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Folia 8-10 cent, long., 3-4 cent. lat.; petiol. 1 cent.; racemi 

 fruclif. 20-30 cent.; petal. 4 mill. ; capsul. malur. 0-10 mill. long, 

 (cumstipite), 21/2-3 mill. diam. lat. ; semin. 1/2 mill. long - . 



Species speciosa habitu folioruniqne figura Sphenocleam rcfe- 

 rens. AlTinisi?. microcarpa Mull., aquafoliis lalioribns, petaloruni 

 laciniis valde imequalibus, capsula brevius stipitala pncserlim 



{ex descript.) differre videtur. 



Frequens in vallibus petraeis regionis monlami 1 mediae, primo 

 vere florens ac fructifer. Legi prope pagum el-Gelil, in agro Bilad 

 Amir dicto, per allitudinem 1500 metr. ; It. ami. 1889-90, Exs. 

 n° 290. — In wadi Eybad, prope Schoukra et ad fauces auslrales 

 montium el-Nakhai et el-'Areys (Bilad Fodhli); It. ann. 1889-90 

 «t 1893, Exss. n s 433, 484, 838 et 892. — In wadi Dhabab, prope 

 Haifan (Bilad Hodjerya); It. ann. 1889-90, Exs. n" 530. — In 

 wadi Bana, prope Massana (Bilad Yafa); It. ann. 1894, n° 1131. 



In wadi Moaden(Bil. Soubaihi); It. ann. 189'*, Exs. n" ». 



3. Fugosia areysiana sp. nov. — Gossypium areysianum Dell., 



Esq. de Geogr. Dot., p. 49. 



Fruticulus ramis erectis, foliosis, ad summas partes breviter 

 pubescentibus ; folia ambitu orbiculala cordata, 3-loba, snblus 

 pallidiora, glaucescentia, utraque facie nigro-punctala, minute 

 papilloso-puberula, palmatim 7-nervia, Iobis deltoideis obtusis, 

 petiolo erecto, laminam patulam subdeflexam vix sequante vel 

 saepius ea fere dimidio breviore; flores mediocres, breviter pedi- 

 cellati, in cymas axillares, scorpioideas, 1-4-floras ordinali ; 

 bracteae stipuliformes, pedicellos basi per paria stipantes ; 

 involucelli laxi bracteola) insequales, erecto-patuhr, angustas 

 oblongo-cuneata^, 2 majores apice inciso-3-dentatae, calyce 

 sesquilongiores, tertia integra, vel dentibus lateralibus plus 

 minus obsoletis calyce circiter axjuilonga; calyx herbaceus, trnn- 

 ca tus, remote 5-dentatus, ut involucellum punctatus ; petala 

 oblique cuneata, sulfurea, basi purpureo-variegata, extns pubes- 

 cenlia, calyce 3-4-plo longiora ; columna staminea rubella, glabra, 

 supra ovarium sensim attenuala, usque ad medium indivisa, nuda ; 

 ovarium 3-loculare; stylus indivisus, apice clavatus; capsula glo- 

 bosa, breviter apiculata, in calyce cupuliformi semi-inclusa, vaivis 

 tavibus, nigro-punc talis, glabrescentibus ; semina (imperfecte 









