LINEiE. 



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Stem solitary, p. 5. Grassy hills. 

 a Gesil. Palermo. — Guss. 



S. Maria 



ii. Petals purplish, at least at the base. 

 a. Sepals ciliate, hut without glands. 



10. decumbens. Sepals subulate, on an 

 ovate base, 3-nerved. Fl. few, corymbose. 

 Pet. three times as long as calyx. Caps, acu- 

 minate. Stems tufted. L. linear, 3-nerved ; 

 lower acute; upper acuminate, a. 4, 5. Open 

 hills. Lecce. Sic. 



b. Sepals glanduloso-ciliate. 



11. tenuifolium. Sepals lanceolate, pro- 

 longed, exceeding capsule. Stems smooth. L. 

 linear, acuminate, without hairs. Margin 

 rough. Stems branched, diffuse, ■w. 6, 7. 

 Warm. m. aad s. Eur. Not in Sic. 



12. salsoloides. Sepals elliptic, pro- 

 longed, hardly exceeding capsule. L. linear, 

 acuminate. Margin rough. Stems woody at 

 base, twisted. Fl. white, purplish at base. 

 ■vr. 6, 7. JDry. Prov. Gasc. Far. ofW^ 



13. birstituua. Sepals lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, exceeding capsule. Stem tomentoso- 

 villous. L. ovato-lanceolate, 3-5-nei'ved; 

 upper fringed with glandular hairs, p. 6, 7. 

 TJncult. hills. e. Pyr. Sty. lower Austria. 

 Monte Baldo. Nice. 



14. viscosum. Sepals lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, exceeding capsule. Stem villous. Hairs 

 very spreading. L. lanceolate, 3-5-nerved; 

 lower elliptic, hii-sute ; upper glanduloso-ciliate. 

 p. 6-8. High pastures, s. Ger. It. 



15. piligerum. "Sepals linear, hirsute. 

 Styles equalling stamens. Stem terete, nearly 

 simple, erect, covered with white spreading 

 hairs. L. oblongo-lanccolate, somewhat acute, 

 3-nerved, hirsute. a. 4, 5. Open hills. 

 Cefalu." — Guss. 



iii. Mowers yellow. 



a. Sepals without glands. 



16. nodiflorum. Sepals linear, somewhat 

 acuminate, mucronate, as long as petals, two or 

 thi'ee times capsule, and much longer than 

 fruit-stalk. Lower L. obovato-lanceolate ; 

 upper lanceolate, a. 6, 7. Melds. Toulon. 

 It. Trieste. 



b. Sepals glanduloso-ciliate. 

 * L. with a gland on each side of base. 



17. flavuia. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 

 exceeding capsule. H. in a lax corymb. Stem 



sharply prismatic. Lower L. obovato-lanceolate, 

 acute; upper lanceolate, acuminate, w. 7- 

 Dry jjastures. s. e. G. 



18. serrulatum. Sepals ovate, acute, 

 about equalling capsule. Fl. in a corymbose 

 head. Stem sharply prismatic. Lower L. 

 obovato-lanceolate; upper lanceolate ; all acute, 

 w. 6, 7. Abr. and Piceno. — Beet. 



19. caiupanulatum. Sepals lineari-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, entire, exceeding capsule. 

 Stem striate. Lower L. obovato-spatulate, very 

 obtuse, w. 5, 6. Lig. Monte Gargano. 



** L. without glands. 



20. strictum. Sepals lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, much longer than stalk, twice as long as 

 capsule. Fl. crowded. All L. Uneari-lanceolate, 

 straight. Margin veiy rough, a. 5, 6. Dry 

 hills, s. Eur. 



21. gallicum. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 

 about equalling stalk, half as long again as 

 capsule. Pan. loosely corymbose. L. liaeari- 

 lanceolate. Margin somewhat rough, a. 6. 

 Dry hills, s. Em\ 



22. aureum. (corjinbulosum, Koch.) 

 " Sepals lanceolate, acuminate ; point rough 

 on the margin ; twice as long as capsule. 

 Branchlets axillary, with some hairs on the 

 inside. L. Mneari-lanceolate. Margin rough. 

 Fr.-staUi as long or somewhat longer than 

 capsule. a. 6, 7. Dry uncult. Adr. Ger." 

 — Koch. 



23. Mulleri. Sepals ovate, acute. Stalks 

 1 -flowered, about equal to calyx and to capsule. 

 Stem downy, branched below, panicled above. 

 L. 1-nerved, ciliate; lower eUiptico-oblong, 

 obtuse ; upper lanceolate. Stigma capitate. 

 w. 5, 6. Pastures. Iglesias in Sard. 



24. maritimum. Sepals ovate, with short 

 acumen, about as long as capsule, many times 

 shorter than stalk. Lower L. opposite, elliptic ; 

 upper lanceolate, alternate, p. 8, 9. s. Fr. 

 It. Trieste. 



S. L. opposite. Flowers white.' 



25. catharticum. Sepals eUiptic, acumi- 

 nate, glanduloso-ciliate. Stem forked. Fl. 

 drooping. Lower L. obovate ; upper lanceolate. 

 a. 7, 8. Meadows and pastures. 



130. RADIOLA. 



1. Millegrana. 



Not in Italy. 



a. 7, 8. Moist sand. 



