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678. ARMERIA. 



9. elongata. Outer Bracts cuspidate; 

 inner mucronate, with excurrent nerve. (Tube 

 of Cal. tairy on the ribs, Boiss.) p, 6-9. 

 Sandy. 



/3. purpurea ? Koch. 11. dark purple. 



** Z. more or less distinctly S -nerved, taper- 

 ing towards the end. 



10. alpina. L. 1- or obscurely 3-nerved. 

 Outer Bracts oblong, somewhat mucronate, 

 {liaK as long as inner. Basal Pit oblong. 

 Tube of CaJ. hairy only on the ribs, Boiss.) 

 p. 7, 8. Mountain pastures. 



11. alliacea. "L. broadly linear, acute, 

 3-nerved, striate, finely downy as weU as the 

 Scape. Bracts oblong : outer smaller, acute ; 

 inner vei^ obtuse. Teeth of Cal. ending in 

 long awns. p. 6. Snowy." — Bert. Berto- 

 loni joins with this A. leucantha. / insert it 

 because he describes the L. as i-nerved, and 

 because Boissier refers it to A. plantaginea. 



12. plantaginea. L. lineari-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 3-7-nerved. Outer Bracts cuspi- 

 date ; inner very obtuse, with excurrent nerve. 

 (Pedicel nearly as long as tube of calyx. Basal 

 Pit elliptic. Tube hairy only on the ribs, 

 Boiss.) p. 6, 7. Sandy. 



13. cephalotes, Bert. Border of Cal. erose. 



•y. scorzonerifolia, Balbis. Outer Bracts 

 short. 



8. arenaria, Pers. Outer Bracts exceed- 

 ing head. 



e. alliacea, Lois. ? Fl. white. 



b. Primary L. wider than the others. 



13. juncea. Cal. hairy aU over. L. 1- 

 uerved : outer narrow linear, somewhat denti- 

 culate ; inner longer, filiform, somewhat chan- 

 neled at base. Outer Bracts lanceolate, cuspi- 

 date, as long as the very obtuse inner, p. 

 Sandy. Near Montp. and in the Cev. — Boiss. 



14. sardoa. Tube of Cal. hairy only on 

 the ribs. Stem woody at base. L. 1-nerved, 

 short, acute i lower linear, flat ; inner narrow 

 lineiu-i-setaeeous, somewhat channeled. Outer 

 Bracts ovato -triangular, acuminate, with a 

 narrow margin ; inner oblong, obtuse, with a 

 broad margin. p. Mountains. Sard. — 

 Boiss. 



15. denticulata. Woody at base, densely 

 cushioned, smooth. Tube of Cal. hairy only 

 on the ribs. Lower L. soon perishing, lineari- 

 lanceolate (denticulate, Bert.) ; upper narrow 

 linear. Outer Bracts acuminato-cuspidate ; 



upper shorter, abruptly mucronate. p. 3, 6. 

 Mountains. Near Sarzana. 



16. nebrodensis. Woody at base. Tube 

 of Cal. hairy only on the ribs. L. 1-nerved, 

 acute : outer lanceolate ; inner narrow linear. 

 Outer Bracts ovate, without a margin ; inner 

 twice as long, obtuse, with a broad margin. 

 ■vt. Madonie. — Boiss. 



17. magellensis. Tube of Cal. hairy 

 only on the ribs. Base of plant hardened, 

 and squarrose with the persistent sheaths. L. 

 somewhat recurved, short, linear, obtuse, 3- 

 nerved, channeled; inner narrower. Outer 

 Bracts ovate, obtusely cuspidate, about as long 

 as inner ; inner obtuse, sometimes mucronate. 

 w. Monte MajeUa in Abruzzi. — Boiss. 



ii. Spicules somewhat stipitate within invo- 

 lucre. Tube of Calyx hairy only on the ribs. 



18. ISochii. Stems cushioned, hai'dened 

 at base. L. linear, mucronulate, nearly nerve- 

 less, flat above, convex beneath. Scape flesu- 

 ose. Bracts few, very obtuse ; the inner gra- 

 dually larger by means of a broader mai'gin. 

 Pedicel about haK as long as tube of calyx. 

 w. High. Cors. — Boiss. 



19. leucocephala. Tufted, hardened at 

 base, and covered with the withered sheaths. 

 L. lineal", flat, 1-nerved. Margin narrow, pro- 

 longed into a short cusp. Outer Bracts few, 

 much shorter than the head, acute ; following 

 ones somewhat longer, obtuse, mucronate ; 

 those connected with the separate stalks broadly 

 herbaceous on the back, with a membranous 

 margin exceeding the calyx of fruit. Pedicel 

 as long as tube of calyx, iv. Cors. — Boiss. 



20. Morisii. Smooth, tufted. Stem clothed 

 at the base with the withered sheaths. L. some- 

 what coriaceous, very short, oblong or ob- 

 longo-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, with a nar- 

 row, finely serrulate margin. Bracts scariose : 

 outer oblong, acute ; inner a little longer, ob- 

 tuse, with a broad mai'gin. Bracts (inner- 

 most) herbaceous on the back, exceeding calyx. 

 Pedicel somewhat longer than tube. Basal 

 Pit oblong, p. Sard. — Boiss. 



21. Gussonii. Rosettes nearly solitary. 

 L. somewhat coriaceous, oblongo-lanceolate or 

 lineari-lanceolate, flat, rather acute, with an 

 entire margin, with 5-7 branched, anastomos- 

 ing nerves. Bracts scariose : outer shorter, 

 oblong, obtusely acuminate ; inner very blunt. 

 Pedicel half as long as tube of calyx. Basal 

 Pit oblong, p. Busambra. — Boiss. 



