272 | MEYER 
-Monsp. p. #29; Salis-Marschlins En. pl. Corsic., in Flora XVI, 2 Beibl. 
p. 1; — Risso Hist. nat. de Nice Il p. #59; Aion. fl. pedem. Il. p. 
177; Moris stirp. sard. El. fase. 1 p. #2; Maratti fl. roman. Il p. 36% 
N° 1893; Tenore Syll. pl fl. Neapol. p. 484; Hogg. Cat. of Sicil. pl., 
in Jardine Annals and Magaz. of Natural Histor. X (1842) p. 330; 
Tineo Cat. pl hort. Panorm. p. 10%; Petter bot. Wegw. f. Spalato in 
Dalmat. M 357; Alschinger fl. Jadrens. p. 155; Reichenb. fl. germ. 
excurs. M 9W7; Koch Syn. fl. germ. et he. (ed. 2) p. 76% (p. p.); 
Nees ab Esenb. Gen. pl. fl. germ. fase. 1 M 8 (p. p.); Pallas Tabl. 
de la Tauride p. 59. 
E, minor. Host. fl. austr. IT p. 671. 
E. vulgaris. Æick. de Conif. et Cycad. p. 26 t. % opt. (excl. fig. a, D, 
E, F, ad E. fragilem spectant.); Spach hist. des vég. XI p. 288. 
E. fragilis. Frivald. pl. Maced. exsice. (specim. steril.) 
Raisin de mer, Uvette, gallic. 
Radix repens. Frutex bi-, quadripedalis, ramosissimus, basi non raro dis- 
tortus, cortice griseo vestitus. Rami herbacei recti, striati, tuberculato-scabri, 
internodiis pollicaribus, bipollicaribus, in sicco non secedentibus. Vaginae 
arctae, { lin. longae, breviter bidentatae: dentibus acutis vel obtusis. Pe- 
dunculi ad ramorum nodos, utrinque solitarü vel duo et terni, 2— 1% lin. 
longi, recti, saepe articulati et vaginati. Amenta in apice pedunculi saepe 3, 
interdum 2, non raro solitaria, pedicello proprio cum pedunculo articulato 
fulta vel supra pedunculum sessilia, erecta. Amenta maseula subovata, 3 lin. 
longa vel paulo minora. Antherae 6 — 10, centrales distincte stipitatae, qua 
nota haec species ab affinibus differt. Amenta foeminea fructifera subglobosa, 
3 lin. cire. in diam., succulenta, rubra, biflora. Involucri vaginae 3, bifidae, 
nullo margine distincto discolore cinctae. Pseudo-nuculae ovato-oblongae, 
obtusiusculae, hinc convexae, illinc planae, nigricantes, 2 lin. cire. longae, 
involucri longitudine, Tubillus brevis, rectus: limbus ligulatus parte tubulosa 
