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SPERGULA PENTANDRA IN IRELAND, 343
Hab. Spain ! Portugal ! Algeria
Stems -^-1 ft. ; leaves ^1^ in. long ; bracts in. ; sepals -J ^ in.
petals 1 in.
15. M. STiPULACEA Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. p. 431 ; Willk. & Lange,
Fl. Hisp. iii. p. 574. M. hispanica Asso. Syn. p. 90, nee L., and
M. Tournefortiana Asso. Enum., non L., fide Willk. & Lange,
op. cit.— Scabra, caulibus declinatis, foliis iuferioribus trilobis lobis
subemarginatis integerrimis superioribus palmato 3-5-partitis
laciniis bi-trifidis, stipulis magnis lanceolato-linearibus, fioribus
magnis, bracteolis setaceis, sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis
calyce duplo longioribus purpureis.
Hab. Spain (Arragon).
16. M. yEGYPTiA L. ; Jacq. Hort. Vindob. t. 65 ; DC. Prod. i.
p. 431 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. i. p. 818; Willk. & Lange, Fl. Hisp. iii. p. 574.
— Uui- vel multicaulis caulibus erectis vel decumbentibus pilis
;
ramosis adpressis strigosis, foliis suborbicularibus inferioribus longe
petiolatis palmatisectis segmentis tri-multipartitis laciniis lineari-
oblongis, pedunculis 1-2 floris folio sublongioribus, bracteolis
linearibus, sepalis late triangularibus acuminatis corollam parvam
lilaceam subaequantibus, carpellis orbicularibus faciebus radiatim
dorso transverse sulcatis.
Hab. Spain ! North Africa ! Greece ! Arabia ! Syria !
Armenia ! to the Caspian Sea !
Stem 1-12 in. ; leaves ^-^ in. long ; bracts | in. ; sepals ^ in.
petals ^ in.
17. M. TEiFiDA Cav. ; DC. Prod. i. p. 431 ; Willk. & Lange, Fl.
Hisp. iii. p. 574. M. trijida var. latifolia Willk. Sert. p. 32, no. 188.
— Uni- vel multicaulis scabris, foliis petiolatis suborbicularibus
3-5-sectis supra glabro subtus birtulo segmentis foliorum inferiorum
trilobis superiorum tripartitis laciniis late linearibus, bracteolis
linearibus, sepalis triangularibus acutis, corolla calyce duplo longiore
ccerulescente, carpellis faciebus radiatim rugosis dorso tenuiter transverse
rugosis.
Hab. Spain
Stem 4-18 in. ; leaves ^ in. long ; bracts J-|- in. ; sepals ^ in.
petals, ^ in.
ft. HETEROPHYLLA Willk. & Costa, in Willk. Pug. p. 92.—Gracilis,
minor, foliorum segmentis angustis, carpellis cinereo-olivaceis
faciebus non excavatis.
Hab. Spain.
(To be continued.)
SPERGULA PENTANDEA IN IRELAND.
By G. C. Druce, F.L.S.
At pp. 302-303 the Editor kindly reproduces the gist of a paper
on Spcryula pentaiulra vfhich appeared in auotiier place, and in a
much too generous criticism obliges me by pointhig out defective