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plures ex eadem radice perennantes deiise caespitosi decumbentes ramosissimi fus- 

 cescentes rugulosi glaFiri 2 — 3-pollicares, ramis floriferls ascendentibus 1 — 1%-pol- 

 licaribus, subcorymbosis cinereo-tomentosis ; folia opposita petiolata exstlpulata ovata 

 vel lanceolata acuta, iiiferlora mlnora, supra cinerea vel albldula, stellulato-tomen- 

 tosa, adspersa pllis longis fasciculatis, marglne plana, ilsdem pllls clliata, subtus ca- 

 nescentla, tomeiito brevlsslino stipato stellulato, inque nervo adspersa pllis longis fas- 

 ciculatis ; racemi slmpllces 2 — 6-flori pedlcellique tomentosi piloso-glandulosi, pilis 

 patentibus nigricantibus, Dores (parvi) ascendentes vel erecti, post anthesin recurvi ; 

 bracteae linearl-acumlnatae clliatae ; calycis foliola canesceiitla kirsuta, duo exterlura 

 anguste linearia breviora, interiora tria ovata quinquenervia; corolla crocea, petalis 

 obovatis , calyce longioribus. — Crescit in saxosis asperis elatioribus montosis 

 Siciliae. 

 7. H. SICULUM Tineo 1. c. p. 44. — Caulc suffruticoso decumbente ramoso ; ramis 

 ascendentibus lanuginosis virescentibiis ; foliis oppositis petiolatis, margine revolu- 

 tis dentlculatis subundulatls clliatis, supra glabriusculis saturate virentibus, subtus 

 incanis, iiiferioribus elllptlco-Ianceolatls, medils oblongo-obovatls, superioribus line- 

 ari-laiiceolatis; stlpulis anguste Ilnearibus clliatls ; pedicellis albo-tomentosis; calyci- 

 bus hirsutis, fructiferis ovalibus. \) — Radix lignosa ramosa rufescens; caules e ra- 

 dice plures, iiiferne perennantes subpedales ; folia opposita, brevlter petiolata, infe- 

 riora mlnora, elllptico-lanceolata, media oblongo-obovata, suprema lliieari-Ianceolata, 

 omnia acutluscula, supra saturate viridla, glabra, adspersa pllis rarls longls solitarils vel 

 fasclculatis; margine revoluta subundulata dentlculata, ilsdein pills ciliata, subtus 

 albo-tomentosa, tomento brevissimo stipato stellulato, inque iicrvo adspersa pilis lon- 

 gis fasciculatis , basl tuberculatis ; stlpulae petiolo longiores ; bracteae anguste linea 

 res; racemi paucillori, pedicelli incani, calyci subaequales, fructiferi penduli ; caly- 

 Cis foliola duo exteriora linearia, subdimidio breviora, Interlora trla ovata qulnque- 

 nervia, nervis purpurascentibus hirsutis, pilis fasciculatls patentibus, basi tuberculatis, 

 inter nervos membranacea pallentla tomentosa, pills stellulatis; corolla crocea, peta- 

 lis obovatis, calyce duplo longioribus. — Proximum H. vulgari, difl"ert praecipue fo- 

 liis margine dentlculatls subundulatls, medils oblongo-obovatis, basi tuberculatis, pi- 

 lis longis fasciculatis , ramls floriferis non elongatis , racemis paucifloris. — Crescit 

 in asperis calcareis elatioribus montosis Slciliae. 



Ordo XVI. VIOURIEAE DC. 



(DC. Prodr. I. 287. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. sjst. 1. 213. II. 766. V. 59.) 



5040. VlOtA Limu 



(DC. Prodr. I. 291. — Wlprs. Repert. 1. 213. U. 766. V. 39.) 



1. V. (Nomimium) MICROCERAS Ruprecht, Beitr. z. Pflnznkde. Russl. 11.22. t. I. fig. 2. 

 — Planta cautius inspecta tam inslgnis, ut cum nulla cognitarum commutari possit j 

 facies tota F. paltistris, sed folia margine et pagina superlore (non inferiore) pubes- 

 centia, sepala linearia acuta, margine rigide ciliato-serrata. — Crescit in Samojedo- 

 dorum insula Kolgujew. 



2. V. MICRANTHA Bertoloni, Nov. commentar. acad. Bonon. V. 725. — Erecta : foliis 

 inferiorlbus ovatis, longe petiolatls, superioribus lanceolatis ; pedunculis solitariis, 

 axillaribus ; corollis calyci subaequalibus, calcari abbreviato. Q — Radix ramosa, 

 gracilis , alba. Caulis erectus vel adscendens , simplex , aut uno alterove r.imo 

 prope basin instructus, circiter splthamaeus, inferne pilosulus, superne glaber. Folla 

 obtuse serrata, cillolata, inferiora ovata obtusa, superiora lanceolata acuta, utraque 

 suffulta petioio potius longo piloso vel saltem ciliolato. Stipulae pinnatifidae, la- 



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