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Neue Pflanzen aus Sokötra, Abdal Kuri und Semhah. 



Beschrieben von Dr. Fritz Vierhapper (Wien). 

 IV. 



Euphorhici septertisulcata Vierhapper. 

 Sectio Diacanthium Boi ssier. 



Eami heptagoni. ca. 18 mm diametro, glabri. angulis 

 parum undulatis et vix spiraliter tortis, obtusis, sectione 

 transversali extus ca. l'ö — 2*5mmlatis, sulcis acutate canali- 

 culatis, ca. 2mm altis, extus 6 mm latis, lateribus paene 

 planis. Aculei stipulares gemini angulis bifariam insidentes. 

 per paria 5 mm spatio remoti, horizontaliter patentes et 

 inter sese non raultum ultra angulura rectum divergentes, modic(^ 

 eurvati, tenues, anguste couici, ca. 3 mm longi. Poda- 

 ria 3 — 4 mm longa, 2 — 3 mm lata, continua, rarius spatio 

 ecalloso brevi sejnncta. Folia in apice tantum praestantia, squa- 

 maeformia, basi parum auriculata, 2'5 mm lata podario 

 insidentia, 0-4mm longa, cicatrieem anguste ellipticam 

 relinquentia. 



Cyathia in alis foliorum terna diehasium solitarium subsessile 

 formantia, folia floralia ca. 1"5 mm longa, communia ro- 

 tundato-cymbiformia, subintegra, lateralia late elliptica 

 vel rotundato-elliptica, navicularia, in margin e super iore 

 crenato-dentata. Cyathia oblonge cupuliformia, 3"5 mm 

 longa, intus glabra, lobis germini adpressis rotundatis, 1mm 

 longis, in margine superiore ad quartam partem diametri 

 crenato-dentatis, incisura media paene bilobis, glandula trans- 

 verse ovaha, 1*5 mm longa superantibus. Florum masculorura 

 paucorum (5) braeteolae filiformi-iaceratae, 2 mm longae. 

 pedicellus 1*4 mm longus. supra medium articulatus, glaber- 

 rimus, anthera globoso-ovoidea, 0*9 mm longa, cyathio inclus a. 

 Feminei floris pedicellus 2*2 mm longus, perigoniura volvam inte- 

 gram formans, germini adpressum, 1 mm diametro, germen ovato- 

 ellipsoideum, 1*5 mm longum, glaberrimum, styli usque ad basin non 

 disjuncti, 1*5 mm longi, in apicis modice incrassati et extus curvati 

 superiore parte Stigmata ferentes. Capsula pedicello recurvato 5 mm 

 longo stipitata, ovato-globosa, ca. 4—5 mm longa, trisulcata, sicut 

 semina subglobosa, glaberrrima immatura tantum visa. 



Sokotra. Auf dem Kalkplateau nördlich von Akarhi auf 

 steinigen, der Sonne voll ausgesetzten Stellen. (Alkoholpräparat von 

 Paulay). 31. Jänner 1899. 



MiMsctis macro2)odus Wagner et Vierhapper. 



(Ex afifinitate Hihisci stenanthi Balfour.) 



Frutex 1 — l-5m altus. Eami novelli teretes, glabri, superne 

 scabriusculi: Folia stipulis subulatis. caducis, petiolo 4— 6'5 mm 



