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scentesj folia setulis brevissimls scabra et subcaiiesceiifia rcplicafa vel margiiie re- 

 voluta ovata vel ovalia vel obovata vel subrutuiida acufa vel obtusa; pedicelli fru- 

 ctiferi sepalis iiiternis vix aequiloiigi ; sepala interna cordatoorliicularia , acliaeiiio 

 (orbiculari vel elliptico-subrotuiido retuso) vix longiora et paululo latiora. — Crescit 

 in Sooiigaria. 



6. A. COMPACTA Ldb. Icon. fl. Ross. alt, t. 411. — Jaub. et Spacli 1. c. — Uamuli ste- 

 riles spinescentes ; folia glauca glabra, nunc plana, nnnc replicata vel margine re- 

 voluta, obtusa vel mucronata, pleraque obovata vel ovalia ; pedicelli fructiferi sepa- 

 lis internis vix aequiloiigi ; sepala interna cordafo-orbicularia, acliaeiiio (elliptico 

 vel subrotundo obtusissimo) subdimidio longiora et triplo latiora. [) — Crescit iii 

 Rossia altaica. 



* Spccics minus cognitac. 



7. A. CRASSIFOLIA Agrdh. mss. in Roem. et Suhult. Syst. veget. VII. 1381. - Crescit 

 in Sibiria. 



8. A. LAXMANNI Agrdh. 1. c. 1382. — Crescit in Sibiria. 



9. A. SPINOSA Auctor. — Plures adhuc species sub hac forsan latent. 



Subgenus II. TRAGATRAPI/AXIS Jaub. et Spach I. cit. 13. 



Flores alii tetrasepali, 6 — 9-andri , ovario (simulac achaenio) 

 inodo lenticulari , modo 3- vel 4-quetro , alii 5-sepaIi , 8-andri , ovario 

 (simulac achaenio) triquetro. Stylus brevissimus crassus clavatus in- 

 divisus, stigmatibus 2 vel 3, basi subconttuentibus. Klores in raTemn- 

 los abbreviatos densiusculos digesti, pedicellis solitariis approximatis, 

 ochreola propria orbatis. 



10. A. VARIABILIS Jaub. et Sparh 1. cit. 13. et 16. f — Ramuli steriles spinescentes ; 

 folia viridia variiformia (suborbicularia, obovata, rhonibca, obovato-spatliulata, ovafa, 

 ovalia, sublanceolata) glabra , inferiora obtusissima vel retusa, caetera acuta vel acu- 

 minulata ; pedicelli juxta vel infra medium articulati; sepala iiiterna cordato-orbi- 

 cularia vel reniformia , sepalis exteriiis (rellexis) subtriplo majora ; acliaenium se|)a- 

 lis internis subdimidio brevius, subfriplo angustius , faciebus rhombeo- vel lato-ovatis 

 vel ellipticis vel subrotundis. i) — Crescit in Syria. 



Subgenus III. TRAGOPFRVM Bieberst. Fl. Tauric. Cauc. Suppl. 

 284. — Jaub. et Spach 1. cit. 13. 

 Flores omnes pentasepali octandri, ovario (simulac achaenio) tri- 

 quetro. Styli tres , basi solum connati (excepta specie unica). — Flo- 

 res in racemos interruptos plerumque elongatos dispositi , pedicelli sub- 

 fasciculati (2 — 5 e quavis ochrea), singuli ochreola stipati. Sepala ex- 

 terna reflexa vel patenti-recurva. 



Divisio I. Folia reticulato-venosa (in sicco) , juxta basin abrupte 

 angustata. 



a. Rarauli steriles spinescentes. 



11. A. BILLARDIERI Jaub. et Spach 1. cit. 14. et 17. \ t. 111. — Ramuli substriili, 

 novelli puberuli; folia glabra viridia, supra angustatam basin truncata vel rotundata, 

 inferiora ovalia vel obovata obtusa , caetera ovata vel ovato-laiiceolata aeuniinulata ; 

 ochreae pleraeque iiiternodio breviores; pedicelli juxta niedium articulati , arficulo 

 superiore demum sepalis externis subduplo longiore; sepala interna cordato- vel 

 reniforrai-orbicularia , externis (reilexis) triplo majora; achaeniuni acutum (faciebus 

 elliptico-ovatis), sepalis internis subduplo brevius. \j — Crescit in Syria. 



12. A. PUNGENS Bieberst. 1. cit. — Ldb. lc. fl. Ross. Ait. t. 426. — Jaub. et Spath I. 

 c. 14. — Ramuli stricti glabri; folia elliptica vel ovalia vel subrotunda vel obo- 

 vata vel oblonga, mucronata vel subulato-acuminata , glauca, supra angustatam basin 

 truncata vel cuneata, margine subundulata; ochrea plerumque internodio aequilunga; 



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