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gerentes. Folia caulina 1-1 i cm. longa, linearia v. anguste lineari-spathulata, 

 acuta, integra, glabra, glauca, basi minute stipulari-bidenticulata, ramulo- 

 rum sterilium saepius 1 cm. vix aequantia, au apicem horum ramulorum 

 compso-approximata. Flores spicato-racempsi, subsessiles, parvi. Bracteae 

 persistentes, lineari-subulatse, calyces subduplo superantes, basi elongato- 

 bidenticulatae. Calyx 2|-3 mm. longus, petala superans; laciniae persistentes, 

 Ianceolato-ovatae, hyalino-marginatae. Petala circ. 1} mm. longa, penniner- 

 via. Stamina ut in 0. subulata! Ovarium 4-cornutum. Ovula biserialia, in 

 quavis placenta circ. 10-16. Capsulae 6-7 mm. longae, tetragastricae, secus 

 placentas sulcato-impressae, iaeves, dentibus 4 circ. triplo longiores. Semina 

 1 mm. longa, hippocrepica, laevia, nitida. (v. s.) 



* * Capsulae depresso-globosae . 



5. 0. subuiata (Boiss. Flor. orient. vol. 1. p. 435), calyce 2-4-sepalo, petalis 

 oblongo-ovatis superne repando-lobatis, capsulis depresso-globosis, semini- 

 bus minimis. © v. © In lndia orientaii (Edgew. , Th. Thomson !) , Afghania 

 (Griff. !), Beludchistan (Stocks! in hb. Boiss.), Persia australi ad fontes cali- 

 das prope Dalechi (Kotschy n. 119! in hb. DC), Arabia petraea (Schimp. 

 n. 2411), in jEgypto mediterranea (Del. ! Ehrenb.! Wiest n. 524! etc), nec 

 noh in insulis Canariensibus (Webb! Bourgeau n. 327 ! 1252 !) et demum in 

 Novo Mexico (C. Wright n. 1321! in hb. Boiss.). Reseda subiilata Del. Flor. 

 aegypt. p. 15 (1813). R. linifolia Vahl iu Hornem. Hort. hafn. p. 501 (1813)- 

 R. tridensVis. Decad. pl. aegypt. p. 6 (1830); Presl Repert. bot. p. 53. R. oli- 

 gandra Edgew. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. vol. 2. p. 283 ( 1840. R. Schimperi 

 Presl Bot. Bemerk. p. 8 (1844)- Oligomeris glaucescens Cambess. in Jacquem. 

 Voy. dans 1'Inde vol. 4. p. 24. t. 25 (1834). 0. dipetala Turcz. in Bull. Soc. 

 imp. Mosc. 1854. p. 330. 0. dispersa a Delileana, (3 Webbiana et y muricata 

 Miill. Arg. Monogr. Resed. p. 214-216. t. 10. fig. 128. Resedella subulataWebb 

 et Berth. Phyt. Canar. vol. 3. p. 107. t. 11 (1836). Ellimia ruderalis Nutt. in 

 A. Gray Flor. of North Amer. p. 125 et p. 669 (1840); A. Gray in Plant. 

 Wrightian. p. 16. Radix tenuis, annua v. biennis, vix perennis, vulgo multi- 

 caulis. Caules erecti v. e basi arcuato-adscendentes, saspius ramosi, altitudine 

 valde ludentes, nunc paucipollicares, nunc pedales aut sesquipedales, glabri, 

 glauci. Folia longitudine et copia valde oscillantia, 1-4 cm. longa, 1-1 £ mm. 

 lata, glabra, glauca v. rarius magis herbaceo-viridia. Flores exigui, spicato- 

 racemosi. Bracteae 1 j-1 f mm. Iongae, e lata basi triangulari-acuminatae, late 

 hyalino-marginalae , persistentes. Calyx fere omnino sessilis, quoad numeium 

 partium reductus. Petala l^ mm. longa, diu persistentia, seepe inter se alti- 

 uscule connata, alba. Filamenta subulnta, more petalorum diu persistentia. 

 Ovarium sessiie, 4-cuspidatum , 4-sulcalum. Capsulae 2 mm. longae, laeves v. 

 dorso carpidiorum papilloso-muricatae. Semina minutissima, accurate -J mm. 

 longa, Uevia, in capsulis numero satis ludentia, similiter ac ovula saepe in 

 diversis gynaeciis ejusdem speciminis numero valde inconstantia. — Varie- 

 tates 3 in Monogr. Resedac. 1. c. a me distinctas magna copia speciminum 

 iterum examini subjecta servare haud utile duxi, etiamsi extremis formis inter 

 se primo visu longe diversae, differentiae enim nimis subtiles sunt et certe non 

 satis constantes. Species CEeterum ludit : — abortiva, floribus minoribus sub- 

 polygamis, capsulis hinc inde abortivis evolutis autem quam in forma nor- 

 mali minoribus. Specimina culta tantum nota sunt (hb. DC! Boiss. ! et hh. 

 berol. I). Resedella dipetala Webb et Berth. Phyt. Canar. vol. 3. p. 107. Oli- 

 gomeris dipetala Turcz. in Bull. Soc. imp. Mosc. 1854. p. 330? Oligomeris 

 dispersa aa abortiva Mtlll. Arg. 1. c. (v. s.) 



VI. OCHRADENUS Del. emend. — Hic comprehenduntur Ochradenus Del. et 

 Homalodiscus Bunge. 



Flores apetali, stamina hypogyna peripherice inserta, carpidia in ova- 

 rium 1-loculare apice hians connata, ovula in placentis parietalibus pen- 

 dula, fructus siccus aut subbaccans clausus. — Frutices et suffrutices 

 circa mare rubrum etin Persia australi crescentes, altitudinem humanam 



