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folia longe superantibus. Folia elliptica. Glomeruli inferiores remoti, in 

 ramulis exlerioribus ramorum approximati spicasque parum vel vix 

 foliatas formantes. 



Hab, Spain; near Olmedo in Old Castile. 



5. diandra Bunge (sp.) PL Lehmann, in Mém. Sav. Etr. Petersb., VII 

 (1847), p. 296; Boiss. Fl. Orient., I, p. 740. — SLamina bina. 



Among the unpublished drawings preserved in Herb. Kew, is an 

 artistic drawing accompanied by a füll description by Mr. J.-T. Moggridge 

 of a spécimen of Herniaria, found on Monte Grosso near Mentone (1867). 

 It seems to me to agree exactly witli spécimens of H. cinerea, but has 

 only two fertile stamens; l refer it therefore to this variety. 



Hab. Turkestan; and near Mentone, France. 



It is quite possible that some of the figures in the old herbals, which 

 have been indifferently identifled with H. hirsiUa and H. glabra, repre- 

 sent this widely distributed species. 



Geogr. area. Canary Islands, the Mediterraneancountriesof Europe and 

 N. Africa, Syria, Arabia, Babylonia, Persia, Affghanistan, and Turkestan. 



SuBSEGT. II. — FLORES TETRAMERl 



15, H. hemistemon J. Gay, in Duchartre, Rev. Bot., II (1847), 

 p. 371 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient., I, p. 742. — Perennis, basi herbacea, velutina. 

 Gaules laxe foliati. Folia oblonga hirsuta, basi subpetiolata calloso-incras- 

 sata ; stipulée fuscse. Flores glomerato-spicati sessiles micrantheri. Calyx 

 hispidus; segmenta insequalia dissimilia, 2 externa herbacea carnosa 

 4-plo majora deltoideo-spathulata patentia, interiora ovata membranacea 

 stricte erecta. Stamina 2, segmentis brevioribus opposita. Styli 2 liberi, 

 demum valde divergentes. 



Syn. H. fruticosa (non Linn.) Del. Fl. Egypt. Ilhtstr., p. 57; H. spliace- 

 lata Höchst, in Herb. Mus. Florent., ex Schimp. PI. Arab., ed, 2. 



Hab. Tunis, Gabes; Egypt, Alexandria; Palestine, Jéricho; Arabia 

 Petreea, Mt. Sinai. 



16. H. Fontanesii J. Gay, in Duchartre, Rev. Bot.,\\ (1847), p. 37L 

 — Perennis, basi suffruticosa. Rami caulium brèves densifolii. Folia 

 puberulo-hirsuta vel glabra, ssepe apiculata, basi subpetiolata calloso- 

 incrassata. Flores in summo caule congesti vel interruple glomerulato- 

 spicati, macrantheri. Calyx hispidus, segmenta inaequalia dissimilia, 2 

 externa foliacea divergentia infra medium fornicata, interiora paullo bre- 

 viora angustiora stricte erecta. Stamina 4. Styli 2 liberi, demum valde 

 divergentes. 



