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leaves, and, while the old error of the Genoese locality still finds 
a place, some Corsican collectors and an exsiccata are mentione 
A careful examination of the works of the above mentioned 
nag ‘eer the study of authentic “aiecal where possible, led 
me to the following conclusions :—(1) That the Sardinian and 
git ker have certain peculiarities that seem to keep them 
distin * and that both may be conveniently separated from 
a : : : 
: n Ic. crit. ii. 78, represents the Corsican 
under DaSeET oR (3) That Reichenbach (Ic. crit. iii. 23) doncitbes 
a figures the Sardinian aig as S. acutifolia, whic 
mes S. 7 Gristle Bad. in a germ. excurs. 191. (4) That 
the 8. acutifolia * of Reick, fil (Ic. germ. xvii. 64, t. 1144, f. i.) 
is the Corsican plant, and therefore err synonymous with his 
father’s plant of the same name (le. crit. iii. 23), which is the 
ea form 
he Sardinian plant has also received the name S. tenuifoha, 
and ithe original description may be found in Moris, Stirp, Sar 
Elench. fase. ii. 8, 1827-29 :—* S. tenwifolia Bertol. in lit. §. caule 
basi suffruticoso ramoso-dichotomo folioso, foliis imbricatis ae 
asperis rigidis linearibus obtusis, eat ee atis. ae 
aridis saxosis maritimis, S. Catterina-pittinuri: flores hac 
non vidi.” Moris, — (Fl. Biriia iii. 48, 1858- -59), Sa iieee 
this to a he ym of S. rupicola Bad., identifies it with the 
acutifolia of Reichb. Ic. crit. iii. 23, t. 374, and gives an excellent 
detailed description of the plant. 
A good deal of confusion has been caused by various authors 
using the name S. Yi tet Bad. to designate either the Corsican 
plant alone, or that and the Sardinian form collectively. Thus 
Grenier and Godron (Fl. Te ii. 746, 1850) use this sa for the 
Corsican ar and mention, as a cee i pS. tenuifolra Moris! 
elench. fasc. 2, p. 8 (forma foliis angustis 1“) 
Jé will be gathered from the foregoing ate that one of the 
distinguishing features of the Sardinian plant is its narrow acute 
leaves. In Herb. Boissier may be found plants from Sardinia 
with leaves almost as broad as those upon typical Corsican 
examples, but the mer is inveriabl much more acute and the 
margin not revolute. It seems reasonable to suppose that, just 
i 
eval ene alr e (the “var. depressa” of rchon exsice 
o. 378) t che luxuriant broader-leaved ample-scaped form 
iavarchar” exsice, nos. 376, 379), so the Sardinian race ma 
present such states as the linear ie lected practically setaceous, 
leaved form (Fl. Ital. exsice. no. 1102) and the plants in Herb. 
Boissier referred to above. 
minuta Li. and its varieties, the ae plant may 
be separated oe bract and calyx characters) by its acutely 
pointed, narrow, non-revolute-margined laces: cespitose habit, 
and strictly erect branches of the sca ape. 
* Named S. rupicola Bad. on the plate, 
