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51. Gayi. Lowest L. spatiilate. Upper 

 floral L. and Bracts lanceolato-linear. Hays 

 about 3, nearly simple. Glands slightly lunate. 

 p. 4-6. Bri/ pine-woods. Cors. 



53. deudroides. Rays 3-10, but generally 

 about 6. No Accessory Rays. Stem shrubby, 

 erect. Glands rather obcordate than horned. 

 Bracts ovato-subrotund. L. approximate. s.S. 

 5, 6. Calc. rocks. Shores of It. 



53. biglandulosa. Rays 6-12, foi'ked. 

 Glands with club-shaped horns. L. coriaceous, 

 lanceolate, acuminate. Caps, acutely 3-edged. 

 Seeds 4-sided, w. 2, S. Hills. Sic. 



54. nicseensis. Rays many, once forked. 

 Caps, wrinlded. Bracts cordato-ovate, obtuse, 

 mucronulate. L. smooth, glaucous, oblong, 

 mucronulate, quite entire, approximate. Seeds 

 ovoid, p. 7, 8. Barren uncult. Carn. 



ii. Seeds not smooth. 

 a. Capsule not smooth. 



55. biumbellata. Umbel double. Bracts re- 

 niformi-cordate. Seeds ovoid, corrugato-sulcate. 

 Horns of Glands club-shaped. L. linear, uni- 

 form; upper acute, p. 4, 5. Sandy hills. 

 Sic. Prov. 



56. Mjrrsinites. Rays 5-8, forked. 

 Horns of Glands somewhat club-shaped. Caps, 

 keeled. Bracts reniform, mucronulate. L. 

 glaucous, obovato-oblong, hairless, rough on 

 margin, approximate. Seeds longitudinally 

 reticulate, rugose, p. 6, 7- Stony. Cherso. 

 Madonie. 



57. portlandica. Rays 5, forked. Glands 

 4, horns not clavate. Bracts concave, some- 

 what cordate. L. liueari-obovate, pointed, 

 smooth, crowded, spreading. Margin entire. 

 Seeds reticulate, p. 8. Coasts. 

 Galloway. 



58. pinea. Rays 5-9, dichotomous. Ac- 

 cessory Rays numerous. Horns of Rays seta- 

 ceous, acute. Bracts cordato-reniforni. L. 

 glaucous, obtuse, mucronate, much crowded -. 

 lower linear ; upper broader. Floral L. ovate, 

 somewhat 3-lobed. In my specimen the floral 

 L. are linear, like the others: those within 

 the umbel, and the Bracts, are Ungulate, and 

 some of them might almost be called ^i-lobed. 

 Seeds pitted, p. 5, 6. Stony. Cherso. Calc. 

 rocks on shore. It. 



59. se^etalis. Rays 5, dichotomous. 

 Horns of Glands setaceous, acute-. Bracts 

 ovate, semicircular, mucronate. L. glaucous, 

 linear, acuminate, mucronate, smooth, crowded ; 



Eng. 



upper broader. Seeds pitted, a. 6, 7- Fields. 

 Tstria. Aust. Sil. 



60. aleppica. " Erect. L. lineari-seta- 

 ceous, crowded. Rays 5, forked. Accessory 

 Rays numerous. Bracts ovate, acuminato-aris- 

 tate. Glands semUunate. Caps, and Seeds 

 finely granular, a. 6. Nice. Apul. Cal." — 

 Bert. 



61. taurinensis. "Lower L. obversely 

 lanceolate, emarginate, approximate ; upper 

 lanceolato-linear, entire. Rays about 4, long, 

 dichotomous. Accessory Rays numerous. 

 Bracts cordato-triangular. Glands slightly 

 semilunate. Seeds pitted, a. 4-6. Lusengo 

 near Turin."— Bert. Specimens from s. Fr. 

 have the bracts Ungulate, acute, like those of 

 E. pinea ; bid the plant is clearly annual. 



62. cuneifolia. Rays 5, trifid, forked. 

 Bracts rhombic ; upper part acutely serrulate. 

 Caps. 3-edged, beset wdth thick bristles. Seeds 

 rough with dots. L. smooth, cuneate, spatu- 

 late. a. 4, 5. Grassy fields, w. Sic. — Guss. 

 Bert, refers to this E. stellulata of Lois., of 

 which the glands are said to be somewhat lu- 

 nate ; and on this account I place it here. 



b. Capsule smooth. 

 * Annual. 



63. Peplus. Rays 3, dichotomous. Caps, 

 mth double and somewhat winged keels : (dor- 

 sal line of keel formed of 4 pits, Koch.) Bracts 

 ovate. L. stalked, obovate, quite entire, cadu- 

 cous, a. 6-10. Fields. 



64. peploides. Rays 2-4, dichotomous : 

 (dorsal line of keel formed of 3 pits, Koch.) 

 Bracts cordato-reniform. L. subrotund, nearly 

 sessile, scattered. Glands reddish, a. 3, 4. 

 Cult. Coasts of Mdt. Yx. Istr. and islands. 



65. falcata. Rays 3, dichotomous. Horns 

 of Glands short. Seeds marked with 4 rows 

 of transverse depressed dots. Bracts oval or 

 ovate, mucronate. L. lanceolato-Knear, spatu- 

 late, approximate, caducous, a. 7-9. Cult. 

 s. G. s. Sw. 



/8. acuminata. L. and Bracts acuminate. 



66. exigua. Rays 3, dichotomous. Seeds 

 tubercled. Bracts linear, acute, on a some- 

 what cordate base. L. linear, approximate, 

 caducous, a. 6-9. Cult. 



j8. rubra, DC. L. widened upwards, refuse, 

 with a mucro. s. G. 



** Woody. 



67. Pityusa. Rays 5, forked. AccessoiT 



