856 



* Flores omnes v. plurimi pentameri. 



1. A. caudatus ( Linn. sp. p. 1406) annuus ; caule sub- 

 erecto , obsolete angulato-strlato glabriusculo ; foliis longe petiolatis 

 lanceolato-ovatis , utrin<]ue attenuatis obtusiusculis giabriusculis; thyr- 

 so terminali plus minusve paniculato longissimo flexuoso nutante v. 

 pendulo ; floribus densissime glomeratis coccineis. 



A. caiidatiis. Mo^u.-Tand. l. c. p. 255. — Willd. Spec. pl. IV, p. 393. — Falk 

 Beitr. II, p. 255. — Guldenst. It. II, p. 56. — Georgi Beschreib. d. Russ. 

 R. m, 4. p. 1298. 



A. paniculafiis E.. caudatus. Regel in Flora 1S49, p. 166. 



Hab. in Rossia australi [ad Tanaiii (Gcldenst.) et Ural fl. (Falk — cx hor- 

 tis Kosakorum aufFugus)]. 0. 



Species intra imperii fines sponte occurens milii valde dubia ac 

 facile eadem cum sequente, cujus varietatem cum Regelio crederem. 



2. A.. paniculatus (Linn. sp. p. 1406) annuus; caule erecto 

 plus minusve distincte sulcato - striato pubescente , pilis longiori- 

 bus haud inspersis , viridulo v. sanguinolento , ramis cunctis omni 

 aetate erectis adstrictis v. patulis; foliis longe petiolatis ovnlibus v. 

 iate ellipticis v. ovatis ac ovato-lanceolatis, utrinque plus minusve atte- 

 nuatis, apice obtusis v. acuminatis mucronulatis , glabris v. scabrius- 

 culis, saepe sanguineo-maculatis v. margine purpurascentibus; thyrso 

 terminali spiciformi elongato simplici v. inferne brevioribus aj)proxi- 

 matis paniculatim aucto , dense gloraerifloro; bracteis ovatis subulato- 

 aristatis ; perigonii laciniis ianceolatis acutis mucronatis, bracteis 

 plerumque brevioribus, obsolete carinatis; fructu perigoniura aequante 

 V. superante. 



A. paniculatus. Mo<3U.-Taind. in Dec. Prodr. XIII, 2, p. 257. — Regel itiFlora 



1849, p. 163 sqq. 

 a. purpurascens (Moq^o.-Tand. /. c.): lliyrsi raniis basilaribus dense spiciformibus 

 striclis erectis, floribus viride-purpureis. ' ' 



A. paniculatus. Willd. Amarant. p. 32, t. 2, f. 4. 

 A. puniculatus a, sanguineus b. Rkgel l. c. 



A. sanguineus. Hohenack. Enum. Talmch. p. 127 (fide sp. herb. Hohenack.). 

 — Huc fortasse siniul Bessep. Enum. p. 37, No. 1223. — Eichw. 

 Skizsie p. 134. 

 /8. chlorostachys (Regel l. c.) thyrsi ramis pyramidatis , laxiusculis erectis , flori- 

 bus virentibus. 

 A. spicatus. WiKZEN Casan. p. 454 (probabilime, nisi A. retroflexi lusus prolixior). 

 A. chlorostachys. Moqu.-Tand. in Dec. Prodr. XIII, 2, p. 259. 



Hab. in Rossia media [Volhynia (Eichw.)] et australi [Podolia (Besser, 

 EicHW.), Kasan (Wirzen) inque provinciis caucasicis [in hortis provinc. 

 Karabagh et Taliisch, in tractu Suwant! (Hohenack.). 0. 



3. A. retroflexus (Linn. sp. p. 1407) annuus erectus; caule 

 simplici v. patule ramoso, angulato-striato, piloso-pubescente imo villoso, 

 ramis junioribus primum recurvis, demuin adscendentibus rectis; foliis 

 longe petiolatis , rhombeo-ovatis v. ovalibus obtusissimis v. acutiuscuie 

 acuminatis, imo oblongo-lanceolatis cuspidato-acuminatis, demum pendu- 

 iis , glauco- V. flavido-viridulis , utrinque praesertim subtus ad nervos 

 pubescentibus v. punctato-scabriusculis , margine plerumque minute 

 erose-crispatis; thyrso rhachi dense pubescente v. tomentosoj confer- 



