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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 243
lobatis superioribus palmatisectis segments pinnatifidis, floribua
axillaribus et summis sfepe umbellato-fastigiatis, bracteolis angustolaiiceolatis,
sepalis triangularibus acutis, petalis roseis calyce duplo
triplove longioribus, carpellis hirsutissimis margine rotuudatis,
Hab. Western, Central and Southern Europe ! extending
northward to South Sweden and eastwards to Dalmatia.
Stem 1-3 ft. high ; leaves 1-3 in. long ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals
^ in. ; petals ^-1 in.
3. M. TouRNEFORTiANA L. ; DC. Prod. i. 432. 21. maritima
Lam. Fl. Fr. iii. p. 140. M. moschata /3. tetmifolia Guss, Syn. ii. p.
221.—Caiile erecto, foliis inferioribus suborbicularibus limbo palmatosecto
superioribus pinuatipartitis laciuiis bifidis vel trifidis,
fioribus longe pedunculatis, bracteolis parvis lineari-lanceolatis,
sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis purpureis, carpellis 16-20 puberulis
dorso rotuudatis faeiebus elevatim rugosis.
Hab. Spain ! France ! Italy ! Sicily ! Greece ! Maroeco !
Stem 1-2 ft. high ; leaves 1-2 in. long ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals
^ in. ; petals 1 in.
Differs from M. moschata in its more finely-cut leaves, paler
flowers, aud smaller carpels with rugose sides.
4. M. ALTH.EOiDEs Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. 432 ; M. cretica Webb, It.
p. GO, non Cav.— Multicaulis, eaulibus setoso-hirsutis, foliis inferiori-
Jnis longe petioiatis cordato-orbicularibus lobatis serratis superioribus
palmatipartitis summis tripartitis, fioribus longe pedunculatis,
bracteolis lineari-lanceolatis, sepalis longe acuminatis hirsutis,
petalis roseis calyce duplo longioribus, carpellis glabris dorso
plauis faeiebus rugosis.
Hab. Spain ! Corsica ! Sardinia ! Italy !
Stem i-2 ft. long ; leaves 1-2 in. ; bracts ^ in. ; sepals ^ in.
petals J-1 in.
Var. CRETICA = M. cretica Cav.; DC. Prod. i. 431. M. altha:-
oides Fl. GrtBC. vi. t. 6G4. .V. IdrsxUa Ten. Prod. p. 40, non Viv.
Corolla calyce sul){ef[uante, carpellis glabris dorso plauis eleganter
transverse rugosis.
llab. Sicily ! Italy ! Greece ! Crete !
(To be contLDued.)
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH
BOTANISTS.
By James Britten, F.L.S., and G. S. Boulger, F.L.S.
(Continued from p. 188.)
Robson, Edward (1703-1813): b. Darlington, 17 October, 17G3;
d. 21 May, 1813. Of Darlington. A.L.S., 17H9. Nephew of
Stephen Robson. Correspondent of Withrring. J^escribed
liHii's sjdtiitHui in Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 240. " A very assiduous
and accurate botanist," E. Rot. 70. "Accomplished dniULflitsji
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