiam petioli 3 us(jue ad o aculeis validis albis in- 

 cuivis armati sunt. Eoliistrijugis, petiolis pilosis, pa)ne eglandulosis, 

 stipulis ovatis dilatatis glabriusculis, vix gJandulosis, foliolis lanceolato- 

 ovatis ad basin attenuatis flavo-viridibus, junioribus rubidis, superne 

 glabris, infra, in primis ad nervos pubentibus, illorum Rosa S'pium 

 paulum majoribus, biserratis, dentibus profundis, argutis, flexuosis, 

 glandulis sessilibus nigris hie illic teimiuatis. 



liamis floriferis I- ad 3- floris, bracteis latis ovalibus suffultis ; 

 jiedunculis receptaculo longioribus, nudis, receptaculo ovali, sepali* 

 JdUgissime appendiculatis, appendicibus lanceolato-lincaribus, argute 

 acuminatis, eglandulosis; scpalis post anthesin reflexis. Stylis pilosis, 

 bievibus. Corolla rosea, mediocri. 



Ludit foliolis latioribus, ovatis, fere simpliciter ecrratis. Tota 

 planta fere eglandulosa. 



