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UEAUMURIA. 



an^ulatis (unlca S|)ecie exce|)ta). Rami sparsi. Folia coriacea vel car- 

 uosa sparsa (in turioiiilxis liawd raro confertissiiiia iiiibricata, iioniium- 

 iiuani ramiilorum ahortu fiivciculata), sessilia ((|uaruii(laiii autem specie- 

 ruin alirupte (|uasi iii p^^tidluiii anf>ustata), articiilata avenia cnervia vel 

 uiiinervia filauca iiunctato-scrohiculata intc^errima. Klores sessiles ter- 

 iiiiiiales (alii caule ramis(|ue, alii ramulis vel rainillulis axillaribus), soli- 

 tarii conspicui, rameales praecociores , ramillulares absque ccrto ordine 

 cvoluti. 



Src/io I. Folia subsemiteretia (juniora subteretia), carnosa enervia, 

 hasi dilatata vel saltem baud angustata, ramillularia et turionalia ple- 

 ruiiKiue coiitertissima inibricata. Bracteae (lobis calycinis absiniiles) 

 confertae imbricatae, basi non dilatatae. Lobi caljcis subaeijuales con- 

 similes, basi non cordati, vix aut ne vix quidem iinbricati (saltem flore 

 evoluto). Petala (in sicco chartacea) calyce paulo lonj^iora vel subbre- 

 viora alba persistentia, lateribus subaequilon»is, appendices profunde 

 limbriatae. Semina vertice in appendiculum glabram clavatam albuminc 

 farctam producla. 



1. K. mUTELLA Jaub. <fe Spacli. 1. c. 378. — III. pl. orient. tab. 244. — Partibus her- 

 haceis magis nrinusve hirtella, interdunt canuscens: caules raniive novelli ramulique 

 teretes; folia omnia (siniul ac bracteae) mutica obtusissima pleraque e cordata basi 

 ovata vel ovalia vel oblonga; bracteae lineares vel liiieari-.s|iatliulatae ; cal^cis lobi 

 ovales vel elliptici, brevifer et obtuse corniculati, margine eroso-Jeiiticulati ; petala 

 subfalcatooblonga vel irregulariter ovulia obtusissima exunguiculata, calvce subtriente 

 longiora ; filamenta ad dilatatam partem crenato-dentata. 2|. — Jt. cermiciilata Dvsne, 

 et auctt. ex parfe. — Crescit in Aegypfo et Arabia petraea. 

 •2. U. MUCUO^^ATA Jaub. & Spach. 1. 1. c. c. 379. et tab. 243. — Glaberrima : caules 

 ramive novelli ramulique angulati ; folia pleraque (praesertim superiora bracteaeque) 

 niucroiiata, caulina ramealia ramulariaque linearia vel lineari-s|)atliulata vel lineari- 

 lanceolata, saepis^ime basi subcordata , ramillularia nunc reliquis conformia, nunc 

 elliptica vel obovata; bracteae subulatae , plerumque squarrosae ; calycis lobi ellip- 

 ticl vel ovales, subulato-cusiiidafi, margine integerrimi; pefala cuiieafo-oblonga obtu- 

 sissima exunguiculata , calvce subbreviora vel paulo longiora; filamenta edenfula. 2^. 

 — R. vermiculuta ex p. — Crescit in Aegypto et Libya. 



3. U. STENOPHYLLA Jaub. & Spacli I. c. p. 379. — Hujus forsan pro insigni K. nm 

 cronatae varietate habendae specimen unicum vidinius , facillime ceterum dignoscitur 

 foliis anguste linearibus (vix ]-^ lin. lafis) elongdtis (caulinis circiter uiium pollicem 

 longis), basi nuniquam cordafis, jietala bene asservata non suppefunt , stamina, ca- 

 psula et seniina R. mucronutae. 2J. — Crescit in Libya. 



Sectto II. Folia teretia vel subteretia carnosa enervia , basi vix 

 aut ne vix quidem angustata, cum pulvinulo prominente articiilata, se- 

 riora haud raro ad vetuloruin axillas fasciculata. Bracteae confertissimae 

 imbricatae, lobis calycis subsimiles, nempe e basi conspicue dilatata su- 

 bulatae. Calycis lobi consiiniles subaequales imbricati, basi cordati. 

 Petala (albida? in sicco fulva) calyce plus dimidio longiora, altero latere 

 conspicue productiora decidua. Semina vertice uinbonata. 



4. R. 1 ILIFOLIA Jaiib. & Spacli 1. I. c. c. 3S0. et tab. 246. — Folia lineari- vel spathu- 

 lato-liliformia mucroiiata; bracteae subteretes mucronafae , basibus coriaceis imbrica- 

 tis subrofundis tubum calycis e.\ toto occultanfes; calycis lobi reniformi-subrofundi 

 cuspidulati; pefala irregularifer cuneato obcordata exunguiculata, lobo altero ucumi- 

 nulato subobsoleto , altero subovato obtuso inllexo ; Clamenfa ad dilatatam partem 

 crenato-deiitafa. 2]. — Crescit in Persia. 



Scclio III. Folia plana vel planiuscula coriacea (speciei uiiicae car- 

 nosa) , in sicco uninervia et obsolete ruguloso-venulosa , basi abrupte 

 «jua.si iu brevein petiolulum angustata, cum pulvinulo proiiiiuente articu- 



