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371. CRUCIANELLA. 



ovato-lanceolate, rigid, mucronate, with thick- 

 ened margin. ' Outer bracts larger ; inner com- 

 pressed, keeled : all ciliate. ■w. 5 . Sandy 

 shores, mdt. Fr. w. I. Sic. Cors. 



3. rupestris. Woody, much branched, 

 ascending. L. in foui'S, small, lanceolate, mu- 

 cronate, with a thickened margin. Bracts 

 equal, lanceolate : outer not ciliate ; inner con- 

 cave, cUiate. w. 5, 6. Calc. marit. rocks. 

 Lopadusa, Malta. 



4. suffulta. n. 4-5 -cleft, with long cusps, 

 in aa oblong 4-rowed spike. L. in fom-s or 

 fives ; margin closely revolute : upper whorl 

 close to spike. Bracts separate, denticulate : 

 inner smaller, a. 7- Dry fields. Le Puy. 

 — J. W. 



5. angustifolia. H. 4-cleft', in a Knear 

 4-rowed spike. L. in sixes, rough. Margin 

 revolute. Bracts nearly or quite sessile, nearly 

 equal, smooth on margin, a. 6, 7. -Dry 

 stojiy. Coasts of Mdt. 



6. inonspeliaca. PI. 4-cleft, in a very 

 long, linear spike. Lower L. in fom's, obovate ; 

 upper in about sixes, lineari-lanceolate. Bracts 

 united for nearly half their length, ciliate. a. 

 6. Dry. mdt. Fr. w. It. Sic. 



It does not appear that the Clatifoha, Linn., 

 with all L. in fours, and only a very short 



straight cusp to the divisions of corolla, has 

 been found in Fr. or It. 



372. RUBIA. 



A. Annual. Veins of L. prominent leneath. 



1. tinctoruin. L. 4-6, lanceolate. Divi- 

 sions of Corolla with an acute callus, p. 6, 

 7. Escapes, s. Eur. 



B. Perennial. Veins of L. not prominent 

 beneath. 



2. longifolia. " Herbaceous. L. 4-6, li- 

 neari-lanceolate, acuminate, smooth above, 

 prickly on margin and on nerve beneath. 

 Angles of stem priclcly. Flower-stalks tri- 

 chotomous. Divisions of Corolla acuminate, 

 not abruptly cuspidate, p. 7. Cors." — DC. 



3. peregrina. L. 4-6, elliptic or lanceo- 

 late. Di\T[sions of Corolla cuspidate, p. 6, 7- 

 Thickets. The L. vary from broad elliptic to 

 jiarrow lanceolate ; I have even specimens 



from Home with ohovate L. ; and it is pro- 

 bable that longifolia «w.«?lucida are only varie- 

 ties of this. 



j8. Bocconi. L. in fours, ovate, shining 

 above. 



4. lucida. "A span long. L. small, obo- 

 vate, mucronulate. Bracts very small. Divi- 

 sions of Corolla lanceolate, acuminato-aristate. 

 p. 4, 5. Cors." — Bert. 



LIV. VALEEIANE^. 



Calyx superior, sometimes nearly wanting, sometimes of simple teeth, sometimes involute 

 and at last expanding into a feathery crest. CoroUa of one petal, on the germen. Stamens 1 to 4, 

 inserted on tube of coroUa. Capsule with one productive cell and one pendulous seed. 



873. FEDIA. 

 A. Mowers ruigent. 



1. Comucopise. Upper L. sessile. Fl. 

 in dichotomous heads. Frmt-stallcs thickening 

 upwards, a. Springs, sandy. Nap. Sic. 



B. Flowers nearly regular. 

 i. Fruit with a corky mass at the hack ! 



2. olitoria. Fr. compressed, oblong : bar- 

 ren cells without a furrow : the Dissepiment 

 imperfect. Bracts leafy, dentato-ciliate. a. 

 4-6. Cult. 



8. gibbosa. Fr. gibbous (plano-convex) : 

 barren ceUs each with fm-row at the back : 

 Dissepiment complete. Bracts quite entire. 

 a. 4, 5. Mountain pastures. Sic. 



ii. No corky mass. Two barren cells. 

 a. Barren cells nearly or quite separate. 



* Fruit without a distinct crown 

 4. turgida. Fr 



cut out. Crown 0. 

 cult. Rome. 



spherical, with a sector 

 Fl. in heads, a. 5. JJn- 



5. carinata. Fr. oblong, boat-shaped, with 

 a simple blunt crown. Fl. in heads, a. 3, 4. 

 Cult. 



** Croion a spreading membranous border 

 with hooked teeth. Upper L. often pin- 

 natifid at base. 



6. hai2iata. Crown cyatbiform, hairless 

 within, ending in 6, usually entire segments. 

 Sinuses obtuse, a. 5-7. Cult. m. and s. 

 Eur. (coronata of Koch.) 



