735 



parnm superantibiis paucioribns 2— Iplo majoribus immixtis ; omuibus late 



ovatis V. suborbicularibus v. latc ellipticis intcftcrrimis disco laevibus. — A 



varictate S. 2. vix uisi colorc p;iauco , Ibliis crassis ct fructibus magni-biac- 



tcatis paucioribus v. paucissimis divcrs.i. 



A. niicrantbum. C. A. Mever iu Ledkb. FL alt. IV, p. .'^08. — Ledeb. Ic. yl. 



Fl. ross. t. 43 (fruct. noudum explic. — IIohenack. Enuni. Tatiisch. p. 125. 



— Ej. Coll. un. it. 8S8 (A. micrautbus? in scbed. evult^atis). 



A. niicrautba. Mo(,iuin-Tand. in Dec. Prodr. AIII, S, p. 94. — Ej. Chenop. p. 62. 



Hab. in Rossia s e pt cn t r i ona i i [Fcnnia (A. Nvi.ander)] , media [PetropoH 

 (Wkinm. , Rcpbecht), Eslbonia (Fi.eisch. et Li>dem.) , ins. Osilia (Luck), 

 Livonia! (Fr.EiscH.et Li>dem.) pr. Riga (Heugel), Curonia (FLEiscH.et Liisdem.), 

 Litbuania (GiLiu. , .Tuindz. , Eichw.) , War.sawia (Eundt.) , Volbynia (Eichw.), 

 Mosr|ua (SxEPHArv, Mart.), Ka.san (VVirzen)J et australi [Podoiia pr. Saw- 

 ran! (Bksser. Eichw.), Jekaterinoslaw (Bober), in deserto caspio (Lkpech.)], 

 iuTauria pr. Sudak (Lkveillk) et provincii.s c a urasicis [pr. Sailian 

 et alibi in planitie ad fl. Kur! (Hohe^ack.)] imiue Sibiria uralensi pr. 

 .lekaterinenburu (Uspe^ski). ad Jac. salc. Elfon? (Pall.) et altaica in de- 

 .serto soongoro-kirgbisico occident. ! (Fl. alt.). @. - Var. a. et y. pracsertnn 

 in ruderatis, cultis, loci.scpie minus salsis, var. /i. 6. £. majjis in salsis et ad 

 niaris litfora occurrunt. 



Species cuin sequentibus pro varia statione nimis polymorpha, 

 ab auctoribus multum vexata, culta inconstantissima , ab A. patula 

 proxima foliis majoribus basi eximie truncatis in petiolum abrupte v., 

 respecta laminae longitudine ac Jatitudine, brovi solum spatio cuneato- 

 angustatis ; lobis v. angulis basilaribus horizontalibus v. sagittato- 

 recurvis, caeteroquin faciie distinguenda. Characteres ad distinguendas 

 sic dictas species ab auctoribus in auxilium vocatos ut: „caulis erectus 

 et prostratus , folia alterna et opposita , bracteae fructiferae ovatac, 

 rhombeae, subcordnto-triangulares, integerrimae ac denticulatae, disco 

 laeves ac muricatae" nimis fallaces, tam in stirpe varios, quam cultura 

 brevi tempore immutandos expertus sum. — C I. Babington et ocula- 

 tissimus Frie.s (in Summa Veget. p. 54 et 204) varietatem nostram 

 a. 2. (A. deltoideam) et var. d. 1. (A. prostratam) seminibus 

 laevibus nitidis a reliquis, seminibus opacis rugosis gaudenti- 

 bus, specie distinguunt. Ast semina perfecte matura (!) tam iaevis- 

 sima quam rugulosa in omnibus varietatibus frequentissime mixta ob- 

 servare mihi licuit, simulque persuasus sum variam hanc integumenti 

 indolem a majore minoi-eve embryonis magnitudine ac albuminis copia 

 varia pendere. Nec minus seminum magnitudinem absolutam adeo 

 variam deprehensi, ut inter perfecte matnrorum ejusdem stirpis copiam 

 alia dimidio, imo duplo diametro, superassent. 



7. A patula (L. Spec. 1494) annua herbacea glauca farinosa v. 

 lepidoto-incana rarissime viridis, caule erecto v. decumbenti-adscen- 

 dente a basi plerumque ramoso rarius subsimplici, ramis patentissimis 

 assurgentibus, foliis petiolatis alternis : paucis quandoque suboppositis ; 

 majoribus oblongo- v. lanceolato-trianguiaribus basi latiore semper i\\ 

 petiolum cuneato-angustatis ibique intcgerrimis , angulis nunc hastato- 

 productis v. dentiformibus antrorsum curvatis, nunc obtusis v. rotun- 

 datis margine sinuato-dentatis subintegris ac cum superioribus integer- 

 rimis, his lanceolatis v. linearibus, bracteis demum ovatis rhombeis v. 

 truncata basi triangularibus , nuiic hastato-trilobis semihastatis , nunc 

 integris denticulatis v. edentatis disco laevibus v. muricatis. 



