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V. erectis , siinplicissimis v. virgato-ramulosis , fasclculiferis , unacum 

 reliquis partibus villo albido v. flavescente simplici (ad lentem fortio- 

 rem) Iiorizoutaliter denticulato flexuoso v. recto dense Iiirsutissimis, 

 tomentosis v. inferne calvescentibus 5 foliis alternis teretiusculis plerum- 

 <]ue crasse filiformibus obtusis . 3 — 9 lin. longis ac ^-^—1 lin. latis, 

 rectis recurvisve jjatulis, patentibus v. reflexis, basi subdilatata haud 

 gibbis, fasciculorum nunc explicatis tenuibus, nunc brevissimis crassis 

 imbricato-confertis 5 floralibus Iiis Iiomomorphis sensim abbreviatis, 

 superioribus bracteas aetjuantibus, margine plus minusve membranaceo- 

 raarginatis; bracteis late ovatis v. suborbicularibus saope Iierbaceo- 

 cuspidatis, carnoso-carinatis, niargine late membranaceis; floribus soli- 

 tariis alternis , passim suboppositis, laxius confertiusve spicatis sub 

 anthesi 1 y^ — 1 '/^ lin. longis bracteas aef^uantibus , dense tomentosis ; 

 perigonii quinquepartiti laciniis ovatis v. snblanceolatis acutiusculis, 

 in fructu erectis v. jiatulis , apice adpresse villosis, infra alam glabris, 

 alis medio dorso ortis reniformibus latis, margine imbricatis, 1 — 1 y> 

 lin. longis , j)Icrumque fuscis v. flavescentibus ; disco suinmo margine 

 staminifero carnosulo, cupulari brevissimo, filamentis basi sensim di- 

 latata sinubus acutis discretis; stylo crassiusculo, apice breve bifido, 

 cruribus stigmatosis lanceolatis patulis; pericarpio prinium baccato, 

 demum exsucco incrassato. 



•S. np;ida. Paix. l. c. (c\v.\. syn. Bap.rel. , Lokf/,. ct L. acl S. vermiculatani ; 



BoxE. ad S. ericoidein spect,). — Moqu.-Tand. Chenop. p. 140. — Ej. in Dec. 



Prodr. XIII, 2, p. I8t. — Schui.t. Syst. Veget. VI, p. 232. — Eichw. casp. 



cauc. p. 3. 7. — Claus Ind. des. in Gobkl II. II, p. 302. — Karei,. et Kiru.. 



Enuni. j)l. deserli soongoro-kirghisici No. 689. 

 S. veriniculata. Pall. It. I, App. p 488, No. lo3 (fide specim. aiict. in Iierb. 



Jacq.). — Georgi Beschreib. d. Russ. R. III, 4. p. 823 (forta.sse ad S. lari- 



cinam referend.). 

 S. orientalis. S. G. Gmel. It. IV, p. 47, t. 5. 

 a. calvescens : ramis foliisque inferioribus niox calvescentibus, berba superius 



villosa V. lomentosa. 

 S. rigida. Karel. et Kirh. Collect. No. 1887! 

 /3. vestita . herba tota Cjuoque fructifera tlense villosa v. toiueulosa, 



Hab. in provinciis caucasicis [pr. Tarki! (Eichw.)] inque Sibiria ura- 

 lensi circa lacum Indersk! (Pall., Claus), in Turconiania ! (Karel. pl. exs.) 

 pr, Mangiscblak (S. G. Gmel.) et Krasnowod.sk! (Eichw.) et altaica in de- 

 serto soongoro-kirgbisico ad fontem Sassyk-pastau I (Karel. et Kiril.) et m. 

 Alakul! (Schrenk pl. exs.). t>. 



Species indumentl ac fructus indole distinctissima. 



l(j. (y. vermiculata (L. Spec. 323) fruticulosa, erecta v. diflfusa ; 

 ramis vetustis saepe valde elongatis ])rocumbentibus v. adscendentibus, 

 raraosissimis haud articulatis , ramulis alternis rectis v. diversimode 

 curvatis, dense fasclculifcris glabrls, pubescentlbus v. vlllosulis ; foliis 

 carnosls glaucis alternls approximatis, semltereti-filiformlbus obtusis- 

 slmis, infra aplcem teretem supra planls v. concavls , basi ramulo 

 latloribus glbbis, membranula ultra medium saepe excurrente marginatis, 

 rectls patulis v. recurvo-patentibus plerumque glabrls, demum deci- 

 duls, 2 — (j lin. ad summum longls, fasciculorum brevisslmls ovatis v. 

 ovallbus facie concava imbricatis, floralibus longe plurlmls bracteas 

 subsuperantlbus v. aequantibus, ovatis dorso rotundatls late membra- 

 naceo-marginatis ; bracteis late ovalibus v. suborbicuiarlbus, dorso 



