﻿566 DICOTYL. sbu EXOGEN.E. bxbba, 



t. 7. fig, 100. R. alba St-Amans Flor. Ageji p, 187 (ex descript), R. medi- 

 terranea Jacq. Collect. vol. 1. p. 147 et ej, Icon. rar. vol. 3. p s 5,,t. 47B (ic. 

 bona) , non aliofuin. Radix variaj saepe incrassata et multioaulis. Caules see- 

 pius vix pedales, e basi breviter proctirnbente erecti, simplices v, parce ra- 

 mosi, glabrl, subnitiduli, inferne baud ralro sparse papillosi. Folia Girc. 4cm. 

 longa, inferiora indivisa, laliceolato-spatbulata, subobtusa, margine eub- 

 undulata, leevia v. margine papilloso-denticulata, media et superiora ternatim 

 secta. Rttceml ampli, apice comosi, fiorigeri saspe 2|-3£ cm. lati, sub fructu 

 demum valde elongati St circ. semipedales. Bracteae 2 - 2 -J- mmi longse, linea- 

 res, hyalino-fnarginatae. Pedicelli florigeri in genere longissimi ; 8-16mm. 

 £equantes.'Calycislacini8e2-3mm.longse,ianceolato-spathulat8e,obtusae,de'mum 

 distincte, sed minus qUam in R. Phyteumate, aocrescentes, Petala superiora 

 4 mm. longa, lacinia intermedia lineari-spathulata, lateralibus amplis semi- 

 lunatis inciso-lobatis subduplo brevior. Stamina circ. 20. Ovarium obovoideuin, 

 basi sensim ailgustatum. Ovula biserialia, in quaque placenta 6-8i Capsulae 

 14-18 mm. lohgae, quam in R. Phyteumate vulgo longiores, paulo graciliores 

 basique longius angustatae. Semina 1| mm. longa, cseterum ut in R. Phyteui 

 mate. — Species in hoc § 1 forma petalorUin insignita, quo charactere cuiti 

 omnibus speciebus sub §2 enumeratis subquadrat. (V. s.) 



§ 2. Calycis lacinix sub fruciu persistentes. Setnina IxViia. <— 

 Petalorum superiorum lacinise laterales in omnibus semilunatee, 

 repandae v. lobatEe Vi raro irregulariter partitee, nunquam regtt- 

 lariter (ut in § 1 mOS est) in lacinulas angustas divisse. Setnina 

 nunquam ultra 2 mm, longa, ssepius 1^-1 \ min. longittidine 

 B3qUantia. 



A. Filamenta sub fructu diu persisteniia. — Stamiha 10-12. Oviila 

 in placentis 4-6. 



20. R. gl6buxosa (Fisbh. et Mey. Ind. sem. hort. bot, petrop. 1837 ex LinUtea 

 1838 Litt. p. 167)j petalis calyce subduplo longiofibus, lacihils lateralibus 

 petalorum superiflrtifn semilunatis extus repandis, filamentis superne non 

 latioribus, capsulis demum inclinatis depresso-globosis hexagastricis longius 

 sub ore arcte constrictis et in collum terminalem subcylindricum acute 3- 

 dentatum abeuntibus, seminibus majusculis. ®. In desertis Caucasicis, in 

 ditiohibus Krabach et Schirwan (Hohenack. !), in Georgia (Wilmsonl), Talysch 

 (Tufcz.!) et in Armenia boreali (fide cl. C. Koch.) — Walp. Repert, vol, 2. 

 p. 753; Hohenack. Enunv pl. Talysch p, 145, et in Bull. Soc, mosc. 1838. 

 p. 381; Ledeb. Flor. ross. vol. 1. p. 236; C, Koch in Linneea 1841 p. 705; 

 Miiller Afg. Monogr. Resed. p. 194. t. 9. fig. 120; Boiss. Flor. orient. vol, 1. 

 p. 430. Caules circ. pedales, stricti, parce ramosij decursu foliorum leviter 

 angiilosi, glabri v. in angulls parce papilloso-scabri, nitiduli; rami elongati, 

 erecto-patuli. Folia 1 •f-2'poUicaria, infima ignota, forte integra, reliqua ter- 

 natim sectaj laciniae linettfes v. lideafi-spatniilatae, laterales v, indivisss v. 

 usque ad mediiim et ultra bifidee, breviter subcalloso-acuminatae. Racemi 2- 

 5-pollicares. Bracteae circ. 4mm. longee, lineares, a basi sensim angustatae, 

 defhum totae shbhyalinEe. Pedicelii florigeri 5-6 mm. lbngi , fructigeri 

 8-10 mm. aequantes. Calycis laciniae circ. 2 mm. longae, laneeolatae, obtusae, 

 demum refiexae. Petala superiora 4| mm. longa; lacinia intermedia parva, 

 Iineari-spathulata, lateralibUs late semilunatis duplo brevior. Stamina breviter 

 monadelpha. OVUla ih placenta quaque 4-6, quorum 2-4 superiora demum 

 fertilia, reliqua abortiva. Capsulae 4 mm. longae, 4-5 mm. latae, profunde 6- 

 sulcatae, inter sulcos turgide ventricosae, basi abrupte brevissime stipitats. 

 Semina 1| mm, longa, laevissima, nitida. (v. s.) 



B. Filamenta mox decidua. — Stamina 15-20- Ovula ih qUaque 



placenta 8-40. 



a. Ovula in quaque placenta 8-12- Capsulae subglobosse aut obovbideae. 



1° Capsulae pendulae v. subpendulae. 



21. R. papillosa (Mtlll. Arg. in Schledhtd. Bot. Zeit. 1856 p. 38), calycis ISci- 



