702 Ruhiaceac. 



XX Flores solitarii vel bini , basi tribracteati , spicas imbricatas di- 

 stichas vel tetrastichas formantcs. 



6. Crucianella L. 



^. Calycis margo 6 dentatiis, accrescens, iiersisteus. 

 7. Sherardia L. 



1. Piitoria Pers. syn. I. p. 524. 



1. P. calabriea L. fil. suppl. p. 120; Pieri fl. corc. p. 17; Sieb. 

 avis p. 3, rem. p. 3; Ch. et B. exp. p. 52, Fl. i^elop. p. 10; {Aspe- 

 mla); Pers. 1. c. ; Marg. et R. fl. Zante p. 53; Raul. cret. p. 770; 

 Bois. fl. or, III. p. 12; Heldr. fl. cephal. p. 41; Spreitz. in z. b. G. 

 1887 p. 661; Gehiii iu bull. soc. bot. ital. 1889 p. 499; Hal. in 6. 

 b. Z. 1892 p. 371, 1897 p. 24, Beitr. fl. Epir. p. 25, Beitr. fl. Achaia 

 p. 23, in z. b. G. 1899 p. 712; Bald. iu uuovo giorn. bot. 1894 p. 96, 

 viagg. Creta p. 53, in bull. herb. Bois. IV. p. 204; Form. in Ver. 

 Briinn 1895 p. 31. — Ernodea montana S. et S. pr. I. p. 98, Fl. 

 gr. II. p. 33, t. 143; Sieb. rem. p. 3; Mazz. in anthol. ion. III. p. 702. 



— P. montana Willk. et L. pr. fl. hisp. II. p. 300. — Exsicc: 

 Orph. fl. gr. n. 212; Heldr. herb. norm. n. 733 et 1334; Reverch. 

 pl. cret. n. 57; Sint. et Bornm. it. turc. n, 1269 et 1270. 



Frutex humilis; ramis prostratis vel adscendentibus ; foliis oblongis 

 vel oblongo-lanceolatis, in petiolum brevem attenuatis, margine subrevo- 

 lutis, nitidis, subtus plus minusve papillosis; stipulis parvis, ovatis; florum 

 fasciculis subcapitatis; corolla rosea, tubo gracili, lobis lineari-lanceolatis, 

 patulo-revolutis multo longiore; bacca nigra. — Floribus pulcherrime 

 roseis, eis Daphnes cneorum similibus, rupium decus eximum. — Planta 

 peninsulae balcanicae ab italica non differt, at hispanica (P. Mspanica 

 Bois. et R. diagn. ser. 2, II. j). 108) corolla triente longiori subspeciem 

 diversam exhibet. 



In rupestribus regionis inferioris et montanae. Epirus: mt. Mici- 

 keli, pr. Govrica, in valle Dipotami (Form.), pr. Kalentini, Melisurgi 

 (Hal.); Thessalia: pr. Litochori (Sint.); Sporadum insula Jura (Leon.); 

 Euboea (Heldr.); Attica: mt. Parnes, pr. Kalamaki in isthmo Corinthiaco 

 (Heldr.); EHs: pr. Pyrgos, Olympia (Reis.) ; Arcadia: pr. Phigalea (Chaub.); 

 Achaia: in faucibus Diakophto (Heldr.), pr. Dervenion (Hal), mt. Kyl- 

 lene pr. Trikahi (Orph.); Laconia: mt. Malevo pr. Agriani (Heldr.), 

 Kitriais, in distr. Zarnate (Chaub.) ; Creta: in peninsula Akroteri (Bald.), 

 mt. Drakona (Rev.), pr. Rumata, Vhxtos, Enneachorla (RauL); Zante: 

 nit. Scopo (Marg.); Cephalonia: pr. Pessada, Koroni, SkaLi, Omala, 

 Charakas, Asso (Heldr.); Leucas: pr. Karya (Bald.), in capite Zuana 

 (Spreitz.); Corcyra (Pieri): pr. Pelleca (Gehni), mt. Hagios Deca (Bald.). 



— Maio, Jul. %.. 



