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eflbrmans. — Stamina saepius 10—12, 2— 2 Vi""" longa (parte libera), filamenta 

 mox decidua, lineari-subulata, glabra, antheras circ. duplo siiperantia v. deflorata lon- 

 giora; anthcrae ovoideo-oblongae, apice subattenuatae, obtusae. basi cordatae, leves. 

 Ovar in in omnino ut in Reseda sed sub flore accnratins clausuni, antea apertum 

 ovoideo-ellipsoideum v. obovoideum, subteres, submenibranaceum, glabrum, basi in 

 stipitem brevem abrupte attenuatum, apice cuspidato- 3-dentatum, dentium 1 su- 

 perior, 2 inferiore-laterales breves, truncati, subdivaricali; inter dentes erectos in- 

 llexo- 3-Iobatuui et lue papilloso-stigmatosum. — Ovula in placentis tribus biserialia, 

 in quaque circ. 4—6, caetera Resedae. — Capsula obovoideo-globosa, turgida, 

 subinflata, subullato-rugosa, glabra, brevissime stipitata, basi abrupte attenuala, 

 apice rotundata et brevissime et obtuse 3-denticulala, subcoriaeeo-membranacea, 

 demuni turgescens et carnoso-succulenta, etiam matura omnino clausa, 4 — 5"'°' longa. 

 — Semina abortu pauca, circ. 10; ovoideo-reniformia , saepe subangulosa, lutes- 

 centia v. demuni brunneo-tabacina v. fusco-ferruginea, ininute tuberculato-rugosa, 

 l'/j — l 2 /3 n '"' longa. — Embryo Resedae. 



Habitat in Aegypto (Delile in hb. DC! Sieber! Acerbi! Pinard! Kotschy pl. 

 exs. N. 938! hb. DC. et Roiss.; G. Ehrenberg in hb. Reg. Rerol ! Boiss!}; in Abys- 

 sinia: (G. Ehrenberg in hb. Reg. Berol 0; Arabia petraea, (Schimper pl. exs. N. 

 305. 307 in hb. DC. !); in deserto Sinaico (Bove pl. exs. N. 149! G. Elirenberg!); 

 in regione Maris mortui (Delessert in hb. Reg. Berol!); in Persia australi: (Kotschy 

 pl. exs. N. 159 in bb. DC. !) 



p\ scandens. Höchst, et Steud. in Schimper pl. exs. aegypt. 1835. 



Scandens (?), rami minus patuli, graciliores et diffusius ramulosi et paulo densius 

 foliosi: ramuli tenues subflaeeidi; folia angustiora; flores dioiei, in speeiminibus Schim- 

 perianis foeminei minutissimi (stamina brevissima, abortiva); masculi quam in specie 

 paulo minores. 



Habitat in collibus granitosis prope Dscheddain Arabiae felicis inter Acacias, 

 die 25. Dec. 1835. leg. cl. Schimper (hb. DC); In Beludchistan (cl. Stocks hb. Boiss!). 



ßß. monstruosa. 



Ochradenus rostratus G. Ehrenberg in Sched. herb. Reg. Berol! 

 Flores dioiei, in speeim. masculo ovarium abortivum, primum omnino ut in specie 

 sed ovulis destitutnm, demum valde elongalum, cylindrico-rostratum, 15'""' longum, 



