A NEW SPANISH CERASTIUM:. 881 
are exactly like the leaf-lobes in miniature.” The specimen came 
from Herb. Lambert, and is labelled in Pavon’s hand, ‘‘ Gossypium 
E.”—Enp. Journ. Bor 
‘Gossypium innceadoras nob.—Annuu ro ramosum ramu- 
lis subteneribus, obtuse 4-gonis glabris epunctatis; foliis p 
olu 
n 
inciso 38-lobatis, lobis lanceolatis apice longe attenuatis valde 
divaricatis, terminali lateralibus 2-plo longiore, integris, e basi 
8-5 nerviis, nervis eglandulosis, utrinque opacis et obsolete puber- 
ulis in nervis popes petiolo subpatente, hoe striato, sub- 
tomentoso limbo dimidio breviore; stipulis parvis, lineari- 
acutis, puberulis ; seidecllo 1-floro Sepouilitotio petiolo breviore, 
tereti cimereo-tomentoso; involucro subparvo 8-secto, lobissimo 
connatis, lanceolato- oblongis, eee integris, erectiusculis, 
parallele nervoso glabro; petalis uneato-rotundatis con = rtim 
imbricatis, patentissimis, gla rie lavidis, minute glanduloso- 
punctatis, infra medium a elongata ee desc atis tubo 
staminea petalis multo breviore, undique filamentis begelasiteih 
numerosissimie instructo, anihkie a feces cota ignotis 
‘‘In Mexico. v. s. in hb. Mus. Brit. (Pavo 
A NEW SPANISH CERASTIUM. 
By A. E. Lomax. 
URING & rece nam expedition i in the Sierra de Guadarrama, last 
ne, I discovered a species of Cerastium which does not agree with 
a igh peloti in Willkomm & Lange’s Flora Hispanica ; it seems 
to me to be intermediate between Cerastiwm oe Boiss. and 
C. Rizi Desm., and I propose to name it C. carpetanum 
Cerastium carpetanum mihi. Annua, dense Daciviok: 
pubescens, viscosissima ; caule a basi divaricato- et dichotomo- 
3-6” 1.; foliis sessilibus, oblongo-ovatis vel oblongo- 
sagas eed cymis dichotomis laxi-interdum densifloris ; 
a cteis o herbaceis; pedicellis sub anthesin plus minus 
urvatis, pace uated rectis, r eflexis, fructiferis demum iteru 
arian: ; calycibus basi popsinbiinads: sepalis altero oblongo ovato 
vel Sap rapier eigen =stas scarioso, altero lanceolato, acuti- 
usculo, vix scarioso vel o o herbaceo, 23’” 1.; pe etalis calyci 
subeequantibus, a gh superantibus, breviter bifidis ; staminibus 
10; capsula calyce subdu ae longio aie 5-62’” 1., basi subinflata, 
apice curvata, attenuata; seminibus reniformis, dorso = naliculatis, 
agus Sues acute striato- peasant cg pelbie ferrugine 
In silva in summo jugo supra Puerto de iauaemada: montibus 
Cocca: Castella, Hispana. Junio 
ween C. Gayanum Boiss. and C , @i Desm. Differs from 
C. Gayanum in the shortly bifid Pict hn, leaves, and reniform 
acutely tubercled seeds; and from C. Hiei in the petals equalling 
é peta. 
or exceeding the calyx, and the b broadly scarious-margined, obtuse 
sepals. 
