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-or half of the stem was unbranched and had lost its leaves. The 

 upper half or two-thbds bore very numeious paired decussate 

 branches,_ a.sce..ding at an angle of 40°. In the number of the 

 branches is the first difference between variety and type, 



Thp stem is of a very dark claret- eolo nr : the branches of 

 first, second and third rank are successively lighter until we come 

 to the capillary pedicels which are straw-colouied. From the 

 bases of the leaves run down the stem or branches the narrowest 

 of wings which bear minute purple papilla?: papillse of the same 

 character are also distributed round the stems below the nodes • 

 they, however, do not distinguish the variety from the type • f.r it 

 also has them. The second difference is in the leavas which in 

 the variety are smaller than in t-^e type, though otherwise simi- 

 lar: the papillae extend from the wings of the stem just on to the 

 half-mdhmetre long petiole. Ti.e flowers nod at opening ■ they 

 are smaller than in the type, and herein is the third d iff. rence 

 :and further, I believe, that they do not ..pen quite so widely • the 

 gland I found to 1 e single with its very marked marsrin developed 

 ahnve into nnairow membranous hood, and beL-w connected with 

 the and.ophore by an elevated frenum-like ridge, so that round 

 the andvophore are developed five shallow pits : these too may be 

 present in the type. But a fifth and very marked difference is in 

 the capsule ; for, in the va^, ty, it is very n.u.-h shorter than that 



fJ}li^^^-:^^'' ^ r* *^^*^ ±'^ °"'^ -i^^* ^^««rted at its maturity 

 from the withered flower. The seeds are roundish-ovoid, clear yel 



r;;'tliff: in t^r ^^ ^ ^^^^^' ^^*^^^^-^^- ^^p^ -^ — W 



I conclude with a brief latin description of the new form. 



Su-ertia purpurascmis, Yur., ravwsa. Herha rigida, ad 80 cm 

 il>- '°pP^'''" .'"P"™" **^^ ^* 'tei™ ramosa, r^mis densi^' 



X^mta^^St^^^ ^-^ aonta, apice 



infi. conspicuis, ir.ter:oa'ir:,lt:^^^^^^^^^ 



f aTi tST' ll\T ^' ' ""IX^ P^-^^- niulto mCT 7eti:' 



bus et TnilW^ ' '^^'^'f^''' »>««' i^ alas CHulinas transenn- 

 tious et papiUas mHrginHJes gerentibus: stipula vera adest in 

 fo.ma^ ImesB fimbriate petiolof rnT,inc,.„f.o ^iul^""^..^^^^^ .''' 



petiolns conjugeiites 



numerosis 



lati, a'utissimi. cSinat Co-//- V\ ' ^''^'' ^"^""^^^ ^^^^^^ 

 acutiusculi,4mm?wt2mrtH '-'^ ^.^' longus : lobi 



unifoveolHti ; foveok diti?.?-; ■ * "'"''^'"^ ^^^^^^ denticulati, 

 cucullata e m:Z^^suttS"'Z'^\ crat-riformis sed anguste 

 freno cnjuncta". ^Somr n^"^ " ^''\^^ androphorum 



infra minutissime aspe^^ anf hpJ^ V^^' connata, 2-5 mm. longa, 

 purpurea Q.u..„Ta^th:l^ro.rs"' Tl^^'^M "'"^v'°°^^' 



1 m.. icga, tarda divergentia Vc"u:;anS- ^^ t^fdt 



