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Geogr. limits.— JK Pro v. of Van, in Asia Minor. 



#. Persia. 



i?. Persia. 



W. Prov. of Anatolia. 



146. D. uuMiLrs, TT#Z£ AM, no. 8548, ex Ledeb. Ft. Rossica, 

 i. p. 280; Boiss. Ft. Orient, i. p. 505. 



Dense caespitosus, hispidus, 14 centim. Caules numerosi 

 tenues uniflori. Folia rigida setacea acuta pungentia carinata 

 3-nervia, vagina folii diam. aequante. Bracteae 6 oblongae 

 adpressae scarioso-alatae. Calyx dentibus lauceolatis acutis 

 7-9-nerviis. Lamina obovato-cuueata rosea, = 3 unguis. 



Sab. S. Russia. 



147. D. callizonus, Schott et Kotschy, in Bot. Zeitung, 1851, 



p. 192; Baumg.Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. i. (1816), p. 390 (D. ni- 



tidus). 



Glaucus, glaber. Caules 36 centim., uniflori teretes. Folia 

 canaliculata 3-5-nervia, radicalia lineari-lanceolata acuta, caulina 

 lanceolato-linearia acuminata, vagina folii diam. aequante. Brac- 

 teae 4 lanceolatae patentes purpurascentes. Calyx purpureus, 

 dentibus lanceolatis acuminatis. Lamina obovato-cuneata, supra 

 purpurea maculata, infra rosea, = unguem. 



b. Brandzae, Banc, (sp.), in Kern. Sched. Ft. Austro-Hung. ; 

 auct. Finks Cent. Eur. p. 42. 



Caules tenues. Bracteae obovatae acutae. Lamina subintegra. 

 Hab. Transylvania and "VVallachia. 



Subsectio 3. Longisquamea. 



Bracteae subfoliaeeae, attingentes basin dentium calycis vel 

 calycem superantes, patentes. 



Nov 



Wt 



Seaber, glaucus, 20 centim. Caudex procumbens. Caules 

 tetragoni parce ramosi. Folia anguste linearia acuminata incurva 

 patentia carinata, vagina folii diam. duplo longiore. Flores 

 solitarii v. bini. Bracteae 4-6 lanceolatae mucronatae margin o 

 anguste membranace^. Calyx apice attenuato, dentibus lanceo- 

 latis acuminatis ciliolatis 9-11-nerviis. Lamina obovato-cuneata 

 rosea maculata, =^ unguis. 



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