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PUCCINIA DIGRAPHimS. 213
Hab. Southern France! Italy! Corsica! Gieece! To
Syria and Palestine
Stem 2-3 ft. ; leaves 1-2 in. long ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals ^ in.
petals 1^ in. (occasionally only f in.).
13. L. BIENNIS M. B. ; DC. Prod. i. 439. — Caulc lierbaceo
erecto, foliis inferioribus subrotundis lobatis superioribus ovatis
trilobatis lobis lateralibus minimis, pedunculis folio longioribus,
bractcolis ovatis mucronatis, scpalis triangularibus acuminatis,
petalis trimcato-retusis, carpellis glabris dorso rotundatis rugosis.
Hab. Armenia ! East Caucasus.
Stem 1-3 ft. ; leaves 1 in. long ; bracts |- in. ; sepals ^ in.
petals 5 in.
14. L. THURiNGiACA L. ; DC. Prod. i. 439 ; Kchb. Ic. Flor.
Germ. v. t. 177. L. olbia Steph. Misc. 32, non L. L. Thirkeana
C. Koch, Linn. xix. p. 58. L. vitifoHa Wierzb. in Schur. Enum.
PI. Trans. 129.—Caule herbaceo tomentoso, foliis inferioribus pal-
matilobatis superioribus trilobis, pedunculis subsolitariis petiolo
longioribus, bracteolis ovatis mucronatis calyce brevioribus, sepalis
triangularibus acutis, petalis magnis pallide roseis, carpellis glabris
dorso rotundatis angustis carinatis.
Hab. Scandinavia ! Germany ! Kegion of Danube !, to Asia
Minor ! Astrachan ! and Siberia !
Stem 3-5 ft. ; leaves 2-3 in. long ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals | in. ;
petals 1;^ in.
Var. AMBiGUA = L. amhujua DC. i. 440. Malva Cyrilli Vis. Fl.
Dalm.
p. 40,
iii. 207. L. salvitellmsis Brig. L.
non Brot.—Foliis inferioribus acute
sylvestris Ten.
palmatilobatis
Prod,
medio
longiore, fioribus axillaribus et sajpe subumbellatis.
Hab. South France ! Italy ! Austria
A specimen from Athenian peninsula (Aucher
has petals only f in. long.
Eloy, 857 his)
15. L. FLAVA Desf. ; DC. Prod. i. 439. L. agriyentina Tin.
Pug. p. 13. — Caule herbaceo tomentoso, foliis inferioribus subrotundis
molliter tomentosis obsolete lobatis serratis vel crenatis,
stipulis magnis ovatis acutis, fioribus axillaribus aggregatis et in
racemum tcrminalem, bracteolis molliter tomentosis magnis lanceo-
latis acutis, calyce paulo brcvioro, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis
flavidis, carpellis hirtis.
Hab. Sicily ! Algeria
Stem 3-4 ft. ; leaves 1^ in. long ; bracts I in. ; sepals :| in. ;
petals 1 in.
(To be continued.)
P UCCINIA DIG RAPIIWIS.
By IIliNIlY T. SOPPITT.
By a scries of experimental cultures extending over the past
twelve months, I have been enabled to dcmonstrato that the
iEcidium of Cunvallaria majalis (^Ecidium ConvuUariic) is a heteroe-