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tis, raox j)arte vaginnli \n involucrum calycifornie tubulosum, laminari 

 lobuliforme elongata compressa auctum , increscente inclusi *). Calyx 

 florum masculorum quadripartitus: laciniis aequalibus membranaceis 

 inanpendiculatis. Staraina 4, receptaculo esquamato inserta. Calyx 

 florum femineorum nullus. Staminodia et discus nectariferus nulla. 

 Ovarium ovoideum. Styli 2, capillares. ima basi coaliti, exserti. t'ruc- 

 tus theca involucrali calyciformi herbacea bicornuta compressa quadri- 

 fariam penicillatim hirsutissima inclusus , utricularis , membranaceus, 

 villosus. Semen verticale , compressum , obovatum , integumento sim- 

 plici crassiuscule membranaceo, pericarpio non adhaerente, albumini 

 firmiter adnato. Embryo hippocrepiforrais . crassiusculus , peripheri- 

 cus, alburaen farinaceum parvum cingens; radicula descendente. 



1. E. ceratoides (C. A. Meyer in Ledeb. FL all. IV, p. 239) 

 fruticosa v. suffrnticosa diflfuse pube stellata incana demum ferruginea 

 v. fusca velutine tomentosa , foliis breve petiolatis; majoribus ovato- 

 oblongis oblongis lanceolatis lateque linearibus acutis v. obtusis basi 

 in petiolum plerumque subangustatis; minoribus angustius lanceolato- 

 linearibus v. exacte linearibus chartaceis v. subcoriaceis integerrimis. 



E. ceratoidcs. Mo^u.-Tand. i« Dec. Prodr. XIII, 2, p. 12o. — Ej. Chenop. 



p. 81. — C. A. Mever Ind. cauc. p. 162. — Claus Ind. des. in Gobej. It. II, 



p. 303. — ToRCz. Cat. Baikal. No. 959. — Hohenack. Enum. Talii.sch. p. 125. 



— BoNGAKD et Meyer Suppl. Fl. alt. No. 282. — Karel. et Kiril. Enum. 



pl. Fl. alt. No. 779. 

 Axyris Ceratoides. L. Spec. 1389. — Pall. It. I , p. 221. 238. 266. 401. 405; 



II, p. 461. 485. 676: ///, p. 315. 604. 655. — Georgi It. I, p. 778. — S. 



G. Gmel. It. II, p. 199; IV, p. 13. — LErECH. It. /, p. 310. — GiJr.DENST. 



It. I, p. 113. 125; // , p. 277. — Georgi lleschreib. d. Russ. R. III, 5. 



p. 1286. — Erman Verz.. No. 38. 

 Axyris fruticosa , floribus femineis lanatis. Gmel. Ft. sib. III, p. 17, No. 10, 



t. 2, f. 1. 

 Axyris erecta, Iierbacea, amentis niasculis simplicibus. Gmel. Fl. sib. III (p. 21), 



t. 2, f. 2 (ex icone, nec e descriptione, quae cuni t. 3 ad Axyrim aniarantoi- 



dem spectat) '■'•'). 

 Krascbeninnikowia Ceratoides. Giif.DENST. in Nov. Commenl. Acad. petrop. XVI, 



p. 548. 555, t. 17, f. 1—6 et 13. 

 Ceratospermum papposum. Pkrs. Syn. II, p. 552. 



Diotis Ceratoidcs. Willd. Spec. pt. IV, p. 368. — M. a Bieb. Fl. t. c. II, p. 396. 

 a, anguslifolia : foliis majoribus omnibus oblongis lanceolatis v. linearibus ima 



basi in pctiolum angustatis. — VuJgatissima. 

 E. lanata. C. Kocu in Linnaea XXII, p. 184. (Verosimilitcr lusus foliis an- 

 guste linearibus.) 

 j5. latifolia (Mo(?oin-Ta^d. in Dec. Prodr. l. c.) foliis majoribus bene nniltis ovafo- 



obIonj»is basi subtruncalis : reliquis oblongis lanccolatis v. linearibus. — 



Transitus manifcstus in scquenteml 

 E. ceratoidcs. C. Koch /. c. 



Hab. in Rossia media [Saiatow (Georoi) , Oienburgl (Pali..)] et australi 

 LJckaterinoslaw {Gijldenst.), ad Tanain (GtrDENsT.) ct Wolgam pr. Zaritzyn 

 (Pall., GiJLDENST.) ct Asfrachan (Lerchi: ex .T. G. Gmei.. , S. G. Gmel.) , in 

 deserlo caspio! (Lepech., Clacs, Stkven pt. e.cs.) et cuman.I (S. G. Gmel.)], 



*) Hujus ac sequentis generis tliecae fructiferae conformatio al) illa Atriplicis et h i o n i s 

 co potissimum recedit , quod bracteolae cam eflformantes ad axim ramnli sive folii contrariae 

 simulque c o m p I i c a t a e , nec ut in liis oppositae acplanae. marginilnis suis coalescant, 

 unde patet, appendiculos corniculif ornies E u r o t i a e et Ccratocarpi singulariim bracteolaruiii 

 laniinae incremento , lobiiliformes b i o n i s pe d u ii c u I a t a e vero ex utrarumque facierum sym- 

 phvsi oriri. 



'**) Flores feminei lanugine praelonga fructum bicornem r.ircumdante depicti cum habitu to- 

 tius sfirpis Eurotiam ceratoidem multo magis quam Axyridem spectant. 



