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ramosi , paniculasl. Flores solitarii v. in fasoicolos paucifloros His- 

 positi, scssiles s. pedicellati : jjedieellis raro calycem aequantibus. Ca- 

 lyces toineMlosi v. lanati , breviter v. paulo ultra mediura in laeinias 

 triangulares tissi. 



16. V. pijramidatum{M. a Bieb. Fl. t. c. I, p. 161 ; ///, p. 1.55) elatura, 

 tomento tenni canescens v. foliis duplicato-crenatis su|)ra glabris subtus 

 tenniter et molliter tomentosis; inferioribus aniplis basi longe angustatis; 

 superioribns sessillbns auriculato - cordatis , panicula pyramidata canes- 

 cente, pedicellis solitariis — ternis, calycis lati laciniis ovatis y. ovato- 

 lanceolatis, filaraentis violaceo-lanatis. 



V. pyraniidafiini. Dec. Prodr. X, p. 235. — Schrad. Monngr. II, p. 48. — C. A. 



Mkykr Ind. cauc. p. lll. — Hohenack. Euum. Talusoh. p. 84. 

 V. caucasiciim. Hort. (cx Schrad.). 



Hab. iii provincii.s caiicasici.s (M. a Bieb.) [Iberia! (Wilhklms pl. exs.), 

 territor. Elisabetlipol in. Sarial , alt. 750 — 833 bpxap. (Hohknack.) , proviiic. 

 Tahisib, alt. 400—500 licxap. (C. A. Meyer), in Guiiae subalpinis! (Nord- 

 IMAINN J)l. e.vs.)]. 0. 



§. 4. Lychnitidea. Benth. 1. e. p. 235. 



Caules et folia albido- v. lutescenti-tomentosa v. lanata. Racemi 

 ramosi, jjaniculati, rarius subsimplioes. Fasciculi florum laxi : pedi- 

 cellis calycem aequantibus v. eo longioribus. Calyces parvi, tomentosi 

 V. ianatij profunde 5partiti. 



17. V. soongoricum (Schremc E?ium. pl. nov. /, p. 26) folHs 

 albo-tomentosis subintegerrimis ; inferioribus lanceolatis acutis in pe- 

 tiolum angustatis ; caulinis sessilibus oblongis cordato-auriculatis ; sura- 

 mis subrotundis cuspidatis , racemis panicnlatis , floribus fasciculatis, 

 calycis laciniis lanceolntis pedicello vix brevioribus capsula ovata tomen- 

 tosa longioribus, lilamentis barbatis. 



V. soon^oricuin. Di:c. Prodr. X, p. 235. — KAREr, et Kiril. Enum. pl. Soongor. 



iN'r. 589. 

 V. polystarbyLiin. Karei.. et Kiril. Enuin. pl. Fl. alt. N. 638. 



Hab. iii Sibiiiac altaicae dcscrto soongoro - kiro-hisico ad radices m. Karatau 

 (Schkenk , circa ni. Tarbagatai, praeseitini ad rivuiuin Burjiau et ad 11. Lepsa 

 (Kauki.. ct KiKif,.). 4. 



Facie dicitur V. speciosi, a quo capsula ovata calyce breviore 

 et calycis laciniis latioribus dignoscitur. 



IS. r. speciosum (Schrad. h. gfiffing. //, p. 22, t. 16. — Ej. 

 Miinogr. 11.^ p. 12) elatum, tomento lutescente v. albido denso demum 

 subfloccoso, foliis crassis integerrimis v. infimis crenatis oblongis elon- 

 gatis in petiolum longe angustatis; supremis sessilibus v. cordato- 

 ainplexioanlibus utrinque tomenfosis, paniculae ramis longissimis, fasci- 

 culis laxis saepius mnltifloris , pedicellis calyce Spartito tomentoso 

 longioribus, filamentis albido-Ianatis , capsulis ovoideo - oblongis ealyce 

 longioribus. 



V. speciosum. Dec. Prodr X, p. 236. — Bksskr Enum. p. 53, Nr. J469. — 

 C. A. Meykr Ind. cauc. p. 111. — Eichw. Sleizze p. 140. — Hoheinack. Enum, 

 Taiusch. p. 84. — C. Koch in Linnaea XVII, p. 284. 



V. longifoliuni. Dec. Fl. Franc. Su/jpl. p. 414 (non Tenore). 



