302 Vermischte neue Diagnosen. 
4. Astragalus spinosus (Forsk.) Muschler, l. c., p. 98. 
Colutea spinosa Forsk., Fl. äg.-arab. (1775), deser., 131. — Astragalus 
tumidus Willd., Act. Bero). (1794), p. 26, z. T. — Aschers.-Schweinf., 
Aufzhlg. p. 255, sub no. 112, — Decsne., Fl. sin., p. 44, no. 222. — 
Aschers.-Schweinf., III, Fl. d'Eg., p. 67, no. 378. — Post, Fl. sin., p. 212. 
— Astragalus Forskahlei Boiss., Fl. Or., II, p. 392. | 
Nom, vern.: thimrah; kedád (ex Aschers.-Schweinf., l. c.). 
Loc.: Bildet in den Kalkschluchten des Djebel Hämmäm-Sidna-Müsä 
und des Djebel Náküs grosse kugelige Dornenbüsche, die trotz der oft 
sehr festen Stacheln von den Kamelen verzehrt werden. 
Verbr.: Ägypten, Sinai, Palästina, Syrien. 
LXXX. Vermischte neue Diagnosen. 
410. Abronia Bigelovii Heimerl in Smiths. Misc. Coll., LII (1908), p. 197. 
Planta perennis, eodem modo ut in A. nana Wats. et in speciebus 
affinibus caule lignoso, abbreviato, in apice foliorum fasciculum densum 
et capitulum longipedunculatum gerente spectabilis. Folia omnia basi- 
laria, in forma distinctissima, lineari-oblonga ad linearia, apice obtusata 
ad obtusissima, in petiolum cuneatim longe angustata, cum petiolo usque 
ad 34 mm lg., 3,5—4 mm lt, petiolo laminam aequante ad evidenter 
superante, saepius in laminam sensim abeunte, latiusculo, albido, paulum 
hirtulo, lamina concolore, crassiuscula, griseo-viridia, integra, primum 
brevissime puberula, eglandulosa, denique glabra, nervo mediano imprimis 
basin versus distincto, nervis lateralibus indistinctis. Capitulorum pe- 
dunculus 5—7 cm Ig., gracilis, erectiusculus, in statu exsiccato angu- 
latus, pilis eglandulosis, valde brevibus, modice dense, superne densius 
pulverulento-puberulus. Capitula (deflorata solum suppetunt) submulti- 
flora, bracteis illis A. fragrantis Nutt. similia, membranacea, late ovata 
ad ovato-elliptica, breviter acuminata, acutiuscula, ad 8 mm lg. et 5 mm 
lt, tenuiter pulverulento-puberula. Perianthia dense puberula. Antho- 
carpia, ut videtur, illis A. turbinatae Wats. similia. 
Legit Dr. J. M. Bigelow ,near Galisteo* in expeditione anno 1859 
facta (Lieut. A. W. Whipple's Exploration for a Railway Route from 
the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, near the 35th parallel of 
latitude in 1853 —54). 
411. Abronia Covillei Heimerl, |. c., p. 197. 
Planta perennis, pluriceps, caespites densos, multifoliatos, ad 10— 
15 cm It. formans. Radix valida, basi ad 1 cm crassa. Caules com- 
plures e collo orientes, lignosi, f. intricati, procumbentes, valde abbre- 
viati, ramosi, ad 3—4 cm lg., eodem modo ut in A. nana Wats. foliorum 
fascicula et in apice capitula floralia pedunculata gerentes. Folia (spurie) 
radicalia, parva, lamina breviter ovata, in basi subtruncata v. obtusata V. 
levissime cordata, 7—13 mm lg., 5-9 mm It, in petiolum 10—30 mm 
lg. cito contracta, antice obtusissima ad rotundata, crassiuscula, Conco- 
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