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flora of the country is likely to be ici to European botanists. 
The * Prodromus Florz di aureo of Willkomm and Lange, of which 
two em mes are now co , does not include the kingdom of Por- 
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this integral part of m Penisi iit with some other countries at a 
. greater distance; and any one who sho ud eed alist of Portuguese 
j i i Messrs omm and 's 
pages alone, would possess a very incomplete Nyman's useful 
* Sylloge Flore Europez * is also, for the plants of Pártijal far lods com- 
plete than for any other country in Europe. 
Portugal is divided into six provinces, ranging from north to south, 
in the following order, —Minho (Duriminium), "Traz-os-Montes, Bon 
- Estremadura, Alemtejo and Algarvia. Those chiefly examined by 
... Dr. Welwitsch were fene adura, Alemtejo and the southern province, 
Algarvia, as well as many parts of Beira and M, into which he made 
- frequent excursions during his long residence at Lisbon. The flora of 
. Algarvia is of special interest, and is that ell illustrated by Dr. Wel- 
© witsch's herbarium. The extreme south-west point of nie ue 
i jutting out into the Atlantic, it will doubtless be foun 
fiora has been critically investigated, to ae peculiar Pda ialips ed 
shared by other parts of the Iberian penins 
he following list of Juncacee is iofalily complete, so A as species 
are concerned. I have been greatly struck, however, in loo Dr. 
Welwitsch’s extensive series of well-sele cted specimens, wit the reat 
variability in. so comparatively small an area of some usually well- defined 
groups. I believe it would not be difficult to com pai co connect, by à 
series of graduated gla ios Mop of inca numbered 7, : 
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which would be piis more pieiet than 7. comm 
J. glaueus of this catalogu 
Specimens of all the lis here enumerated are deposited in the her- 
barium of the Academy of Sciences at Lisb 
POETER OII, Huds. Fl. Ang., ed. 1 p. 127. : 
N. ossifragum, Huds. l.c. p. 128. Anthericum ossifr., Brot. 
By small streams. Prov. Durim. Serra de Gerez. oo ob- 
served in the mountains of Beira or in any the 
southern pim uini Flowers in July, fruits in Eau The 
variety “ floribus luteo-ccruleis" mentioned by Brotero, was not 
noticed by Dr. Welwitsch. 
| Lvzvra, DC. Fl. France, iii, P. idi 
l.—ZL. Forsteri, DC. Ic. Gall. Rar. I. t. 2. Juncus vernalis, Brot. l. 
c., p. 515; (non Zuzula virilis: pi. nec auct. plur. 
In hilly woods, etc., common. Pr. Estremadura. à 
Serra de Grandola: Pr. Algarv. rra de Monchique, Foia. - 
FI. A ril—June È. pilosa, Willd. er. vernalis, DC.) is recorded 
for “ Lusit." in Nyman’ s Sylloge, p. 383. It occurs in Spain in 
several places (Lange Le p. 186), pt I have not seen uy 
Portuguese specime i 
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