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756 



nnnuum, pube stellata dense iiirtum v. tomentosum, demum calveseens; 

 caule erecto aiigulato-striato , a basi squarroso-ramoso , rnmis riwidis 

 flesuosis, spicis glomeriforrnibus onustis ; foliis sessilibus lineari-subu- 

 latis acuininatissijnis spinescentibns, planis, 5 — llnerviis reflexis, glo- 

 merum bractealibus e basi dilatata triijiietro-snbulatis acerosis ])nn- 

 gentibus squarrosis; perigonio 5pbyllo, foliolis binis iateralibiis angu 

 stissime linearibns acntis compiicatis, relitjnis oblongo-iinearibus apic: 

 obtuso snbdenticulatis v. integris planis, staminibus 5 perfectis, ru- 

 dimentariis nuliis, fiiamentis e basi lineari dilatata snbnlatis ; ger- 

 mine glabro obovato obcompresso, apice trilobo, lobis lateralibns trian- 

 gulari-acutis crecto-patulis , membranaceis , medio styiifero bicruri ; 

 fructu 



Hab. in Sibiria uralensi in insula Ogurtschinsk in parte orientali m. caspii! 

 (Karelin). 0. 



2. A. lateriflorum (Moqu.-Tand. in Dec. Prodr. XIII, 2. p. 139) 

 annuum, glabriusculum; eaule glanco-viridi, subangulato-striato, rioiflo, 

 valde flexuoso ac ramosissimo, ramis patuiis; foiiis sessilibus gramini- 

 formibns, anguste lanceoiatis, inferne attenuatis, acutissimis punaenti- 

 bus, subcoriaceis planis , 7 — lOnerviis, superioribus angustissimis sub- 

 recurvis; spicis giomeriformibus densis giabris; perigonii monopliYlIi 

 foliolo ovato subulato subintegro; staminibus 5, saepe castratis, fila- 

 mentis inferne diiatatis , interdum subcoalitls; germine subbicornl, 

 pubescente; fructu obiongo, aptero aplce exserte trlaristato, media 

 styiifera bicruris; semine anguste eliiptico, obtuse margin.Tto, giabro, 

 flavescente. 



A. Tournefortii. Fisch. in Iierb. Dec. (fide MottniN). 

 Eryngium lateriflorum. Lam. Encycl. meth. IV, p. 756. 



Hab, in provinciis caucasicis [ad Araxin fl. (Fiscii.), in Armenla et Oriente 

 (TorRNHFOF.T iu herb. Vaillant. Mus. paris.)]. ©. 



Specles , e speclminlbus antbenticis mliii haud nota , inler prae- 

 cedentem et sequentem media, florum tamen fabrica ab utrisque bene 

 distincta videtur. 



** Germen frudusque apice in stylum rostriformem atfenuati, exap- 



pendiculati. 



3. A, arenariiim (M. a Bieb. Ft. t. c. /11, p. 6 in obs.) annuum, 

 pube pennata ac stellata, demuin decldua blrtum v. tomentosum ; canie 

 erecto angulato-strI;«to pferuiiiqne sqnarroso-ramoso , rnmis flexuosis 

 divnrloatis rigidis, splcis giomeriformibus onnstls ; foiiis sessliibiis ian- 

 ceolato-llnearlbus , basi angustatls, apice ionge spinescentl-af tennatls, 

 planls, .5 — llnerviis, patentissimls ac reflexls , glomernin bractealibns 

 e basl latisslma arlstato-snbnlatis piingentibns sqnarrosis; perigonlum 

 1 — 'ipiiyllnm v. nulium , foliolis modo linearlbus angustissimis acutis, 

 modo obovatis v. subquadrilateris npice tunc erosis v. dentlculato- 

 lacerls plHnis (diim solitariis laterallbus, dum ternis altero postlco) ; 

 stainlnlbus perlgonli foiioiis oppositis o, rarlns 2, rndimentarils inter- 

 jectis nuills , filamentis e diiatata basi subuiatis; germine marginibus 



