813 



basl vix dilatata ramulo angiistioribus v. aequilatis angustisslme mem- 

 branaceo-mnrginatis gibbis, 3 — 6 lin. longis ac y^ — % lin. rarius paruin 

 ultra latisj reetis cuvvatisve subpatentibus v. directione variis glabris 

 V. sparsiin pilosis, fasciculorum liomoinorpbis semper explicatis, penni- 

 cillatim patulis, nunquain iinbricatis ; floralibus sensim imminutis, su- 

 perioribus bracteas subsuperantibus v. aequantibus , triquetro-ovatis, 

 nonnisi basl v. parum ultra medium membranaceo-inarginatis, marglne 

 parte berbacea dimidio ac ultra angustiore; bracteis late ovalibus v. 

 subrotundis, dorso carnoso aigute carinatis cuin foliis floralibus glabrls, 

 ad summum % lin. longis; ])erigonii exacte quinquepartitl lacinils 

 ovatis V. ovato-oblongis obtusissimis apice saepe erosis, sub antbesi 

 bractens vix v. parum superantibus, glabris, demuin late conice conni- 

 ventibus; alis paruni infra medlum ortis concavlusculis , prlmum ad- 

 scendentibus deinuin recurviuscule patentibus, scariosis, late obovatis 

 ac subreniforinibus, discretis v. marginibus subcontiguis , eroso-crena- 

 tis, y, — y^ lin. longis, dense striatis viridi-fuscis; disco summo mai'glne 

 staminifero carnosulo cupulari brevlssimo , filamentls linearlbus basi 

 senslm dilatatis, sinubus acutis discretis, antberis seraisagittatls punc- 

 tiforme appendiculatis; stylo crassiusculo, cruribus stigmatosis brevi- 

 bus ovatis acutis recurvis. 



a. pubescens: ramis infeine uiiacum foliis glabris, superne brevissima pube dense 

 vestitis. 



/J. villosa: ramis foliisque, praesertim ram. stcrilium, plus minusve pilosis ac vil- 

 losis, rcliquis glabris, ramulis dense villosnlis pallide fulvis. 

 S. laricina. Pall. l. c. (excl. syn. Gmel. Fl. sib. t. 19, f. 1, ad S. ericoidem 



forsan rcctius refer.). — C. A. Meyer Ind. cauc. p, 160. — Claus Ind. des. in 



GOBEL It. 11, p. 302. 

 S. vermiculafa y. laricina. Mo^u.-Tand. Chenop. p. 141. — Ej. in Dec. Prodr. 



XIII, a, p. 181. (Sccundum stirpis Delilianae acgyptiacae ramulum, a cl. 



MoQUiN niihi benevole communicatum, cum speciminibus rossicis cxactissime 



simul quadrantem, huc quoque referenda esset ej. var. fi. villosa.) 

 S. vermiculata. Falk Beitr. II, p. 141. — Giildenst. It. I, 423; II, p. 56. 65. 



95. — BoBER in Pall. n. nord. Beitr. VI, p. 262. — M. a Bieb. in Metn. 



de la Soc. des Natur. de Mosc. I, p. 140 (excl. syn. L. et L(3fl. ad speciem 



genuinara; S. G. Giwel, It. ad S. rigidam spect.); IV, p. 10. — Ej, F/, t. 



c. III, p. 186 (excl. iisdem syn,); ///, p. i79 (excl. syn, M. a Bieb. casp. 



et KoELER ad S. gemmascentem spcct.). — Schult. Syst. Vegel. VI, p. 231 



(excl. syn. modo cit. et obs.). 

 S. prostrata. Pall, It. I, App. p. 490, No. 106, t. G, f. e — n (excl, var. /3, ad 



Kochiam prostratam speci.). 

 S. caule fruticoso, ramossimo, pilosissimo, foliis filiformibus inermibus. Gmel. 



Fl. sib. III, p. 90, No. 71, t. 18, f, 2, 

 Kali fruticosum, toto anno folia tetinens, Buxb, Cent. I, p. 7, t, 11, f. 2. 

 Hab. in Pv s s i a a u s t r a I i [Jekaterinoslaw (Boeer), tcrra Cosaccoruum (GijLdenst.), 



ad Wolgam infcriorem (Claus) pr. Astrachan ! (Blum pl. e.vs.) , in deserto 



caspiol (Lerche ex J. G. Gmel. , Pall. , Claus) et cuman. (M. a Bieb.)], 



Tauria! (Ledeb.), provinciis caucasicis! (Steven pl. e.vs.) [pr. Kislar! 



(C. A. Meyer, Hofft pl. ex.), in Imeretia (Giildenst.)], Sibiria uralensi 

 ' in Turcoinania! (Karel. pl. exs.) et altaica in deserto soongoro-kirghisico 



versus fl. Tschu! (Schrenk pl. exs.) t). 



Specles, me judlce, a S. vermiculata bene distlncta folils longe 

 tenulorlbus, saepisslme diverslmode curvatls, juniorlbus nunquam seml- 

 teretl-ovatls sive ovalibus crassis Iinbrlcato-congestls , Imo potius fili- 

 forme elongatls pennlclllatlm patulls v. recurvis, basl angustlsslme ac 

 brevi solura spatio raembranaceo-marginatis , floralibus inferioribus 



