(6} F. xN. WILLIAMS. HEVlSIOiN OF THE GENUS HERN1ARL\. 561 



out fur Ulis piniit, but did not succeed in finding a spécimen of Herniaria 

 in the neighbomiioüd ol' the Simplon Pass. 



Hab. Mt. Ganterberg, overlooking tbe Simplon Pass, in the canton of 

 Valais. 



Geogr. area. French Pyrénées, S. E. France, Switzerland, N. Ilaly, 

 Wurtemberg, Styria, and Tyrol. 



6. H. latifolia Lapeyr. Hist. abr. PL Pyren., p. 127 (1815); Gren. 

 etGodr. FL de France, I, p. 612; Willk. et Lge. Proclr. fl Hisp., 111, 

 p. 151. — Gaules 7-20 cm.; rami unifariam puberuli. Folia elliptica vel 

 oblonga glabra ciliata (juvenilibus utrinque scabrido-puberulis); slipulce 

 lata; trianguläres. Flores in glomerulos 2-5-floros dispositi, et in dicho- 

 tomii solilarii; glomeruli folio opposito breviores. Calyx dum clausus 

 ellipsoideus strigoso-hispidulus; segmenta insequalia oblonga. Slyli 

 2 liberi subrecti. 



Syn. H. pyrenaïca J. Gay, in Aim. sc. nat., ser. J, XXYf (1832), p. 224. 



Hab. Pyrénées; and near Braganza, N. Portugal (Mariz, 1888). 



ß. Folia inleriora opposila, superiora alterna. Flores sessiles, in glome- 

 rulos 6-10-pluri-lïoros alternos spicatos dense dispositi. Stigmata subses- 

 silia, aul in stylis 2 divergentibus imà basi connatis sufTulta. Species 

 annucb et s^epius basi perennautes, vel perennes. 



7. H. hirsuta Linn. Sp. Plant., p, 218; Boiss. FL Orient, I, p. 740; 

 Willk. et Lge. Prodr., IIl, p. 153. — Cinereo-virescens, strigoso-pilosa. 

 Gaules ssepius 10-15 cm.; rami filiformes. Folia elliptico-oblonga vel lan- 

 ceolata, basi attenuala, margine ciliata; stipulée oblonga? vel ovatse, 

 ciliatse vel fîmbriatœ. Flores in glomerulos 7-10-floros dispositi; glome- 

 ruli folio opposilo breviores. Galyx dum clausus oblongus, segmenta 

 strigoso-pilosa setulà longiore termina ta lanceolata anguste membranaceo- 

 marginata. Stigmata subsessilia. 



Syn. Paronychia pubescens DG. FL Franc., 111, p. 403. 



ß. gracUis Lange, PugilL Plant., p. 292. — Minus hirsuta, virescens. 

 Gaules elongati filiformes. Folia obovato-elliptica, internodiis breviora. 

 Flores pauUum laxi. 



Y. capensis Pers. Syn. Plant., 1, p. 292. — Dense hispido-tomentosa. 

 Folia ovata. 



Syn. H. lenticulata Thunb. Prodr. fl. Cap., p. 48. 



Defînile botanical characters do not adequately express the différence 



in gênerai appearance between the forms grouped under H. incana and 



the forms grouped under H. hirsuta; but in a mixed set it is quite 



possible to sort ihem by the eye, and to say that tliese spécimens belong 



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