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visa. Haec species nolis sequentibus distinguitur : planta annua; foliis late oblongis 

 vel obovato-oblongis obtusis inferne in petiolum iongum attenuatis, integris vel 

 remote denticulatis , pube 2-4-partita adpressa conspersis; pedicellis calyce brevio- 

 ribus, demum valde incrassatis; sepalis lateralibus saccatis; petalis amplis, retusis; 

 siliquis teretiusculis , œgre debiscentibus , pilis bipartitis adpressis strigosis, stylo 

 latitudine siliquae multo longiore. 



M. Chia DC. (Syst. Il, kko , et Prodr. I, 187; Boiss. Or. I, 228. — Cheiran- 

 thus Chius L. Sp. 92 h. — Hesperis Chia Lmk Encycl. III, 3 25. — Exs. Auch. 

 Chio îai ; Bourg. Rhod. [1870]; Ky Palœst. [1857] 687; Bal. Lyd. 76, Bourg. 

 Lyc. 22), planta mère orientais , in herbario Scbousboe prope Tanger indicatur, 

 sed ibi verisimiliter advena. A M. maritima prascipue difFert foliorum pube bipar- 

 tita, pedicellis calyce vix brevioribus, petalis parvis, stylo latitudine siliquse plus 

 minus longiore. 



2. M. littorea R. Br. in Hort. Kew. éd. 2 , ÏV, 121 ; DC. Syst. II, 4/»3, et Prodr. I, 



187; Rchb. le. II, t. 56, f. Zi3 7 3; Bert. h. VII, 110; Gren. et Godr. Fr. I, 84.— 

 Cheiranthus littoreus L. Sp. 925; Desf. AU. II, 87. — Hesperis littorea Lmk En- 

 cycl. III, 32 2. — Leucoium marinum minus Clus. Hist. I, 298 et ic. — Exs. Bové 

 Alg. [i83 9 ] sub Malcolmia; Salzm. Mar.; Bill. GaM. 2 6i3, Rel. Maill. 772: Welvv. 

 Lus. 233 et cont. 20, Bourg. [ 1 8 5 3 ] ; Willk. Hisp. A76 et it. sec. 5 11, Bourg. 25 

 et 1 568, Hut. Port. Rig. 757. 



Planta perennis , erecta , a basi ramosa , caulibus inferne suffrutescentibus , 

 pube stellata molli cano-tomentosa; foliis oblongo-linearibus vel oblongis 

 obtusis, inferioribus saltem in petiolum attenuatis, integris, rarius grosse 

 et laxe sinuatis vel subpinnatifidis ; racemis pauci-vel plurilloris, demum 

 Iaxis, pedicellis calyce brevioribus; floribus majusculis; sepalis lateralibus 

 basi saccatis ; petalis purpureo-violaceis, calyce subduplo longioribus, apice 

 retusis; siliquis subteretibus , haud torulosis, pube stellata adpressa cano-tomen- 

 tosis , rectis vel subarcuatis, cito dehiscentibus , stylo tenui filiformi-subulato 

 siliquœ latitudine multo longiore, septo fascia latissima crasso subopaco. 

 %. Apr.-Jul. 



In arenosis regionis Méditerranée littorea? et quidem tantum in Algeria occi- 

 dentali et imperio Maroccano. «• Ad maris littora» (Desf. Atl.). — Med. O 1 : Sour-~ 

 Kelmitou (My), Mostaganem (Bové, Del., My). — MAR. Tanger (Brouss., Salzm., 

 Webb, Hook. et Bail), Casa-Blanca (Rein et Fritscb sec. Bail). 



In Europe tractu Mediterraneo austro-occidentali a Lusilania acl Italiam. 



3. M. Broussonnetii DC! Syst. II, A/i5, et Prodr. I, 188, et in Deless. le. II, 



t. 60. — M. lacera var. patula Bail Spic. Marocc. in Linn. Soc. Journ. XVI, 3 22 

 excl. syn. 



Planta annua, erecta, a basi ramosa, pube stellata tomentosa sed vires- 

 cens; foiiis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis, inferioribus saltem in 

 petiolum attenuatis, grosse et laxe sinuatis; racemis pauci-vel plurilloris, 

 demum Iaxis, pedicellis calyce brevioribus; floribus majusculis; sepalis 



