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1. Oehradcnus baccatus. Del. (Tab. nostr. VI. lig. 84. J 



Delile. Flor, aegypt. p. 15. H. N. Bot. pl. 31 lig. 1 (1813); Sprengt. Syst. II, p. 446; 



G. Don. Gen. Syst. 1, p. 290; Dietr. Syn. III, p. 30; Decne. Florul. Sinaic. p. 51; 



Walpers. Reperl. II, p. 751. 

 Reseda spartioides. Sieb. herb. Aegypt. 

 Arabice: Gurrst v. Gurrdi ex Schimp. scbed. pl. exs. N. 305 et 307; vel Gord ex Kote 



pl. exs. N. 149. 

 Diagn. Fruticosus, floribus 10 — 12-andris, capsulis obovoideo-globosis. 

 Descript. Radix lignosa. (n. v.) — Gaules fruticosi subvirgato-ramosissimi, elati, 

 10— 20-pedales; rami divaricato-ramosissimi, stricti, rectissimi, elongali, adulli ra- 

 mnlis liornolinis nunierosis obsiti, circ. 3""" crassi et ad ramorum basin quasi tuber- 

 culalo-incrassati, cortice pallideochraceo rimoso-fisso nitidulo tecti, hornolini dimidio 

 tenuiores setnipedales v. pedales, saepius simplices, cortice (in sicco) olivaceo integro 

 tecti, parce foliosi, glaberrimi, apice in racemos graciles abeuntes. — Folia integra, 

 sparsa, ad ramulorum basin approximata, subreflexo-patula, glaberrima, olivaceo- 

 viridia, anguste lineari-spathulata, basin versus sensim allenuata, obtusa v. breviter 

 et calloso-acuminata, circ. 2 cm longa et 1_2 D "" lata, ima basi acute sed niinute ochra- 

 ceo-bidenticulata (Denliculi saepe deficiunt). — Flore s apetali, minuti, breviter 

 pedicellali , in racemos rigidos rectissimos vix ac ne vix 5""" latos demum valde 

 elongatos laxiuscule dispositi. — ßracteae demum deciduae, lineari-lanceolatae, 

 obtusae, concaviusculae, glabrae, vix hyalino-marginatae, pedicellos florigeros ses- 

 qui v. duplo superantes v. eos subaequantes, basi utrinque lutescente et acute uni- 

 dentatae. — Pcdicelli rigidi, inlerdum subsecundi, leves v. superne tenuiter striato- 

 angulosi, glaberrimi; llorigeri l'/ 2 — 2™°' longi, fere horizontales, fructigeri 21/2""" vix 

 aequanles, superne in calycem dilatati. — Galyx 5 — v. 6-sepalus, sepalum 1 su- 

 perum, 4 sublateralia. saepe inter duo inferiori-lateralia sextum dentiforme minutum 

 inferum occurril, basi latius inter se connala, crassiuscula, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, 

 demum a disco hypogyno dellexo-depressa, circ. IV2"'" longa. — Tubus staminalis 

 fere 1""" longus, valde incrassalus, carnosus, glaber, basi circumcirca sed paulo 

 excenlrice (superiore latere magis) ddalatus et hie cum basi gamosepala calycis con- 

 natus et sepala dcprimeiis, e basi lata sensim sed breviter apicem versus inaequa- 

 liter attenualus et conum truncatum inaequilaterum abbreviatum apice vix urceolalum 



