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date. Ag to these six specimens,—(1) in vol. 12, fol. 129, grown by 
Plukenet in the garden of Hampton Court Palace; (2) in vol. 46, fol. 
51, an English garden specimen grown about 1660; (8) a specimen 
(n. 27 agnol’s garden at Montpellier; (4) in vol. 88, fol. 
84, gathered by Plukenet, probably in the south of France, as he 
tained a medical qualification at Mon er; (5) i 6 
and precipices.’ 
. ORIENTALE, 
ae bao Orient. i. tea (1867) Raulin, Descr. Bot. Créte, 723 
nora plerumque angustiora, eh aa sg nin 
sehiadsnts rarius obtusa. Flores subminores dens ongesti. 
Sepala paullum angustiora, oblongo- Linchvta:: hel minus concava. 
wea ee superne attenuatim rostrata, calyce 4 parte nec paullum 
ngior 
- Hab. Greece, wie Cyprus, Asiatic Riad Persia, and the 
Trans-Caueasian pro vince of Talysch on the Caspian Sea. 
w.). 
South Si east limits.—Persia : Mt. Gelu * in ‘the i a of 
sess mA pte Pl. Pers. austr. 1842, n. 513, in Herb. Kew 
acraiie tails e: Mt. Pin dus, on Mt. Ghavellu, in the 
; et 
Greece.—Mt. Pindus (as above); Mt. Liakura (Parnassus 3) in the 
nome of Phthiotis and Phocis (Guicciardini) ; Mt. Ziria ( eiiena), 
in the nome of Argolis and Corinth, at 1800 metres (Heldreich, 
* It is unfortunate that Boissier so often copied the geographical names on 
the labels of collectors’ specimens, as written (or printed), di divett — Fi. 
Orientalis, without either consulting a spor de or stud 
thereby verifying the localities given for the specimen : oF herics on al soa 
he names are so often spelled wrong in the dis tributed 3 ts of Exsiccate, 
that it is difficult to run them down, even on good maps, w nie e geographical 
name given is not only different in form (probably poset but i is different in 
the initial letter from the name as given in official maps. This is the more 
instance the name of M 
Gelu is printed on the label of the Nee spesiaae as “ Kuh-Delu,” so that a 
ugh an index would be fruitless. If the initial letter of the 
name on the label is correct, the locality can often be guessed on reference to a 
good map. : 
