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as L. Rac. few-ffowered, villoso-glutiuous. w. 

 4, 5. Barren, s. Fr. It. 



;3. Barrelieri, DC. Erect. 



7. glutinosum, Pers. Branches villoso- 

 glutiaous. 



S. Style twisted at hose. All L. opposite ; 

 710 Stipules. 



24. origanifoliuTn. Stem two or three 

 times dichotomous. L. stalked, ovate, hairy 

 on hoth sides. Rac. short. Pet. hardly exceed- 

 ing calyx, w. Mtp. Alais. 



25. marifolium. Stem procumbent, irre- 

 gularly branched. L. ovate or oblong, flat, 

 covered beneath with a close white stellate 

 pubescence ; upper surface nearly hairless. 

 w. 5, 6. Open hills, widely scattered. 



/3. vineale, DC. L. strigose above. 5, 6. s. 



Eur. 

 7. canmn, DC. L. hairy above. 



LinncBUS describes H. canum as having 

 terminal, sessile umbels, which does not at all 

 suit our plant. 



26. oelandicuEtt. Stem proexmibent, irre- 

 gularly branched. L. ovate or oblong, not 

 covered with a dense short pubescence beneath. 

 L. nearly hairless, or only ciliate. "w. 6-8. 

 Open hills. 



p. alpestre. L. strigose. Rac. short, about 

 3 -flowered. Alps. 



7. italicum. L. strigose. Rac. long, about 

 7-flowered. s. Eur. 



Between italicum and penicillatum I can 

 find no difference. In all this section the 

 longer hairs are strigose, simple, in pairs, and 

 in brushes. Alpestre has usually L. green on 

 the under side ; but sometimes this part is 

 covered with long white silky hairs. 



S. Style twisted at base. Stem woody. L. 

 opposite, stipulate. 

 i. Stalks of Fruit serpentine, the Fruit turned 

 upwards. 



27. mbellum. Stem procumbent. Branches 

 erect or ascending. L. stalked, ovate ; lower 

 subrotund, white, with short, dense, stellate 

 pubescence beneath ; the upper stipulate. Rac. 

 opposite or in threes, panicled. w. 4, 5. 

 Hough calc. hills. Sic. 



The small floiver and ascending fruit give to 

 ^ this the habit of the preceding division. DC. 

 and Bertoloni place it with the exstipulatEe ; 

 but both mention stipules. 



ii. Fruit bent downwards. 



a. Nerves of inner Sepals 2. 



28. lavandulifoliuxn. Stem erect. L. 

 oblongo-linear,hoary beneath. Margin revolute. 

 Stip. and bracts linear, acute, ciliate. Rac. 

 terminal. El. crowded. Sepals ciliate ; outer 

 minute, reflexed after flowering. sS. 6, 7. 

 Dry calc. hills. Mars. Cors. 



b. Nerves of inner Sepals 4. 



29. stcechadifolium. "St. erect. Branches 

 tomentoso-canescent. L. oblongo-linear, some- 

 what blunt, somewhat tomentose on both sides, 

 greenish above, hoary beneath. Margin revo- 

 lute. Stip. somewhat villous, lineari-lanccolate. 

 Rac. revolute before flowering. El. crowded. 

 Cal. villous. Exterior Sepals ciliate, greenish ; 

 interior acuminate, hoary. sS. Cors." — DC. 



30. berterianum. Stem with pencils of 

 soft hairs. L. oblongo -lanceolate or linear, 

 green on both sides, and with a few stellate 

 hairs. Stalk about as long as Cal. Fl. jiink. 

 w. 6, 7. Banks of Tanaro at Alba in Pdm. 

 — Bert. Said to resemble ohscwxnm., of which 

 it appears to be a pink-flowered variety. 



31. obscurum. Stem ascending. Branches 

 numerous, hirsute. L. hirsute on both sides, 

 not hoary; upper elliptic. Stip. ciliato- 

 hirsute, exceeding L.-stalk. Rac. long. Cal. 

 hirsute, w. 7, 8. Woods, s. and m. Eur. 

 Includes grandiflorum, and, with it, is con- 

 sidered a variety of YxA^sis, by Koch and Bert. 



32. nusrnn-ularmsn. Branches procum- 

 bent, hirsute. Lower L. round ; upper lineari- 

 oblong, hirsute, with a greenish stellate pu- 

 bescence beneath. Stip. bneari-oblong, tvrice 

 as long as L.-stalk. Rac. and Cal. hu-sute. 

 w. s. Er. It.— DC. 



33. acuminatum. Branches erect, hairy 

 at the extremities, not in the middle. L. on 

 long stalks, oblong, gi'een, but with a dense 

 stellate pubescence beneath. Margin revolute. 

 Stip. nearly smooth, linear, exceeding L.- 

 stallc. Rac. haiiy, lax, few-flowered. Three 

 nerves of the interior Sepals hairless, shining, 

 transparent, ■wr. 5. Nice. 



34. semiglabrum. Lower pai-t of plaut 

 hairy; upper without haii-s. Stem much branch- 

 ed. L. lanceolato-linear or oblong, paler beneath, 

 with a steRate pubescence. Margin revolute. 

 Rac. simple. StaUis longer than bracts. Cal. 

 quite smooth. Fl. pink. ■w. 5, 6. Noli and 

 Albengi in w. Ligm-ia. — Bert. Seems, 



from the description, to be a pink-floivered 

 variety of H. acuminatum. 



