801 



3. S. tamarisctna (Pall. Jt. 111, p. 604) annua, subincana, sca- 

 briuscula; caule erecto a basi virgato-ramoso , ramis haud articulatis 

 alternis, rigidnlis simplicissimis , erectis v. adscendentibus incurvo- 

 patulis, angulato-striatis , saepe subflexuosis; foliis alternis sessilibus 

 semiamnlexicaulibus , e dilatata basi subtriquetro-subulatis mucronula- 

 tiSj 3 — 6 lin. longis, medio vix %, lin. latis, inferius scarioso-margina- 

 tis, rectis v. recurvo-patulis , floralibus ovato-lanceolatis, bi'acteas flo- 

 resque plus minusve, imo 2— 3pIo superantibus ; floribus 1— Sglome- 

 ratis remote v. conferte spicatis , bracteis sub anthesi plerumque 

 brevioribus v. aequilongis; perigonio glabro exacte quinquepartito 

 fere obconico y.i lin. lato, basi in fructu minime aucta indurata, 

 laciniis sub anthesi lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, demum ellipticis 

 ly, lin. longis, erectis conice conniventibus, supra medium in alam 

 semiorbicularem v. ovato-rotundatam erecto-patulam 1 lin. circiter 

 longam excrescentibus , aliis late imbricatis margine eroso-crenu- 

 latis, flabellato-nervosis, plerumque fuscescentibus v. testaceis; disco 

 extus staminifero cupulari membranaceo quinquelobo, lobis sinubus- 

 que rotundatis liberis, filamentis anguste linearibus basi discretis, 

 antheris oblongis exappendiculatis, stylo distincto semibifido, cruribus 

 stigmatosis anguste subulatis v. subulato-filiformibus. 



S. tamarjscina. Moqu.-Tand. C/ienop. p. 146. — Pall. It. ///, p. 635. 637. — 

 Ej. IH. p. 33, t. 25 (excl. f. 2 ad S. rosaceani et Cavan. ad S. verniiculalum 

 .spect.). — M. aBiEB. Fl. t. c. I, p. 184; ///, p. 177. — Schult. Syst. Veg. 

 VI. p. 227. — Ledeb. Fl. all. I, p. 390. — C. A. Meyer Ind. cauc. p. 160. 

 — EicHW. casp. cauc. p. 2. — Claus Ind. des. in Gijbel It. II, p. 302, — 

 C. KocH in Linnaea XXII, p. 191. 



S. tenuifolia. Falk Beitv. II, p. 141. 



S. foliis rigidis pungentibus. Var. I. Gmel. Fl. sib. III, p. 88, No. 69, t. 17, 

 f. l (nec 2, quae Halimocncmis monandra). 



Caroxylon tamariscinum. Moqu.-Tand. in Dec. Prodr. XIII, 2, p. 174. 



Hab. in Rossia australi [pr. Sarepta! et Astracbau! (Steven, Eichw. et 

 Blum pl. exs.) , in deserto c;»spio! (Pall. , Claus pl. exs.)], Tauria (M. a 

 BiEB.) et proviuciis caucasicis [pr. Kislar! (Steven pl. exs.) et Sallian 

 (C. A. Meyer)] inque Sibiriae altaicae deserto soongoro-kirghisico ! 

 (Fl. alt.). ©. 



4. S. rosacea (L. Spec. 323) annua glabra glauca; caule erecto, 

 nonnisi basi v. usque ad medium virgato-ramoso quandoque subsim- 

 plioi, ramis alternis hand articulatis, elongatis adscendentibus v. erecto- 

 patulis , tota longitudine fasciculis florigeris floribusque solitariis ob- 

 sessis ; foliis carnosis subsemiamplexicaulibus semitereti-filiformibus 

 obtusiusculis passim muticis passim brevissime mucronulatis, nunquam 

 spinescentibus , 4 — 12 lin. longis et Yi—% lin. crassis , plerisque 

 patenti-recurvis ac deflexis, basi decurrentibus, floralibus homomorphis 

 sensim abbreviatis; bracteis his brevioribus ovalibus, dorso herbaceo- 

 carinatis, carina excurrente foliaceo-cuspidatis , flore sub anthesi di- 

 midio duplove longioribus; floribus 1— 3 glomeratis interrupte spicatis, 

 sub anthesi 1 lin. longis; j)erigonii laciniis ovato-oblongis obtusis v. 

 acutiusculis membranaceis glabris, supra alam in fructu horizontaliter 

 inflexis , apicibns marginibusque tamen haud contiguis , basi ad alam 

 herbaceo-gibbis; alis supra medium ortis reniformibus ac obovatis 

 1 — ly, lin. longis, tenue membranaceis roseis demum decoloribus; 



