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A. fasciculata Mert. f t K. = A. Jacquini Koch. Usually glabrous. 

 Annual or biennial. Stems stiff, erect, branching towards the top. Leaves 

 linear, setaceous. Bracts as long as the pedicels. Sepals whitish with one 

 green nerve. Flowers small,' in compact clusters. Stamens 10. Capsule oblong- 

 conical, equalling or shorter than calyx. Seeds tuberculous. 



Rocks and stony slopes in the hills and mountains of Alpes-Marit. Very rare. 

 June August. Ardoino's records are doubted by Mons. Burnat, but we believe we 

 have gathered it ourselves in the district of San Dalmazzo di Tenda, growing 

 with the next species. 



A. rostrata Koch. = A. mucronata DC. Stems loosely caespitose in habit. 

 Leaves in tufts, linear, subulate, stiff. Sepals almost entirely scarious, white 

 with 2 green stripes on the back, lanceolate-acuminate, i nerved. Bracts shorter 

 than pedicels. Flowers in small, loose corymbs, white. Plant often glandular. 



Stony slopes and rocks, in the lower mountains. May-August. Common 

 about San Dalmazzo di Tenda. La Sainte Baume. 



** Leaves linear, petals longer than the calyx. 



A. verna L. Vernal Sandwort. Usually pubescent, glandular. Root-stock 

 not woody. Stems in dense tufts, 2-6 in. high, slender. Leaves green, linear- 

 subulate, stiff; upper ones shorter and broader. Flowers in loose forked cymes ; 

 pedicels usually rather downy. Sepals with 3 prominent nerves, pointed. Petals 

 obovate, spreading beyond the points of the sepals, white. Capsule 3 valved. 



Damp, stony places in the Maritime Alps, rarely below 1000 m. July- August. 



A. Villarsii Mert. et K. Stems 5-10 in., 3-7 flowered, slender. Leaves 

 linear, flat, 3-nerved with intermediate finer nerves. Flowers rather larger, on 

 very long pedicels. Petals long and narrow, obtuse. Sepals lanceolate-acute, 

 with 3 nerves. Capsule ovoid. Seeds tuberculous. 



Rocky places in the mountains, especially on limestone. June-August. La 

 Sainte-Baume, Mount de la Chens, Aiguines and frequently in the Maritime Alps. 



A. liniflora Heg. Root-stock woody. Sepals with nerves slightly be- 

 yond the middle. Capsule longer than the calyx. In other respects this species 

 is similar to A. laricifolia Crantz and both have rather large pure white 

 flowers. 



Rocky places on limestone mountains. July- August. Marges and summit 

 of la Cabriere in the Var, and more frequently in the Maritime Alps. 



A. laricifolia Crantz is not found in the Var, but on granite mountains in 

 Alpes-Marit. The nerves of the sepals are longer, and the capsule shorter than 

 in the last. 



Rocky places of granitic Alps, sometimes descending the streams into the 

 montane zone. July -August. 



BUFFONIA Sauv. , 



B. perennis Pourr. Perennial, with ligneous root-stock. Sepals oval, 

 lanceolate-acuminate, with 5-7 nerves extending almost to the tip. Stamens 8, 

 the filaments being half the length of the sepals. 



Dry rocky places, near Frejus, Seillans, La Garde Freinet, etc. July- 

 September. 



B. macrosperma J. Gay. Annual, with slender root. Sepals 5 nerved, 

 of which 3 are prominent and longer. Stamens 4, the filaments being a quarter 

 the length of the sepals. 



Stony slopes and sea-sands. June-September. Draguignan, Le Luc, 

 Frejus, Toulon. 



B. tenuifolia Pourr. Annual, allied to the former, but smaller and more 

 delicate. Sepals 3 nerved, joining well below the tip, narrow, lanceolate ; very 

 acuminate. Stamens 2 or 3, the filaments being a sixth of the length of the 

 sepals. 



Fields and dry slopes. July-September. Hyeres, Le Luc, Arnpus, etc. 



