^54 POLYGOiNEAE. pteropyrum. 



uequllon^n). Oclirean miniitnr Mil)|it'lliiritlae alliiilan vel riifescrntes, {letloll pulvillo 

 !>ul>uei|iiiluiiga<! , ramulo ail|iri!.s.sa>'. Sti|iuiac («ultuiutaK Vi-i ti iaii^ulari-laiiceolatae 

 vel triaiigulares uniiierviac , roliurum ramulaiiuni petiulu Kublongiures, roliorum fasci- 

 culariuni breviit.simae. Peilicelli 'i — 4 liiieas luiigi. — Crescit in Arabiac ditiunc 

 Mujcat. 



1995. ATIl..%l»IIAXI** Lhin. 

 (Jaul). et Spatli, Illustr. pl, orieiit. II. 11.) 



Subgenus I. EUATI{APJJJKIS Jaub. et Spach I. c. 12. 

 Kloies omnes tetrascpali hexandri; ovario (siniiilac achaenio) lenti- 

 culari-compresso. Stjlus luuis , brcvissinius , crassus turbinatus, nunc 

 oninino indivisus, nunc apicc bifurcus. Sti{>mata duo. Flores in race- 

 mulos abbreviatos denslusculos di{;esti , pedicellis solitariis approximatis, 

 ochreola propria orbatis. Sepala externa minuta reflexa. 



Divisio I. Flores c ramillulis ad ramulos novellos axillaribus orti. 



1. A. SPINOSA Linn. — Dill. Uort. Elth. t. 32. fig. 47. — Jaub. et Spacli I. c. — Ra- 

 niuli spiiiesccntes vel mutici; folla glauca variiforniia (uvata, ovalia, rlionihea, sub- 

 rotuiiila, subcortlata, laiiceolata, spathulata, oliloiij,'a), obtusa vel acuta vel acuniiiiata, 

 plerumque margiiie untlulata, liautl raru replicata ; peilicelli juxta vel iiifra nietlium 

 arliculati , articuio suiieriore tlcfiiiuni iiepulis exteriiis tluplo vei triplo longiore ; se- 

 pala iiiteriia cordato- vcl reniformi orbiciiluria, acbaeiiiu (ellipticu-ovato retuso) paulo 

 longiora, subtriplo lutiura. \) — Atriplex Armeiia, frntex acitleatus , flore piilchro 

 Hcrb. Tournef. — Atraphaxis spiiwsa et A. replicuta Lnilv. — Crescit in Arnienia, 

 iii Caucaso. 



2. A. FISCHERI Jaub. et Spach, Illustr. plant. nrienf. II. 12. — Ilamuii mutici ; folia 

 glauca pleraque obovata vel subrotuiitla, alia obtusissiiiia vel retusa, alia acumiiiulata 

 vel inucronata, iiuiic plana, iiuiic niargine revolutu vel re|)Iicata; petlicelli infra me- 

 dium articulati, articulo superiore sepalis exteriiis tlemum subiluplo longiore; se- 

 pala iiiterna truncato-reniforniia , acliaenio (elliptico subrotuntlo retuso) tlimidio lon- 

 giora, subtriplo latiora. t) — A. spiiiosa Fiscli. — Crescit in Rossia australi, prope 

 Sarepta. 



Divisio II. Flores e raniillulis vel e ramulis abbrcviatis ad ramos 

 annotinos senioresve lateralibus orti. 



a. Pedicelli juxta vel infra niedium articulati, articulo superiore sepalis externis 

 longinre. 



3. A. KARELINI Jaub. et Spach 1. cit. 12. — Ramuli mutici; folia crassa glauca, mar- 

 giiie revoluta vel replicata, florulia cordato- vel ovato-subrotuiida vel obovata vel 

 cordato-ovalia obtusissima vel retusa, ramulorum sterilium ovata vel ovalia vel sub- 

 cordata acuminulata vel niucruiiuta; pedicelli articulus superiur demum sepalis ex- 

 teriiis subduplo longior ; sepala inleriia cordato-subrotiinda, achaenio (ovato , acu- 

 tiusculo) subaequilonga , subduplo latiora. \) — A. replicata Fisch. — Crescit ad 

 litus orientale maris Caspii. 



4. A. SINAICA Jaub. et Spach 1. c. 12. — Ramuli steriles spinescentes; folia glauca 

 variiformia (pleraque rhombeo- vel cuneato-orbicularia , vel obovata vel orbicularia), 

 nuiic plaiia, nunc raargine replicata vel revoluta, vix undulata , ramulorum florifero- 

 rum retusa vel obtusissima, lamulorum sterilium superiora acuta vel acuminulata; 

 pedicelli juxta medium articulati, articulus superiur sepalis externis vix longior ; se- 

 p.ila interna cordato- vel reniformi-orbiculata , achaenio (ovato vel elliptico-subro- 

 tundo, vel rhombeo-ovato obtuso) subdimidio loiigiora, subduplo latiora. i) — A. spi- 

 nosa Decaisne (non Liiiiie). — Crescit in Arabiae petraeae moiitibus. 



b. Pediceili juxta vel paulo iiifra apicem articulati, articulo superiore sepalis 

 externis breviore. 



3. A. CANESCRNS Bnge. mss, ex Jaub. et Spach I. cit. 13. — Ramuli steriles spine- 



