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E. Soungaria, between the Altai Mats, and 



Thian-Shan range. 

 W. Eumelia. 



232. D. ehodopeus, Velen. PI. Nov. Bulgar. in Sitzungsb. 

 k. Bohm. Gesellsch. Wissensch. 1890, p. 40. 



Caespitosus, glaucus, glaber. Caules tenues teretes, ramulis 

 unifloris. Polia lineari-lanceolata obtusa plana patentia, vagina 

 folii diam, sequante. Bracteae oblon go-lanceolate acutae. Calyx 

 dentibus liueari-lanceolatis acuminatis. Lamina lineari-spathu- 

 lata, carnea. 



Hab. Near Philippopolis, and on the slopes of Mt. Ehodope 

 above Dermendere. 



Subgenus III. PEOLIFEEASTEUM. 



Herbae annuae. Polia bracteiformia (suprema) sub floribus 

 densa submembranacea. Plores capitati. Bracteae 2-4. Calyx 

 15-costatus, superne pentagono-attenuatus. Petala retusa. 

 Torus parvus. Capsula oblonga vel ellipsoidea. 



* Bracteae acuminate. Calyx verruculosus, dentibus 



acuminatis. Semina laevia. 

 233. D. Oral, Fitch, et Mey. Lid. Sem. Sort. Petrop. iv. p. 34 ; 

 Bow. Diagn. PI. Nov. Or. ser. I. i. p. 18 (D. macrolepis). 



Glaucus, glaber. Caules 24 centim., ramosi augulariter 

 compressi tenues. Polia linearia stricta plana 3-nervia, vagina 

 folii diam. aequante ; radicalia 30 mm. obtusa patentia, caulina 

 24 mm. acuta adpressa. Bracteae 4 ovate scarioso-marginatae, 

 calycem superantes. Calyx dentibus lanceolatis scarioso-ruar- 

 ginatis. Lamina oblonga, rosea. 



Geogr. limits. — N. E. Kur (Cyrus), in Transcaucasia. 



S. Tel-el-Kebir, in Lower Egypt. 

 E. Kandahar, in Afghanistan. 

 W. Anatolia. 



** Bracteae mucronate. Calyx striatus, dentibus obtusis. 



Semina non laevia. 



234. D. Nicolai, Beck et Szyszyl. VI. Cernag. (1888) p. 65, 



t. 3. 



Glaucus, glaber. Caules 44 centim., ramosi, infra teretes, 



