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E. tenuis to E. brevipila and E. curta to £. coerulea;that is to say, it is the early-flowering' counterpart ofthe late-flowering E. tatarica, the two being descendedfrom a common ancestor, but having gradually acquiredseparate characteristics together with the change intheir time of blooming. Stem simple or branching belowthe middle, pubescent with reflexed curly hairs, withoutglands; stem-leaves opposite oblong with cuneate base,the lower with obtuse the upper with obtuse or acuteteeth; teeth 1-4 each side; lower bracts generallyopposite, ovate, broader than the stem-leaves, with 5-6narrow teeth on each side the lower ones acute theupper aristate; spike at first dense, afterwards inter-rupted; calyx with shortly aristate teeth, it and theleaves with short rough hairs; capsule emarginate withlong hairs, equal to or a little shorter than the teethof the calyx. — April-May.
Phelipaea lavandulacea F. Schz.
This plant, which I now remember to have foundat. Bordighera many years ago, and of which I possessa drawing then made, I have seen this year aboveOspedaletti , apparently growing on Psoralea bituminosa.As this, in Prof. Caruel ’s continuation of Parlatore’s“ Flora Italiana, vol. VI, p. 357, ” is said to have beenreceived from Cav. Panizzi from San Remo at Mordebo,I think the plant given in my catalogue under thename of Ph . purpurea, is probably Ph. lavandulacea.— May-June.
Juncus effusus L.