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also, is sometimes furrowed and sometimes 

 finely and indefinitely striate, and the . Spike 

 of Fruit sometimes globular and sometimes 

 cylindrical. 



7. altissima. " L. lanceolate, 5-7-iierved. 

 Scape with more than 5 deep furrows. Spike 

 oblongo-cylindrical. Bracts ovate, acuminate, 

 hairless. Lateral Div. of Cal. rounded at the 

 end, ciliate on margin, p. 4, 5. Meadows. 

 s. Ger."— Koch. It. 



8. victorialis. L. very narrow lanceolate, 

 white with somewhat sUky hairs. Spike dense, 

 ovate. Bracts acuminate, hairy in the middle 

 along the back. p. 6-8. Calc. rocks. Mont 

 Victoii'e. Gap. Carn. s. Tyr. Yen. Alps. 



9. sericea. Hairs scattered. L. lanceo- 

 lato-Knear, acuminate, on very short staUcs. 

 Spike ovate. Bracts oblong, acute, bearded at 

 top, naked at back. Div. of Cor. ovate or 

 lanceolate, p. 5-7. Valley of Pisio in Pdm. 



10. Ziagopus. L. lanceolate. Scape stri- 

 ate. Spike dense, oblong or globose. Bracts 

 ovato-lanceolate, covered on the back and top 

 wdth silky hairs. Div. of Cor. hairy on the 

 back. p. 3-5. Dry stony, s. France. Istria. 

 Italy. 



11. montana. L. lanceolato-linear, acu- 

 minate. Scape hirsute. Bracts broadly rhom- 

 beo-ovate, with a thick, blunt, somewhat ex- 

 current midrib ; smooth on back, bearded at 

 the summit. Spike ovate, dense, p. 7, 8. 

 Calc. mountains. Pyr. Alps. Riesengebirge. 

 Apennines. 



12. fuscescens. L. lineari-lanceolate. 

 Scape wooUy. Bracts obovato-semicircular, 

 with a thick, blunt, somewhat escurrent mid- 

 rib, bearded at the top. Spike not very dense, 

 cylindrico-oblong. p. 7j 8. High pastures. 

 w. Alps. — Joed. 



13. argentea. L. linear, hardly narrowed 

 downwards, sUky, silvery. Scape erect, terete. 

 Spike nearly globose. Bracts obovate, obtuse, 

 silky, p. Dry hills. Pyr. Prov. 



14. incana. " L. nearly linear, length- 

 ened, acute, pubescent, flat, woolly at base. 

 Scapes incurved, pubescent, twice as long as 

 L. Spike cylindrical, obtuse. Bracts rounded, 

 somewhat acute, ciliate, rather shorter than 

 ovate, obtuse, nearly smooth segments of calyx. 

 p. Moist mountains. Pyr. Cev." — Duby. 



*** Plant perennial, loith a woody rhizoma 

 above ground. 



15. albicans. L. narrow lanceolate, co- 



vered vsdth long, silky hairs. Spikes lax, linear. 

 Bracts rounded, obtuse, covered with short 

 hairs on the back, and bearded at the top with 

 long hairs. Nerves of Cal. with long haii's. 

 p. 4, 5. Barren fields, s. e. Pr. 



b. Tube of Corolla pubescent. Spike cylin- 

 drical. 

 [In this Division we often find a woody stem 

 or rhizoma, when grovsong on or among rocks. 

 In P. subulata there is always, I believe, a dis- 

 tinct woody stem.] 



16. alpina. L. lineari-lanceolate, smooth 

 at base. Aimcles hardly broader than L. (La- 

 teral Nerves nearer to margin than to midrib, 

 Koch.) Spike dense, cylindrico-oblong. -w. 

 or p. 5, 6. Mountain pastures, s. Tyr. 



17. maritima. L. fleshy, linear, convex 

 on back, channeled, not pungent: Margins 

 smooth and even. Auricles more than twice 

 as broad as L. Scape terete, nodding before 

 floweiing. Bracts ovate or lanceolate, mucro- 

 nate, as long as calyx, iw. or p. 7, 8. Salt 

 marshes and on mountains. 



/8. recurvata. Bracts shorter than calyx. 



18. serpentina. L. linear, hairless, very 

 narrow, not pungent. Margin ciliato- serru- 

 late. Bracts lineari-lanceolate, exceeding flow- 

 ers. Segm. of Cal. somewhat mucronulate. 

 w. or p. 7-9. Rocky, s. Prance. Anjou. Trieste. 

 Fiume. 



19. subulata. L. lineari-subulate, 3-edged 

 at top, cuspidato-pungent. Margin even. Scape 

 round. ~ 



latter fringed. 

 s. Pr. s. It. Sic. 



Bracts and Cal. somewhat rough ; the 



■w. 5, 6. Stotiy and sandy. 



iii. Placenta with 3-4 wings, forming as 

 many cells. 



20. Serraria. L. lanceolate, pectinato- 

 serrate. Scape round. Bracts shorter than 

 calyx. Div. of Cor. small, ovate, acuminate. 

 Caps, with 2 seeds, p. 4, 5. Clayey fields. 

 s. It. Sic. 



21. Coronopus. L. laciniate or some- 

 what bipinnatiiid. Scape round. Bracts cus- 

 pidate. Div. of Cor. ovate, acute. Caps, with 

 3 or 4 seeds, a. b. 5-8. Barren. Gussone 

 has here four species, which, following Berto- 

 loni, I have placed together. 



a. vera. Annual. Bracts ovate, adpressed, 

 pointless, shorter than calyx. 



;S. neglecta. b. or p. Bracts equalling 

 calyx, acuminate, somewhat squarrose. 



