MONOGRAPHIE DU GENRE MELAMPYRUM L. 498 



Var. y. niontaniim Johnston, Flora of Benvick I [1829] 136. Caulis rigi- 

 dus ± 18 cm. larius subdiiplo longior: 30 cm. altus basi ± ramosus rainis oblique 

 erectis brevibus vel elongatis (± 50 mm.) florigerisque ; folia caulina auguste line- 

 aria (superf. ±13x1 Ya im"-) intercalaria (1-4 paria) longiorea (superf. ± 

 20x2 mm); hradeae inferiores ovato-lanceolatae (superf. 15x4 mm.) integrae, 

 sequentes gradatim minores, apicales basi obscure deutatae. Inflorescentiae initium 

 ad VI-IX"" nodum situm; calyx tubo + 3 mm. Ig. dentibus sublongioribus; corolla 

 ± 12 mm. Ig. valde aperta; antherae ± 2 mm. Ig. ; capsula zt C mm. Ig. 



Hab. — BRITANNIA. In locis turfosis ad « Strath Bagai.steach », W. Altnabarra, 1. 

 VIII. 1889, leg. Miller (in herb. Druce!) ; « Gran Wood », 7. VIII. 1909, leg. C. Palmcr (in 

 herb. Druce!); Dunby Bay, G" ("lare, 18. Vil. 1882, leg. B. King (siib M. ericetoro in hcrb. 

 Druce!); Hibemia: in montibus quartzosis Hiberniae occidentalis, VIII. 1837, J. Bail (ex 

 herb. Reuter in H. UG !). 



Var. V ericetoi'iim D. Oliver, in The Phytologist [1852] (wS. — Caulis 

 ± 20 cm. altus a basi ad médium ramosus ramis filiformibus elongatis horizontaliter 

 patulis; folia caulina anguste elliptico-lanceolata (superf. H= 35 x 2 '/a mm.) inter- 

 calaria (0-2 paria) remota (interna = 25-30 mm,) latioria (superf. + 35 x 4 mm.) ; 

 hradeae inferiores integrae (superf. dz35x 6 mm.); sequentes gradatim minores 

 basi hastato-dentatae. Tnflorescentiae initium ad VI-VIII"'" nodum situm; calyx 

 tubo zh 3 nnn. Ig., dentibus brevibus zb 1 '/i'^ Vs '""'• '»•; coruUa stramineo-lutea 

 vel albida zb mm. Ig. circa basem filamentorum posterium cirro pilorum praedita ; 

 stamina zt 2 mm. Ig. vel ultra; ovariitm zt 2 mm. Ig., nectario replicato, stylo 

 glabro; capsula matura zh 9 '/» ""H- Ig- ; semina 5 mm. Ig. 



Hab. — BRITANNIA. Cambria: Aberglassyn, 22. VIII. 18.51, Palmer (\\Qvh. Druce!); 

 Ariglia : Leitli Hill, Surrey , 800 f, 20. VIII. 1 899, C. B. Glarke N" 49555 C (H. D ! ) ; pr. Hud- 

 derfieid, in quercetis, 9. VIII. 1911, C. Schroter (H. PZ!,:; Hook Common Odiliani, i. IX. 

 1890, Palmer (in herb. Druce!); « near Richmond Yorks», VII. 1848, leg. Wanl (sub var. 

 montano in herb. Druce!); Scallack, annoV Icg.V (in herb. Druce!); Bralmore, arinoV leg.V 

 (in herb. Druce!); Wybunbury Moss, Cheshire, HO. VII. 1895, Marshall ; id. Wollcy Dood 

 (in herb. Druce!) Hibemia: Longh Derg. Gaiway, annoV leg. Lomax (in hcrb. Druce!); 

 Roundstone, Connemara, 19. VII. 1881, B. King (in herb. Druce!); Rndnorshire : Disserth, 

 18. VII. 1899, W. H. Painter (sub var. montaito in herb. Druce!); Birch, Vil. 18.58, W. Hol- 

 iiday (herb. Druce!); Scotiae: Denbeach, bor., 25. VI. 1888, W. R. Linton (herb. Druce!). 



Ssp. ** VuLGATUM (Persoon) emend. Beauverd. 



(Corolla albida, lutea vel versicolor, post anthesin nigrescens; appendiculae 

 antherarum anteriorps 2 pilis raargiiialibiis sublongiores, caeteri 6 breviores). 



Var. 1 oligoeladum Beauverd, var. nov. = M.pratense (ssp.) Ronniger 

 in herb. p. p. et in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Gesellscli. Ziiricli LV: 323 



