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ovate or obcordatc, with, a subulate acumen, 

 cxcccdinff half the lcna:th of tube. Bracts 

 pcncralJy longer. Length of Sheath about four 

 times width of L. Laiiiina of Pet. as loug as 

 claw. p. 6-8. Barren, m. and s. Eiu-. 



4. atrorubens. Cal. scales 4, obovate, 

 mth subulate acumen, exceeding h;df tlie length 

 of tube. Length of Sheatli about fom- times 

 width of L. Lamina of Pet. about half as 

 long as claw. p. 6, 7. Grassy. VaU. Uri. 

 s. Tyi-. 



5. liburnicus. Cal. scales 4, with a su- 

 bulate cusp, nearly equal. Bracts exceeding 

 scales 

 L. p. 7. Stmiij hills. 



Length of Sheath about twice width of 

 Coasts of Mdt. 



/8. Balhisii. Large, glaucous. Fi. nume- 

 rous and densely clustered. Liguria. 



6. ISisignam. " PL clustered. Scales of 

 Cal. tiled in foiu- rows ; inner shorter than 

 the outer, ciliate. Cusps of the outer setaceo- 

 subulate. L. linear, semiterete, smooth, 

 glaucescent and quite entire. Stem shrubby. 

 •w. 7, 8. Gale, rocks near the coast. Sic. 

 Luc. Cal."— Guss. 



7. Sertcicmii. Cal. scales numerous, 

 tiled in fom- rows, the inner gradually larger, 

 but only reaching to about one-third of tube. 

 Bracts very small. Sheath about as long as 

 width of lanceolate L. p. 6-8. Maritime 

 rocks. Sic. Cal. [This is D. Bisignani of 

 Bertoloni, who professes to have received speci- 

 mens both fi'om Tenore and Gussone ; but the 

 perfect conti-ast in the scales of calyx renders it 

 impossible that it should be the same plant.] 



C. Flowers approximate. No Bracts of a dis- 

 tinct character from the L. 



8. Arraeria. Cal. scales 2. These and 

 the leafy Bracts lanceolato-subulate, hairy, as 

 long as tube, erect. L. subulate, haiiy, hardly 

 united at base. a. 7, 8. Bry or gravelly 

 pastures. 



9. barbatus. Cal. scales ovate, wdth 

 subulate cusps. Outer Bracts lineari -lanceolate, 

 veiy acute, spreading or somewhat retlexed. 

 L. lanceolate, on short hafts, p. 7, 8. Moun- 

 tain meadows. Alps of It. s. of G. 



10. Se^uieri, Cal. scales 4-6. Leafy 

 Bracts lanceolate. Length of Sheath hardly 

 equalling the width of L. p. 6-8. Grassy 

 hills and thickets, m. and s. G. Sw. &c. 



a. asper. Cal. scales spreading, somewhat 

 rough. 



/3. sylvestris. Erect. 



7. col linns. Heads of El. dense. 



5. controversus. Pet. almost laciniate. 



13. Flowers scattered or solitary. Petals not 

 fringed. 



11. pungens. Stem few-flowered. Cal. 

 scales very short, mucronate, spreading. Pet. 

 entire. L. tufted, subulate, p. Mt. la Clapc, 

 Narbounc. 



13. neglectus. Stem 1-flowered. Cal. 

 scales ovate, with straight, subulate acumen, 

 equalling tube. L. linear, rigid, tapering from 

 the middle, finely acute, 3-nei'ved. Margin 

 rough. Pet. crenate. p. 7. Very high. 

 Swiss and it. Alps, very rare. 



13. alpiniis. Stem 1 -flowered. Outer 

 Cal. scales about as long as tube ; inner half 

 as long. Pet. crenate, tvrice as long as calyx. 

 L. lineari-lanceolate, obtuse, 1-nerved. p. 7, 8. 

 Calc. mountai7is. Aus. Styr. 



14. glacialis. Stem tufted, 1-flowered. 

 Cal. scales as long as tube. Pet. serrate, haK 

 as long again as calyx. L. serrulate, obtuse. 

 p. 7- Very high granitic mountains, w. Alps. 



15. ciliatws. Woody, tirfted. Cal. scales 

 6-8, ovate, somewhat spinuloso-mucronate, 

 about one-third as long as tube. Lamina of 

 Pet. oblong, nearly entire, beardless. L. 

 ciliolate ; upper acmninate. w. 6-8. Abr. 

 Pola. 



16. deltoides. Decumbent. Cal. scales 

 about 2, eUiptic, with a subulate cusp about 

 half as long as tube. Lower L. oblong, obtuse ; 

 upper narrower, acute, p. 6-8. Gravelly. 



17. triptinctatus. Branches ascending. 

 Cal. scales 4, with a long cusp, shorter than 

 tube. Lamina of Pet. cuneiform, sharply 

 toothed, hauy above, p. 5. Reggio. — Beet. 



18. attennattis. " Much branched, diffuse. 

 Stem crooked at base. Cal. diminished up- 

 wards, ri. solitary. Scales about 6, short, 

 lanceolate, acimiinate. Pet. crenate, their 

 claws exceeding the calyx. L. subulate, p. 7, 8. 

 Sea-coast. s.'Pr."— DC. 



19. hirtus. " ri. nearly solitary. Cal. 

 scales 6,- ovate, mucronate, much shorter than 

 tube. Pet. crenate. L. subulate, rough on 

 the mai'gin. p. Hills. Dan. Prov." — DC. 



20. l^ornenianni. "Flower-stalks bifid. 

 Cal. scales lanceolate, cuspidate, erect, shorter 

 than tube. Pet. incise. L. linear', nervose, 

 sernilato-scaber. p. Trieste. It." — -See. iji 

 BC. 



