PLANTARUM 



IMAGINES etDESCRIPTIONES 



FLORAM RUSSICAM ILLUSTRANTES. 



TAB. 11. 



STATICE DESERTORUM. trautv. 



Legi plantam hjinc ia deserto Nogaiorum circa stationem Nabirkin^ et eandem^ ui 

 fallor, mecuui communicavit amicissimus Buuge sub nomine St. Besseriauae, adVolgam lectam. 



Herba perennis, circiter pedalis, glaberrima. Rhizoma breve , foliorum basi 

 persistente squamatum. Fasciculi foliorum fertiles sterilesque, ex apice rhizomatis 

 enati (radicales) : folia iineari- oblonga, breviter acuminata, in petiolum sensim an- 

 gustata, integra, integerrima, cum petiolo circiter digitum longa, circiter 3 lineas 

 lata, in sicco saepius punctis albidis exasperata, erecta: petiolus ima basi dilatatus. 

 Scapus erectus, foliis evolutis destitutus vei ima basi foliatus , corjmboso-ramosis- 

 simus , teres, laevis: pedunculi pedicellique basi unibracteati, triangulati, sparsi, di- 

 varicati, fastigiati: bracteae squamaeformes, ovatae, acuminatae vei acutae, integer- 

 rimae, amplexicaules. Flores sessiles, geminatim dispositae, in spicas secundas, 

 multifloras, elongatas, ante anthesin arcuatas collecti, remoti: quodque florum par 

 basi tribracteatum : bractea infima ovata, acuta, integerrima, floribus duplo triplove- 

 brevior, herbacea; bractea media infimam paullum superans, lanceolata, acuminata, 

 integerrima, florem superiorem paris amplectons, margine angusto , albo-hyalino ; 

 bractea suprcma elliptica , apice tridentata, floribus dimidio longior, florem paris in- 

 feriorem amplectens, margine angusto, albo-hyaliuo. Perianthium infundibuiiforme , 



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